Teaching & Other Employment

University Teaching 

Department of Education and Youth Studies, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, 2025-Present

Assistant Professor 

• Developed and taught:

  • EDYS 102: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives in Education and Youth Studies

  • EDYS 164: Socio-Cultural Perspectives in Education and Youth Studies

  • EDYS 266: Social Studies Instruction Across the Curriculum

  • EDYS 390 Special Topics: Social Studies Methods

• Supervised secondary student teachers

Department of Sociology, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, 2024-2025

Visiting Assistant Professor

• Developed and taught:

  • SOCI 100 Introduction to Sociology

  • SOCI 290 Sociology of Education

  • SOCI 290 Sociology of Collective Memory

  • SOCI 290 Sociology of Mass Violence

  • SOCI 290 Settler Colonialism

  • SOCI 290 Multicultural Education and the American Dream 

  • PRAX 200: Internship (Summer 2025)

• Supervised secondary social studies and English student teachers (through the Department of Education and Youth Studies)

General Education Department, Blackhawk Technical College, Janesville, WI

Adjunct Professor, 2023-2025

• Developed and taught in-person, hybrid, and remote courses:

  • 809-172 Introduction to Diversity Studies

  • 809-196 Introduction to Sociology

  • 809-198 Introduction to Psychology

Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN, 2017-2020

Teaching Specialist

• Developed and taught CI 5741 Introduction to Social Studies Education for post-baccalaureate social studies licensure candidates (summer 2021)

Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN, 2017-2020

Graduate Teaching Assistant

• Developed and taught courses for post-baccalaureate social studies licensure candidates:

  • • CI 5741 Introduction to Social Studies Education (summers 2017-2021)

    • CI 5150 Special Topics: Teaching About Genocide (summer 2019)                            

• Supervised middle and secondary social studies student teachers:

  • • CI 5782 Clinical Experiences in Teaching Social Studies (fall 2017-fall 2019)

Institute for Global Studies, University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN, 2017-2020

Instructor

• Developed and taught courses for practicing and pre-service teachers:

  • • GLOS X0050: From “Sioux Massacre” to “Dakota Genocide”: Exploring the U.S.-Dakota War Through Space and Time (spring 2020)

    • GLOS X0035: Tracing Minnesota's Forgotten History: Approaches to Teaching About the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War and Its Legacies (summer 2019)

    • GLOS X0028: Gender and Genocide: Uncovering Absent Narrative in Mass Violence and Human Rights Education (summer 2018)

    • GLOS X0017: Teaching the Holocaust Through Art (spring 2017) 

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN, 2017-2021

Instructor

• Developed and taught professional development courses for practicing and pre-service teachers:

  • • Teaching About Genocide: Causes, Cases & Challenges (2021)

    • Navigating trauma in education: A workshop for educators. Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota, virtual (2020)

    • Navigating difficult histories and difficult knowledge in education: A workshop for educators. Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota, virtual (2020)

Teacher Certifications

Licensure

• Minnesota Social Studies (grades 5-12), File: 454577 - Expires 2026

  • • Broadfield Social Studies License to teach all social studies subjects in grades 5 through 12

• Wisconsin Social Studies (grades 5-12), File: 855237 - Expires 2026) 

  • • 2700 Social Studies License to teach all social studies subjects in grades 5 through 12

Middle and Secondary Teaching

Clinton Community High School: Clinton, WI, 2020-2024

High School Social Studies Teacher

• Developed and taught 10th-grade World History, 10th-grade Advanced Placement World History: Modern, and 11th/12th-grade Genocide and Human Rights, Economics, Sociology, and Intro to Diversity Studies elective courses 

  • Genocide and Human Rights offered as a College Credit in High School course through the University of Wisconsin Green Bay

  • Intro to Diversity Studies offered as a Transcripted Credit course through Blackhawk Technical College

  • Sociology and Economics courses are offered as Advanced Standing courses through Blackhawk Technical College

• Developed and taught 11th-grade required Personal Finance course

• Developed and facilitated independent studies courses for high school seniors in International Development, Advanced Topics in World History, Women and Gender Studies, and Dis/Ability Studies, Anthropology, World Religions, Social Work, and American History 1945-Present for high school seniors

• Developed and facilitated 9th-grade and 10th-grade advisory curricula

• Served as 10th-grade homeroom teacher

• Co-taught German I and II, Sociology I and II, and World History I and II courses through Rural Virtual Academy

• Served on schoolwide Leadership, Gifted and Talented Program Review, Equity and Diversity, Standards-Based Grading, and Scholarship committees; served on a districtwide Steering committee

• Served as districtwide Act 30 (Holocaust and Genocide mandate) and Act 31 (Indigenous education mandate) coordinator

• Organized a student and staff book club and visit from Liza Wiemer, author of The Assignment. (received a grant for 120 copies of the book for use in classes). 

• Served as cooperating teacher for student teachers from the University of Wisconsin Whitewater and Carroll University

Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth: St. Paul, MN, summers 2021

Teacher

• Developed and taught a virtual enrichment course, Genocide and Human Rights, for advanced middle and secondary students from across Minnesota (link)

Malone Schools Online Network: Palo Alto, CA, 2016-2020

High School Social Science Elective Teacher

• Developed and taught a semester-long social studies elective course, Man’s Inhumanity to Man: Genocide and Human Rights in the 20th Century, for advanced secondary students from across the United States.

