Online TA Profiles
Shaanon Lindauer, MA (IP)
OTA ID#: 102817
| Education Experience: |
BA, International Relations - Government, California State University Sacramento, 2001 MA (IP), International Peace and Conflict Resolution, Arcadia University, 2003 |
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| Focus of Study: | Conflict theory and genocide prevention through use of quantitative data analysis and early warning mechanisms. |
| Work Experience: | The Center for the Global South at American University
Program Coordinator 8/02-present Responsible for all aspects of Center\'s Operation, which includes: Research team on Middle East development and conflict; speaker\'s bureau for United Nations Arab Human Development Report; Dean\'s Scholar special academic mentoring program participants; fund development. Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars Research Intern 5/02-8/02 Responsible for assisting a WW Fellow in research for a book on genocide prevention and origins of conflict. Arcadia University, Philadelphia, PA Graduate Assistant 9/01-5/02 Responsible for assisting Dean of Education department in curriculum development projects. State of California Gold Rush District Historian I (interpretive)4/00-8/00 Responsible for educating 4th Grade classes on California history; also led historical tours of historical State Parks. Institute for Social Research-California State University Sacramento Research Interviewer 12/98-7/99 Responsible for interviewing incarcerated drug offenders within the California Penal system; project funded by Federal ADAM drug recitivism project. Becton Dickinson Retail Diabetes Educator 10/97-1/99 Responsible for updating and educating pharmacists on recent developments in diabetes consumer healthcare within my assigned territory. |
| Skills & Achievements: | Achievements
2000-2003 Dean\'s List, Arcadia University, Philadelphia 1999-2000 Dean\'s List, CSUS 1998 Award of Excellence - State of California Fine Art Competition 1996 Rotary International Service Award for shipping 14 tons of humanitarian aid supplies to Bosnia-Herzegovina 1996 Founder\'s Award - Lambda Community Center for Lavendar Angels Hate Crimes Reporting Program 1992 Sacramento County Board of Supervisor\'s Community Service Award 1989-2000 Active member of American Mensa Ltd. |
| Career Interests: | International Conflict Resolution
Origins of Ethnic Conflict. Genocide Prevention. |
| Outside Interests: | Bird watching and international travel |
| Additional Information: | Served in US Air Force as public affairs and broadcaster on Armed Forces Radio and Television. |
| Message to Students and/or Parents: |
Parents and students: I can help you synthesis large amounts of historical and structural information into a centralized idea. This can be very helpful in trying to write papers on political theory, or general historical context. I can also answer any questions of history or origins of current international dynamics between countries. |
| Postings Answered: | 13 |
| Cumulative OTA Rating: | 4/5 What is OTA Rating? |
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- Southeast Asia and the U.S. - Please, I need help creating a PowerPoint presentation of 6 to 9 slides addressing the following points: - Explain how the U.S. became involved in the politics of Southeast Asia. - Explain how thi ...
- Content and definitions provided to assist the student in an examination of the political and cultural climate in America through the 1950s and 1960s. Information focuses on Civil Rights, Eisenhower's policies, dynamic conservatism and the role of McCarthyism in influencing America's view of Communism. - What was the impact of McCarthyism in the US? What is dynamic conservatism? What is meant by the term politics of consensus? How did consumerism change during the Eisenhower administration? How ...
- Rome - In the second century B.C.E., did the Romans want to annex Asia Minor and Greece? Why? Would you consider Rome’s actions to be aggressive or defensive imperialism? In other words, why did Rome conquer ...
- What event or events do you think is the most significant in the short history of the internet and Why? - What event or events do you think is the most significant in the short history of the internet and Why? Please visit the following websites to access the history of the internet for this question: ...
- World War 1 and Archduke Ferdinand - How did the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 lead to a war? Determining the significance of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in the larger chain of events that lead to ...
- Racial democracy in Brazil is a myth according to many Afro-Brazilian scholars. This claim is also supported by studies of poverty and distribution of wealth along ethnic lines. This brief resource guide provides some key theories and scholarly sources that aim to prove that racial equality in Brazil is an illusion dispelled by extensive studies that show most of the poor are of African descent, while the wealthy are predominately of European descent. - A few theories that could be expanded to “prove” the idea of racial democracy in Brazil as a myth: -- Economic poverty and skin color are correlated in Brazil’s 2000 census results (Available at: ...
