CURRICULUM VITAE KASPER C. VOLK
22 Cottage St
Newton, MA
Tel. 315­767­9015
volkkasp@msu.edu
EDUCATION
2010­Present Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts
Ph.D. Candidate in History
Dissertation (in progress): “In Search of the ‘Third Way’: Catholic Modernities in Interwar Europe”
Advisor: Devin Pendas
2008­2010
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
B.A. with high honor in History, May 2010
Thesis: “Rupture and Resolution: Max Horkheimer’s Transition from Marxist Optimism to Theological Pessimism”
Honors College
1998­2003
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
B.A. with high honor in Supply Chain Management (Business), May 2003
Additional concentrations in Materials Science and Russian studies
Honors College
ACADEMIC AWARDS
2009
American Catholic Thought and Culture Scholarship
A $1000 undergraduate scholarship awarded annually through MSU’s College of Arts and Letters and St. John’s Student Parish for a research paper analyzing some significant aspect of American Catholic Thought and Culture from a disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspective.
1998
Michigan State University Alumni Distinguished Scholarship
Awarded annually to the top 10 candidates based on intellectual performance and participation in the MSU Alumni Distinguished Scholarship competition. The Alumni Distinguished Scholarship is the most prestigious academic scholarship offered by the university.
1998
National Merit Finalist
LANGUAGES
German
Working knowledge
French
Working knowledge
CURRICULUM VITAE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching:
2015­Present Teaching Fellow, Boston College
Modern History II: The Limits of Progress (1789­Present) (Fall 2015)
Catholicism Confronting Modernity (1789­Present) (scheduled for Spring 2016)
2011­2015
Teaching Assistant, Boston College
Development of a Global Economy (Fall 2011, 2012)
Rights, Democracy, Empire, 1789­1989 (Spring 2012, 2013)
Atlantic Worlds I (Fall 2014)
Atlantic Worlds II (Spring 2015)
Research and Editing:
2013­Present Assistant Editor, Boston College Jesuit Bibliography: The New Sommervogel
Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, Boston College
2014
Interim Assistant Editor, Book Reviews, Journal of Jesuit Studies
Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, Boston College
2014
Assistant Curator, “Jesuit Survival and Restoration: 200th Anniv. Perspectives”
Burns Library, Boston College, June­September 2014
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
2014­Present American Catholic Historical Association
MILITARY SERVICE
2008­2010
Captain, Illinois Army National Guard
Chicago, IL
Honorable Discharge
2004­2008
1st Lieutenant, Infantry, United States Army (Active Duty) Fort Drum, NY
Honorable Discharge
2006­2007
Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
2015
EMT­Basic (BLS) Course EMS Academy, Boston, Massachusetts
Certified by National Registry of EMTs on August 11, 2015