RETAIL EXPERIENCE
Ben Ric Furs – Queens, NY
Administrative Assistant, May 2007 – September 2007
• Answered all incoming calls and directed them to appropriate departments
• Responded to customer emails and information requests, assisted in inventory data entry
• Provided excellent customer service; greeted customers and participated in sales efforts
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Brooklyn Botanic Garden – Brooklyn, NY
Publications Intern – June 2011- December 2011
• Interview and write for BBG’s ‘Garden News Blog’ to attract visitors with upcoming social and horticultural events, while expressing the organization’s message of urban sustainability
• Update the website and social media sites with new writing material and photographs, format existing print articles for use on the website, use basic working knowledge of HTML
Ashley D. Rogers, UCSC Ph.D. Candidate, Behavioral Ecology – Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Field Assistant, February 2011- May 2011
• Investigated the concept of maternal differential allocation in Amatitlania siquia, convict cichlid fish through observation and capture of broods
• Organized and entered data, photographed specimens, created daily stream maps and codes for methods and observations
• Gained experience with animal handling, capture, measuring, tagging techniques
• Assisted in method innovation, designed and constructed more efficient nets and siphons
University of Delaware – Newark, DE
Teaching Assistant for Introductory Biology (BISC 207), Sept 2007 – May 2008
• Lectured large groups of students in multiple laboratory sections on subject material
• Explained and demonstrated skills and techniques for laboratory work and scientific research
• Led discussions and study groups of students, provided individual tutoring, and met with professors to provide feedback and revise teaching methods and lab structure
VOLUNTEERING
Volunteer at Restoration Farm, Long Island, NY – May 2011-August 2011
Assistant at Lincoln Square Veterinary Hospital, New York, NY – June 2010 – Nov 2010
EDUCATION
University of Delaware, Newark, DE, May 2009
Bachelor of Arts, Biology, Minors in Piano and Harpsichord, magna *** laude, Cumulative GPA: 3.88
Honors: 1743 Scholarship to University of Delaware • Deans List (8 semesters) • Rosenberry Writing Award Recipient, 2009 • Phi Beta Kappa
REFERENCES:
Diana Volk
• Manager – Ben Ric Furs, Queens, NY
• Email: dvolk4@gmail.com, Phone (516) 445-7730
Elizabeth Peters
• Head of Publications – Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY
• Email: elizabethpeters@bbg.org
Ashley Rogers, PhD Candidate
• PhD student in Freshwater Behavioral Ecology, UCSC
• Email: arogers@biology.ucsc.edu, Phone: (503) 753-1921