WGM Group, Inc. Missoula, MT Senior Project Manager, Historian, 2014-2016
Project manager at a multidisciplinary consulting firm. Historical, cultural, and preservation consulting..
University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA Graduate Student Instructor (GSI), 2003-2005, 2012
American History (pre-contact through the Civil War)
American History (Reconstruction to the present)
Latin American Women’s History.
Historical Research Associates Missoula, MT Research Historian, 1999-2002
Worked in both the Cultural Resources Management and History/Litigation Support divisions of a national consulting firm.
Population Research Center, University of Texas Austin, TX Graduate Research Assistant, The Great Plains Project, 1997-1999
Long-term, interdisciplinary research project on population, land use and the environment in ten Great Plains states, 1870 – present.
Skarshagen Holdings, LLC California & Montana Owner/Manager, 1996-present
Real estate investment company focused on the restoration and adaptive re-use of historic buildings. Properties in Berkeley, CA and seven Montana communities.
Northern Plains Resource Council Billings, MT Rural Community Organizer, 1995-1996
Staffed local chapters and the State Agricultural Task Force for a non-profit working on western environmental and economic issues.