Jonathan Merrill

1355 Draper Road McHenry, IL 60050 jmerrill00@gmail.com (847) 337-1231

Education
Master of Education in Higher Education

May 2015

Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology

May 2013

Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Student Affairs Experience

Assistant Resident Director
July 2013 Present
Department of Residence Life, Loyola University Chicago
Assist in coordinating the daily operations of a residential area of 550 upper-class students
Supervise, train and evaluate 3 resident assistants with indirect responsibility for 6 resident assistants
Oversee implementation of area-wide programming and community building efforts
Supervise, train, schedule and evaluate 16 student desk employees responsible for safety and security of
the residence hall
Track supply purchases from a two printing budgets of $550
Adjudicate student conduct cases and provide appropriate educational sanctions to students found in
violation of university policies
Advise the area council executive board through weekly one-on-one and general body meetings
Participate in the selection and interview processes for professional and paraprofessional staff
Collaborate weekly with Campus Ministry and Wellness Center staff to holistically serve student needs
Respond to behavioral, mental health, and other crisis situations in 24/7 on-call rotation
Loyola Seminar 102 Co-Instructor
January, 2015 Present
Office of First-Year Experiences, Loyola University Chicago
Facilitated class discussions in collaboration with professionals from the Office of Student Diversity and
Multicultural Affairs
Provided educative assessment by providing feedback on reflection papers and journal entries
Met with students one-on-one to help create an inclusive learning environment within the classroom
Integrated students experiences into overarching conversation about the school-to-prison pipeline
Graduate Intern
August 2014 December 2014
Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities, Northeastern Illinois University
Participate in weekly Behavioral Concern Team meetings
Collaborate with staff members to create a restorative justice sanction guide
Outreach to campus partners to create formal procedures for educational and developmental sanctions
Assisted in the planning and content development of Student Hearing Panel training
Graduate Intern
May 2014 July 2014
Admission & Office of the Registrar, Malcolm X City College of Chicago
Facilitated focus groups to inform the development of a training curriculum for student ambassadors
Developed learning outcomes that balanced focus group feedback and departmental priorities
Planned and implemented a half-day training for the student ambassador program
Evaluated effectiveness of student ambassador training based on learning outcomes
Guided new students through the online admittance process

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Fellow
September 2012 May 2013
NASPA Undergraduate Fellowship Program, Washington University in St. Louis
Worked with student affairs professionals to identify personal, academic, and career goals
Summer Intern
May 2012 August 2012
Office of Residential Life, Washington University in St. Louis
Analyzed academic year assessments to make informed decisions about the programming model
Compiled a St. Louis multicultural resource guide for the Social Justice Center
Organized a venue for more than 50 campus partners to disseminate information during fall training
Coordinated campus partners involvement in August training with professional staff

Committee Involvement
Student Staff Training Committee, Loyola University Chicago
September 2013 August 2014
Served as a liaison for communication to departmental presenters participating in the fall training
Organized logistics for the Behind Closed Doors duty simulation for over 100 student staff
Provided feedback to student staff who completed the online incident report training module
Organized daily and overall assessments to ensure training outcomes were met
Developed content and a facilitation guide for spring training attended by new and returning staff
Assisted in incorporating reflective qualitative assessment method into online student staff training
Cultural Competency Committee, Loyola University Chicago
October 2013 July 2014
Collaborated to plan monthly cultural competency development programs for professional staff
Participated in developing a sustainable strategic plan for the cultural competency committee

Selected Presentations
Student Staff Training, Loyola University Chicago
Universal Design in Programming
Pecha Kucha: Campus Ecology

August 2013
August 2014

Professional and Graduate Cultural Competency Development, Loyola University Chicago

Tribal and Historically Black Colleges
October 2013
Professional and Graduate Staff Training, Loyola University Chicago
Front Desk Operations

July 2014

Publication
Braude, S. & Merrill, J. (2013). The Chancellors New Robes: Online Education. Creative Education, 4, 50-52.
doi: 10.4236/ce.2013.47A2009.

Conferences
2013 NASPA Undergraduate Conference, Orlando, Florida
Dungy Leadership Institute, Iowa State University

March 2013
June 2013