Wednesday, March 13, 2019

J. Edgar Mihelic: Curriculum Vitae


      The most interesting thing about me was that time I was on Jeopardy! though I pretend it wasn’t a big deal and play it down and it would be more interesting if I had actually won something.

You have to understand that the problem with being good at trivia is that now no matter how good you are, you’re on a level with any literate person with Google.

But it does speak to a broader sense of who I am – a continued, life-long thirst for knowledge and new and interesting experiences personally, professionally, and educationally. For real, just scroll down and see that I can’t stop going to school.





 Education

MA      Roosevelt University, Economics                                                                       2020
           
MA      Kansas State University, English                                                                         2019
            Thesis: “Fredrich Hayek Lays the Foundation: The Impossibility of Psychohistory”
            Advisor: Carol Franko

MBA   Concordia University - Chicago, Nonprofit Management                                   2016
           
BA       West Virginia University, English                                                                       2004
            Graduated Magna Cum Laude
            Minored in Creative Writing

Cert     University of Notre Dame, Nonprofit Leadership                                               2012
           
Cert     DeVry University, Health Information Technology                                            2011



 Professional Experience

Community Support Services, Brookfield, IL                                                   2011 to 2019

Director of Special Projects
·         Project Leader for the transition project from DOT to Connect, modernizing data collection, billing, and reporting for the agency
·         Schedule and lead weekly MediSked meetings with the consultant, maintain documentation of weekly goals and projects, keep MediSked Committee on task, and adhere to timelines and task completion

Director of Finance
·         Oversaw execution of the financial accounting systems, procedures, and controls. 
  • Prepared monthly financial statements and analytical reports 
·         Directly supervised the Accounting and Billing Coordinators, ensuring timely invoicing


Accounting Manager
·         Monitored outstanding accounts receivable and collaborated with Billing Coordinator to resolve outstanding receivables with funding sources
  • Coordinated and oversaw reports from payroll and billing systems to assure accurate financial reporting

Billing Coordinator
  • Processed service reporting and billing to third party funding agencies
·         Monitored outstanding invoices and initiated problem resolution and re-billing as necessary to assure needed cash flow


 Teaching Experience

Saint Rita of Cascia High School, Chicago, IL                                         2007 to Aug 2008
Chemistry Teacher, Science & Math Department
  • Taught two sections of Chemistry, an introductory course of 30 sophomores each
  • Taught two sections of Chemistry in the Community, a remedial course averaging 25 sophomores in each section
·          Taught one section of Earth Science, an upper-level geology course of 30 juniors and seniors
  • Coached as an assistant on the track team, focusing on Shot Put and Discus Athletes

           
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS                                                           2005 to 2007
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English
  • Taught two sections of English 100: Expository Writing I. Class focused on informative writing. Twenty students in each section read and wrote about issues of human difference, communities, and identities
  • Taught two sections of English 200: Expository Writing II. Class focused on argument and persuasion. Twenty students per section employed rhetorical appeals, Toulmin strategies, and Rogerian argument
  • Served as a tutor in the Writing Center, working with students on a walk-in basis to address compositional concerns

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV                                                    2001 to 2003
Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry
  • Explained experimental methodology and supervised lab experiments of classes of 24 students taking Chemistry 15 and 16, the entry-level chemistry sequence 
  • Graded student experiments and class homework in coordination with section professors.


 Journalism Experience

Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, KS                                                                            2006
Reporter, Local News
  • Covered county government meetings for local daily newspaper

           
The Daily Athenaeum, Morgantown, WV                                                          2003 to 2004
Staff Writer, Arts & Entertainment
  • Contributed reviews and opinion pieces on the local music and arts scene for West Virginia University’s student paper
Presentations

Changing Images of Alice: From Wonderland to The Matrix
Mar 29, 2007: Modern Critical Approaches to Children's Literature 


Media
  
Television

Show #6201 (Original Airdate July 25, 2011). Jeopardy! Sony Picture Studios, 2011

 

