Jesse
D.


Pluim



pluimj@exchange.miis.edu


http://www.jessepluim.com/




Summary
of
Qualifications
 

Relevant
knowledge
 Functional
Skills

• International
Disaster
Relief
 • Policy
Analysis

• International
Relations
 • Needs
Assessment

• International
Economics
 • Research
Design
Proposal

• Sustainable
Development
 • Grant
Writing

• Western
and
Eastern
European
Politics
 • Audio
Production

• 19th
and
20th
Century
Political
History
and
 • Proofreading
and
Editing

Philosophy
 • Bilingual:

English
and
German




Education

Monterey
Institute
of
International
Studies,
Monterey,
CA
 
 
 











Expected
May
2011



 Master
of
Public
Administration
in
International
Management,
Candidate



California
State
University,
Chico,
Chico,
CA
 
 
 
 
 












May
2009


 B.A.
History,
minor:

International
Relations
(3.6/4.0)


 B.A.
German,
minor:

European
Studies
(3.5/4.0)


 


 Study
Abroad

• Pädagogische
Hochschule
Ludwigsburg,
Ludwigsburg,
Germany,
2008

• Universität
Stuttgart,
Stuttgart,
Germany,
2007/08

• Univerzita
Karlov
(Charles
University),
Prague,
Czech
Republic,
2007




 
 

Professional
Experience

Monterey
Institute
of
International
Studies

Digital
Media
Commons,
Monterey,
CA
 
 
 
 
 February
2010
­Present


• Graduate
Assistant/Digital
Media
Developer

• Responsibilities
include
developing
workshops
on
emerging
technologies
pertinent

to
digital
media
design
(video
editing,
podcasting,
documentation,
collaboration,

online
distribution),
contributing
meaningful
articles
related
to
digital
media
usage

to
the
DMC
blog,
assisting
students
and
faculty
in
developing
digital
media
platforms

for
pedagogical
and
professional
use.



Meriam
Library

California
State
University
Chico,
Chico,
CA

 
 
 
 August
2005
­May
2009

• Operational
Assistant

• Assisted
patrons
with
media
related
research.

Facilitated
the
transfer
of
10,000+

video
and
audiotapes
to
various
digital
formats.

Provided
general
assistance
with

day‐to‐day
organization
and
maintenance
of
the
main,
periodical,
and
media

collections.







Chico
Historian

California
State
University
Chico,
Chico,
CA


 
 
 
 

August
2006­May
2009

• Associate
Editor

• Proofread,
edited
and
fact‐checked
author
submissions
for
graduate/undergraduate

journal
on
world
history.



Universität
Stuttgart
Admissions
Office

Universität
Stuttgart,
Stuttgärt,
Germany






 
 
 





November
2007­March
2008

• Translator

• Translated
 class
 listings
 and
 application
 procedural
 manuals
 from
 German
 into

English.

Honors
and
Activities

• Member
of
Phi
Alpha
Theta
–
International
History
Honor
Society

• Member
of
Phi
Sigma
Iota
–
International
Foreign
Language
Society

• Multicultural
Echoes
Literary
Magazine
–
Contributing
Writer

• Chico
News
and
Review
–
Contributing
Poet

• Chico
Historian
–
Contributing
Writer



Digital
Media
Competencies

• Podcast/Music
Software:

Garage
Band,
Audacity,
Ableton
Live


• Podcast/Music
Hardware:

Midi
Controllers,
Microtrack
Recorders,
Sound
Boards

• Video
Editing:

iMovie
HD,
Garageband
Screencast

• Microsoft
Office
Suite
(Word,
Excel,
PowerPoint)

• Apple
iWork
Suite
(Pages,
Numbers,
Keynote)

• Web
Editing:

Wordpress,

Google
Docs,
Blogger

• Telecommunications:

Skype,
Google
Video
Chat

• Data
Visualization:

Cmap,
Many
Eyes,
Google
Spreadsheets