Jordan Hill

M.A., Naropa Univeristy

EDUCATION

• Virginia Tech

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

• Editor and Introduction Author, “On The Idea of the University,” Special Issue, SPECTRA, Vol. 1, Issue 2, December 2011.
• Intentionally Interdisciplinary: Interdisciplinary Master’s Program Directory, 2^nd Edition.  Miami, OH: Association for Integrative Studies, 2011.  [http://www.units.muohio.edu/aisorg/Masters/mastersdirectory.shtml]
• Interdisciplinary Master’s Program Directory.  Miami, OH: Association for Integrative Studies, 2008.

INVITED LECTURES

• Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA.  “Does Free Will Require Sacrifice?” September 10, 2012. Senior Seminar Lecture Series, Fall Semester 2012, on the topic of “Faith, Free Will and Social Action.” 

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

• Preparing the Future Professoriate Global Perspectives Fellow, Chile International Outreach Trip, January 2012, Virginia Tech Graduate School
• Conference Travel Scholarship, Graduate School, Virginia Tech, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship, ASPECT, Virginia Tech 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013
• Research Assistantship, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Naropa University, 2007-2008, 2008-2009.
• Naropa University Graduate Scholarship 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• “Ritual, Site, Memory: The Obscured Historiographic Relationship Between Memory Studies and Ritual Studies,” Paper Presentation, Association for Integrative Studies Annual Conference, Oakland University, Rochester MI, October 11-13, 2012.
• “At the Heart of Memory: The Profound Legacy of Francis Yates’ The Art of Memory,” Paper Presentation, New School for Social Research, 2012 Memory Conference, New School for Social Research, New York City, April 2012
•  “The Borders of Remembered Violence,” Paper Presentation, Duke University, History Department, “(Un)Bound Worlds: Rethinking Boundaries and Borders,” March 2012.
•  “Two Counter-Memories: The Legacy of Michele Foucault’s work on Memory,” Paper Presentation, Sovereign Violence: Rethinking Ethics, Politics, History and Culture in the Wake of Terror, ASPECT Conference, Virginia Tech, March 2012
• “Memorializing Citizen Slaughter: The Thin Line Between ‘Making Peace’ and Reifying Violence,” Peace History Society Annual Conference, Barry University, Miami, FL, October 2011
• “21^st Century Pedagogy of Nonviolence,” Poster Presentation, Annual Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Virginia Tech, February 2011
• “Returning to Resurrection City: Examining Cross-Movement Convergences Amidst the Fractures of 1968,” Paper Presentation. Center for Peace Studies & Violence Prevention Symposium, “Cultivating Peace: A Symposium for Violence Prevention,” Virginia Tech, October 2010.

• “Destined to Fail: Tracing the Discourse of the Long Civil Rights Movement.” Paper Presentation, Association for Integrative Studies Annual Conference, University of San Diego,October  2010.
• “The Sustainability of Interdisciplinarity” Invited Panelist, Association for Integrative Studies Annual Conference, . University of San Diego, October 2010.
• "Teaching 20th Century Nonviolence to 21st Century Students." Paper Presentation. 2009 Peace History Society Annual Conference, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, October 2009.
• “Nonviolence is Dead: Pedagogy for Revitalizing Interest in Nonviolence with 21^st Century Students.”  Paper Presentation., Association for Integrative Studies Annual Conference, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, October 2009.
• “Emerging Scholars Forum,” Invited Panelist. Association for Integrative Studies Annual Conference, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.  October 2009.
• “Interdisciplinary Master’s Program Directory: A Presentation,” Invited Publication Presentation. Association for Integrative Studies Annual Conference, University of Illinois, Springfield. October  2008.
• “Preparing for a Future in the Academy and Beyond,” Association for Integrative Studies Annual Conference, Invited Panelist. University of Illinois, Springfield.  October 2008.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