Opinion


Mihelic, J. E. (2017, June 20). It's time to raise the minimum wage. Riverside-Brookfield Landmark. Retrieved from https://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/6-20-2017/It's-time-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/

Mihelic, J. E. (2017, March 1). John Edgar Mihelic. Riverside-Brookfield Landmark. Retrieved from https://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/3-1-2017/John-Edgar-Mihelic/


Quotes appearing in


Thorp, A. (2018, July 31). Trebek may retire: Chicago-area Jeopardy contestants ponder the show's future. The Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved from https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/alex-trebek-five-show-filming-schedule-jeopardy/

Eisen, B., & Zeng, M. (2017, April 05). Why the Refinancing Slowdown Matters for the Fed. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-refinancing-slowdown-matters-for-the-fed-1491412558

Burghgraef, Kissane and Mihelic for Brookfield Library Board. (2017, March 17). Riverside-Brookfield Landmark.  Retrieved from https://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/3-21-2017/Burghgraef,-Kissane-and-Mihelic-for-Brookfield-Library-Board/


Personal Writing


“Alphabet of Madness”
Blog of creative arts and criticism, since 2009
http://alphabetofmadness.blogspot.com/

“Econautodidactic”
Blog of business and economics since 2013
http://econautodidactic.blogspot.com/
  


Professional Affiliations

The History of Economics Society
2018 – Present

Union for Radical Political Economics
2017 – Present

American Economic Association
2010 – Present

  

Volunteer Service

Foundation for the Brookfield Library
Vice President, Brookfield, IL.  2017 – Present

Friends of the Brookfield Library
Volunteer. Brookfield, IL. 2016 – Present

Residents Championing Our New Library
Canvassing Committee Chair. Brookfield, IL. 2016

Open Books
Volunteer. Chicago, IL. 2010

  
Electoral

Library Trustee
Village of Brookfield, IL.  2019-2023

Candidate, Library Trustee
Village of Brookfield, IL.  2019. Successful

Candidate, Library Trustee
Village of Brookfield, IL.  2017. Unsuccessful

Candidate, Democratic Nomination for Lieutenant Governor
State of Illinois, 2010. Unsuccessful



 Twitter

Notable Followers
David Harvey, @profdavidharvey: Professor, CUNY Graduate Center.
Bhaskar Sunkara, @sunraysunray : Founder Jacobin Magazine
Marshall Steinbaum, @Econ_Marshall : Roosevelt Institute Visiting Fellow
JW Mason @JWMason1 : Assistant professor of economics at John Jay College
Beatrice Cherrier, @Undercoverhist: A historian of economics
Joe Weisenthal, @TheStalwart : Editor at Bloomberg Business
David Klion, @DavidKlion : Brooklyn-based writer
Josh Mound, @JoshuaMound : Virginia-based academic and journalist
Manu Saadia, @trekonomics : Author of Trekonomics
Ken Klippenstein. @kenklippenstein : Reporter at the Young Turks
James Kwak, @jamesykwak : Co-founder of the economics blog The Baseline Scenario
Ryan Cooper, @ryanlcooper : National Correspondent for The Week
Connor Kilpatrick, @ckilpatrick : Editorial board of Jacobin Magazine
Claudia Sahm, @Claudia_Sahm : Section Chief, Consumer & Community Research Federal Reserve
Frances Coppola, @Frances_Coppola : Author of the Coppola Comment finance & economics blog
Timothy Noah, @TimothyNoah1 : Labor policy editor for Politico
Cardiff Garcia, @CardiffGarcia : Cohost of NPR's The Indicator


Notable Former Followers
Noah Smith, @Noahpinion :  Bloomberg Opinion writer.
Brad DeLong, @delong : served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration
Wu-Tang Financial, @Wu_Tang_Finance : Twitter-famous in certain circles

Notable Blocks
David Graeber, @davidgraeber : Prominent Left-Wing Intellectual
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, @nntaleb : Best-selling Author of The Black Swan
Zerohedge, @zerohedge :Twitter home of right wing finance blog
Matthew Yglesias, @mattyglesias : Editor and columnist for the news website Vox





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