Overview
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Education
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Martha Shaffer

Columbia,SC

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Canale Intern

Franklin, Grundy, & White County Jails
01.2022 - Current
  • work at local nonprofits 10-15 hours a week
  • site leader at the Franklin County, Grundy County Jail & White County Jails, where I teach art, writing, and academic classes, provide GED and literary tutoring, and manage programming and other volunteers

Undergraduate Intern Researcher

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
06.2024 - 08.2024
  • selected by Sewanee's Earth & Environmental Sciences Department and Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory to receive a full scholarship to attend RMBL's undergraduate research program
  • assisted Dr. Paul CaraDonna in his long-term research project about ecological interactions between bumblebees and wildflowers
  • conducted an independent research project about local abundance of queens for native bumblebee species in meadows

Legal Intern

U.S. District Court in South Carolina
06.2023 - 07.2023
  • conducted legal research for upcoming and ongoing cases
  • shadowedJudge Norton and his law clerks during trials, hearings, and meetings
  • assisted in writing court decisions for compassionate release cases

Education

Bachelor of Science - Art History; Natural Resources & The Environment

Sewanee: The University of The South
Sewanee, TN
05.2025

Semester Abroad - Ecological Resilience Studies

School For Field Studies
Atenas, Costa Rica
12.2023

High School Diploma -

Governor's School For The Arts & Humanities
Greenville, SC
05.2020

Certification

  • currently working to obtain my 200-hour yoga teacher training certification, focused on trauma-sensitive yoga for underserved populations

Timeline

Undergraduate Intern Researcher

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
06.2024 - 08.2024

Legal Intern

U.S. District Court in South Carolina
06.2023 - 07.2023

Canale Intern

Franklin, Grundy, & White County Jails
01.2022 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Art History; Natural Resources & The Environment

Sewanee: The University of The South

Semester Abroad - Ecological Resilience Studies

School For Field Studies

High School Diploma -

Governor's School For The Arts & Humanities
  • currently working to obtain my 200-hour yoga teacher training certification, focused on trauma-sensitive yoga for underserved populations
Martha Shaffer