Mounds Park Academy: St. Paul, MN, 2014-2018

Middle and High School Social Studies Teacher

• Developed and taught 7th and 8th-grade Global Studies and 10th-grade World History courses

• Developed and facilitated 7th/8th-grade advisory curriculum

• Developed and taught middle school (grades 5th-8th) elective courses in social entrepreneurship; architecture, engineering, and design; and woodworking

• Served as faculty advisor for middle school student council

• Planned and led student travel to Washington DC and Europe

Nova Classical Academy: St. Paul, MN, 2010-2014

Middle and High School History Teacher

• Developed and taught 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, and 12th-grade history courses

• Taught Advanced Placement European History and Psychology courses, as well as an 11th/12th-grade Holocaust and WWII elective course

• Developed and facilitated whole school (6th-12th-grades) advisory curriculum and program

• Served as faculty extracurricular leader for Gay-Straight Alliance, German Language and Culture Club, Model United Nations, and National Honor Society

• Co-planned and co-led student travel to Washington DC and Europe

• Served as a cooperating teacher for student teachers from Augsburg University and the University of St. Thomas

St. Paul Public Schools: St. Paul, MN, 2008-2010

Educational Assistant

• Developed and taught a college and life skills curriculum for students with cognitive and physical disabilities in both high school and post-secondary settings

Concordia Language Villages, Waldsee: Bemidji, MN, sumnmer 2008

Credit Immersion German Instructor

• Developed and taught high school German language and culture classes in immersion and expeditionary setting

Vienna Public Schools: Vienna, Austria, 2006-2008

English as a Foreign Language Teacher

• Taught English as a foreign language across all middle and secondary grades (6th-12th) in an immersion setting

Other Employment

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2023-present

Research Fellow

• Consulted with the Minnesota “Holocaust, Genocide of Indigenous Peoples, and Other Genocides Education” Task Force (2025-present)

• Co-Facilitated a multi-year research project collecting Ovaherero and Nama genocide survivor-descendent testimonies, developing curricula, and training teachers in Southern Africa (Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa), Germany, and North America (Canada and the United States) (2024-present)

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: Madison, WI, 2022-2024

Project Manager

• Worked to implement Wisconsin's Act 30: Holocaust and Genocide Education mandate

Retro Report, 2023

Independent Curriculum Developer

• Developed classroom resources related to the documentary film How Saba Kept Singing

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN, 2021

Research and Outreach Internship

• Co-developed and co-facilitated Teaching About Genocide: Causes, Cases & Challenges virtual professional development program

• Developed curriculum and educational resources

Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, 2020-2023

Holocaust and Genocide Education Consultant

• Consulted on Holocaust and genocide education during the Minnesota state social studies standards revision process. 

Echoes & Reflections, 2019-present

National Holocaust Education Trainer / Curriculum Consultant

• Facilitated professional development workshops on the holocaust and antisemitism for practicing and pre-service teachers 

  • Facilitated  Mini-Course: How We Remember: The Legacy of the Holocaust Today, April 2023

  • Facilitated  Mini-Course: Connecting the Past with Today: Jewish Refugees and the Holocaust, October 2021, January 2022, January 2023, April 2023

  • Facilitated  Mini-Course: Shine a Light: Analyzing Propaganda and teaching Media Literacy, November 2021

• Developed curriculum on the Holocaust and antisemitism 

Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua, NY, 2012-Present

Adult Special Studies Instructor

• Developed and taught adult courses: Indigenous Genocide in North America, Genocide in the 20th and 21st Centuries, History of American Public Education, Literary Representations of the Holocaust, Grimm’s Fairytales, Grimm's Fairy Tales for Teens, and German Language

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN, 2017-2020

Educational Outreach Coordinator; Research Assistant

• Developed and facilitated professional development workshops for practicing and pre-service teachers

• Coordinated the Genocide Education Outreach Program

• Developed Holocaust and genocide education curricula and online resources 

Institute for East European History, University of Vienna, Austria, 2007-2008

Research and Editorial Assistant

• Translated from German, edited, and formatted for publishing: Suppan, A. & Mueller, W. (2009). Peaceful coexistence or iron curtain? Austria, neutrality, and Eastern Europe in the Cold War and détente, 1955-1989. LIT Verlag. 

• Translated from German: Suppan, A. (2006). Between Hitler, Beneš, and Tito. Czechoslovak-German and Yugoslav-German confrontations in World War II. Working Paper 06-1, Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota. 

University and Professional Service

• Co-Chair, State Holocaust and Genocide Education Commissions Group, 2025-present

• Co-Sponsor of “Teaching about the Holocaust through White Bird,” Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2025

• Pre-Service Teacher Committee, National Council for the Social Studies, 2025-present

• Journal Reviewer, Social Studies Research and Practice, 2024-present

• Journal Reviewer, Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2022-present

• At-Large Board Member, Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies, 2021-2023

• Conference Reviewer, College and University Faculty Assembly Graduate Forum, 2018-2020; 2025-present

• Conference Reviewer, National Council for Social Studies annual conference, 2018-present

• Founding Member, Upper Midwest Holocaust and Genocide Education Consortium, 2018-present

• Member, Varbed Teacher Advisory Board, Genocide Education Project (San Francisco, CA), 2023-present

• Member, Teacher Advisory Group, Holocaust Educational Resource Center (Milwaukee, WI), 2021-2024

• Wisconsin Social Studies Forward Exam reviewer, 2022

• Member of conference organizing committee; session moderator, Education After Genocide International Symposium, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2022

• Wrote all Holocaust and genocide-related standards and benchmark language for the Minnesota State Social Studies Standards, 2020-2021

• Member, Minnesota Social Science Methods Instructors Network, 2018-2021

• Journal Reviewer, Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017-2021