Jonathan Merrill 1355 Draper Road McHenry, IL 60050 jmerrill00@gmail.com (847) 337-1231

Education

Master of Education in Higher Education May 2015 Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology May 2013 Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Student Affairs Experience

Assistant Resident Director July 2013 Present

Department of Residence Life, Loyola University Chicago

Assist in coordinating the daily operations of a residential area of 550 upper-class students

Supervise, train and evaluate 3 resident assistants with indirect responsibility for 6 resident assistants

Oversee implementation of area-wide programming and community building efforts

Supervise, train, schedule and evaluate 16 student desk employees responsible for safety and security of the residence hall

Track supply purchases from a two printing budgets of $550

Adjudicate student conduct cases and provide appropriate educational sanctions to students found in violation of university policies

Advise the area council executive board through weekly one-on-one and general body meetings

Participate in the selection and interview processes for professional and paraprofessional staff

Collaborate weekly with Campus Ministry and Wellness Center staff to holistically serve student needs

Respond to behavioral, mental health, and other crisis situations in 24/7 on-call rotation

Loyola Seminar 102 Co-Instructor January, 2015 Present

Office of First-Year Experiences, Loyola University Chicago

Facilitated class discussions in collaboration with professionals from the Office of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs

Provided educative assessment by providing feedback on reflection papers and journal entries

Met with students one-on-one to help create an inclusive learning environment within the classroom

Integrated students experiences into overarching conversation about the school-to-prison pipeline

Graduate Intern August 2014 December 2014

Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities, Northeastern Illinois University

Participate in weekly Behavioral Concern Team meetings

Collaborate with staff members to create a restorative justice sanction guide

Outreach to campus partners to create formal procedures for educational and developmental sanctions

Assisted in the planning and content development of Student Hearing Panel training

Graduate Intern May 2014 July 2014

Admission & Office of the Registrar, Malcolm X City College of Chicago

Facilitated focus groups to inform the development of a training curriculum for student ambassadors

Developed learning outcomes that balanced focus group feedback and departmental priorities

Planned and implemented a half-day training for the student ambassador program

Evaluated effectiveness of student ambassador training based on learning outcomes

Guided new students through the online admittance process

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Fellow September 2012 May 2013

NASPA Undergraduate Fellowship Program, Washington University in St. Louis

Worked with student affairs professionals to identify personal, academic, and career goals

Summer Intern May 2012 August 2012 Office of Residential Life, Washington University in St. Louis

Analyzed academic year assessments to make informed decisions about the programming model

Compiled a St. Louis multicultural resource guide for the Social Justice Center

Organized a venue for more than 50 campus partners to disseminate information during fall training

Coordinated campus partners involvement in August training with professional staff

Committee Involvement

Student Staff Training Committee, Loyola University Chicago September 2013 August 2014

Served as a liaison for communication to departmental presenters participating in the fall training

Organized logistics for the Behind Closed Doors duty simulation for over 100 student staff

Provided feedback to student staff who completed the online incident report training module

Organized daily and overall assessments to ensure training outcomes were met

Developed content and a facilitation guide for spring training attended by new and returning staff

Assisted in incorporating reflective qualitative assessment method into online student staff training

Cultural Competency Committee, Loyola University Chicago October 2013 July 2014

Collaborated to plan monthly cultural competency development programs for professional staff

Participated in developing a sustainable strategic plan for the cultural competency committee

Selected Presentations

Student Staff Training, Loyola University Chicago

Universal Design in Programming August 2013

Pecha Kucha: Campus Ecology August 2014

Professional and Graduate Cultural Competency Development, Loyola University Chicago

Tribal and Historically Black Colleges October 2013

Professional and Graduate Staff Training, Loyola University Chicago

Front Desk Operations July 2014

Publication

Braude, S. & Merrill, J. (2013). The Chancellors New Robes: Online Education. Creative Education, 4, 50-52.

doi: 10.4236/ce.2013.47A2009.

Conferences

2013 NASPA Undergraduate Conference, Orlando, Florida March 2013

Dungy Leadership Institute, Iowa State University June 2013

http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ce.2013.47A2009