Delia Haston

• Developed and implemented project plans and logistics to ensure successful execution.
• Facilitated workshops, seminars, and information sessions on the current projects of the Office.
• Sorted and organized files, spreadsheets, and reports.
• Prepared project presentations and reports to assist senior staff.
• Educated students & staff on organizational mission and goals to help program achieve success.
• Developed effective improvement plans in alignment with goals and specifications regarding the Arts Community of the college.

• Responded to inquiries from callers seeking information.
• Greeted incoming visitors and customers professionally and provided friendly, knowledgeable assistance.
• Managed customer scheduling and employee availability for all appointment inquiries.
• Interacted with vendors, contractors and professional services personnel to receive orders, direct activities, and communicate instructions.
• Prepared merchandise for sales floor by pricing or tagging.
• Organized racks and shelves to maintain store visual appeal, engage customers, and promote specific merchandise.

• Organized, prepared, and led a variety of small and large group activities,
• Created and maintained an inclusive “house” environment for students and colleagues.
• Served as a positive role model and fostered positive mentorship roles with participants and served as a liaison to communicate with participants’ guardians, and ensured the safety and wellbeing of program participants.
• Addressed behavioral and emotional needs of residents through activities and interventions, increasing resident socialization, interpersonal, and social skills.
• Supervised student employees and provided feedback on performance.
• Provided swift and knowledgeable emergency support in line with campus crisis protocols.

Compiled, read, and categorized into a database, current literatures in and around the Latino/a/x field, centered around five interdisciplinary subfields: (a) Migration/Border-Crossing/Humanitarian Crises, (b) Remaking of U.S. cities as Latinx spaces, (c) Public health, data science, and epidemiology, (d) Latino/a/e/x cultural remaking, and (e) Latina/o/e/x populations & indigeneity, as part of an ongoing study on contemporary Latinx Studies development in elite institutions.

Conduct research and on pedagogical pathways for advancement in Latin American Studies with an emphasis on creative teaching practices, supervise group study, and assist in curriculum and classroom development for a first-year seminar on Latin American revolutions, and an introductory course in Latin American Studies.

• Implemented strategies to increase alumnae recruiting, engagement and retention.
• Followed detailed directions from management to complete daily paperwork and computer data entry.
• Directed automation of office procedures such as correspondence management, recordkeeping and online communications.
• Performed wide-ranging administrative, financial and service-related functions.