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
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
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