COURSES TAUGHT

• “Introduction to American Studies,” Department of Religion and Culture, Virginia Tech, Fall 2012.
• “Asian Religions,” Department of Religion and Culture, Virginia Tech, Summer 2012. Instructor.
• “History of the Modern World,” History Department, Virginia Tech, Summer 2012
• “Introduction to American Studies,” Department of Religion and Culture, Virginia Tech, Spring 2012, Instructor
• “Asian Religions,” Department of Religion and Culture, Virginia Tech, Fall 2011, Instructor.
• “History of the Modern World,” Online Course, History Department, Virginia Tech, Summer 2011, Instructor.
• “United States History from 1877,” History Department, Virginia Tech, Spring 2011, Instructor.
•  “History of the Modern World,” History Department, Virginia Tech, Spring 2010, Instructor.
•  “History of Ancient India,” History Department Virginia Tech, Fall 2009, Teaching Assistant.
• “History of the Modern World,” History Department Virginia Tech University (2 sections), Fall 2009, Teaching Assistant.
• “Self in Society,” Sociology Department, University of Colorado at Boulder, Spring 2003, Teaching Assistant.
•  “Deviance in Society,” Sociology Department, University of Colorado at Boulder, Spring 2000, Teaching Assistant.

GUEST LECTURES

• “Gandhi’s Conception of Swaraj (Home-Rule vs. Self-Rule),” Department of Political Science, “PSCI 3016—Modern Political Theory,” Virginia Tech, Fall 2010, Guest Lecturer—9/16/2010.  
• “Buddhism in America,” Department of Religion and Culture, “REL 2124—Religion in American Life,” Virginia Tech, Spring 2010, Guest Lecturer—4/7/2010.

LEADERSHIP POSTITIONS 

• Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program (IGEP) Liaison for the Interdisciplinary Research Honor Society (IDR), Virginia Tech University, 2012-2013
• Committee Member, “Virginia Tech 2012-2018 University Strategic Plan,” Fall 2010-Spring 2012
• Organizer, Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, November 4, 2011, Virginia Tech University
• President, ASPECT Student Association, Virginia Tech University 2010-11.
• Founding Member, Iota Delta Rho (IDR) Interdisciplinary Research Honor Society, first national chapter at Virginia Tech, 2010-11
• Graduate Student Association (GSA) Delegate, ASPECT Department Representative, Virginia Tech University, 2009-10; 2010-11; 2011-12; 2012-13
• Graduate Speaker, 2009 Commencement, Naropa University
• Director and Lead Organizer, Resurrection City Free University, 2008 Democratic National Convention.

UNIVERSITY ENGAGEMENT & CONSULTING

• Organizer, 2012 Interdisciplinary Research Honors Society Symposium, Virginia Tech University, November 1-2
• Organizer, Ut Prosim Month at Virginia Tech Keynote Speaker Clayborne Carson, Founding Director of the MLK Research Center at Stanford University, “From Gandhi, to Dr. King, to Virginia Tech: The Global Legacy of King in the Twenty First Century” April 5, 2011
• Interdisciplinary Program Design Consultant, “The Research Project on Interdisciplinarity Enhancement,” at Kyushu University School of Human-Environment Studies, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka Japan. 2011.
• Reviewer for Interdisciplinary Research Projects, Graduate Research Symposium 2010-Current, Virginia Tech
• Consultant, “Workshop for Developing a Post Graduate Certificate (M.S.) in Transformative Leadership,” Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, Virginia Tech, October 26-27, 2009
• Graduate Advisor, Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, Virginia Tech, 2009-Present
• Graduate Advisor, Students for Nonviolence, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA, 2009-Present

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

• Meditation Instructor, Blacksburg Mediation Group, Center for Creative Change, Blacksburg, VA, 2010-present
• Co-Founder and Board Member, Alliance for Real Democracy, a national organizing committee for the 2008 Democratic National Convention
• Founder and Director, Resurrection City Free University, 2008 Democratic National Convention
• Co-Founder and Board Member, Students for Peace and Justice, Boulder CO, 2007-2009
• Front Range Student Coordinator, Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, Boulder CO, 2004-2009

CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS

• Future Professoriate Certificate, Graduate School, Virginia Tech University, 2012
• Meditation Instructor, Naropa University, 2009-Present.
• Worldwork Mediation Training Session, Fall 2007 with Jai Tomlin & Salome Schwarz, [http://www.worldwork.org/worldwork.html]
• Nonviolence Instructor, Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, 2007-Present