Course Title: Life on La Frontera:
A Critical Look at the US - Mexico Border
Department: Department of Latin American Studies

Email: cory_molzahn@yahoo.com

Education

University of California, San Diego: San Diego, CA
Master of Arts Student – Latin American Studies
Expected date of graduation: June 2008

Western Washington University: Bellingham, WA
Bachelor of Arts - Major: English Education; Minors: Spanish, Psychology
Date of graduation: June 2002
Teaching endorsements: English, Spanish

Experience

September 2006 to Present
Graduate Assistant, University of California, San Diego
Teach two sections of Spanish Grammar Analysis & Hold regular office hours

July 2007 to August 2007
Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, San Diego
Worked in the National Archive and Library in Bolivia

July 2006 to August 2006
Migrant Summer School Teacher, Wenatchee High School, Wenatchee, WA
Taught English reading and writing skills to migrant students using state-developed curriculum

August 2004 to June 2006
High School Spanish Teacher, Mendocino High School, Mendocino, CA
Taught Spanish levels 1, 2, 3, and AP; and served as an advisor for California Scholarship Federation club on campus

November 2003 to April 2004
ELL Teacher, Tambopata Education Centre, Puerto Maldonado, Peru
Taught English as a second language to beginning, intermediate, and advanced students, age 6 to 50
In addition, worked independently as a private tutor for students at all levels of English acquisition

January 2003 to June 2003
10th grade honors English Teacher & Yearbook Advisor, Sehome High School, Bellingham, WA
Developed and taught American Literature and writing based units; Advised Sehome’s Windjammer Yearbook staff

August 2002 to January 2003
English Teacher, Sehome High School, Bellingham, WA
Developed and taught literature and writing based units for diverse subjects, ages and learning styles; taught 9th Grade, 11th Grade World Lit., 12th Grade College Writing

September 2002 to October 2002
Student Teacher – High School English and Spanish, Sehome High School, Bellingham, WA
Taught two sections of 9th grade English and one section of AP Literature and Composition; taught two sections of 2nd year Spanish; facilitated the “Se Habla” program, in which University Spanish students led thematically-based discussions in 2nd year Spanish class