Adjunct Instructor at American Public University System
Greater Pittsburgh Area
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- Adjunct Instructor at American Public University System
- Adjunct Instructor in Political Science and History at La Roche College
- Adjunct Instructor in Political Science at CCAC
- Associate at Aflac
- Writer at Self-Employed Free-Lance Writer, Editor and Simulations Desiger/Developer
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- Customer Service Representative at GiftCards.com
- Letter of Credit Administrator, LEAP Associate and Buyer at Mellon Bank
- Office Products Call Scheduler (Assigned to Hewlett Packard) at Manpower
- Education
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- Duquesne University
- Duquesne University
- Shady Side Academy
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Jim Werbaneth’s Summary
Primarily, I am a political science and history instructor at the college level, at three very different schools. I teach at a small but high-quality liberal arts institution, La Roche College, and the Community College of Allegheny County.
Part of my work at La Roche College involves the Scholar program, which extends opportunities for undergraduate-level learning, and college credits, to high school students. Most recently, I've given classes on World War II national decision-making to students from North Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, the French and Indian War in Western Pennsylvania to a class from Quigley Catholic in Baden PA, and classes in the history and study of terrorism to honors students from Aliquippa High School.
In addition, I'm now teaching online through American Military University, the branch of the American Public University System [APUS] that provides educational services to the special needs of the military and emergency personnel.
I'm also an Independent Associate selling affordable supplemental health and accident coverage, disability and life insurance.
Jim Werbaneth’s Specialties:
Licensed life and health insurance producer in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland.
Jim Werbaneth’s Experience
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Adjunct Instructor
American Public University System
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
Online instructor in political science, currently specializing in American government, to a student body consisting largely of military personnel and first-responders.
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Adjunct Instructor in Political Science and History
La Roche College
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
Contracted to teach Comparative Government and Major Issues in Modern US History at the undergraduate level, fall semester 2008. Participant in the Honor Students program, giving high school students college-level lectures for advanced college credits. For spring 2009, teaching two sections of Major Issues in Modern US History, covering the United States from World War II to present, and into the future.
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Adjunct Instructor in Political Science
CCAC
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
Teaching courses: Introduction to Political Science, American Government, and American Constitution.
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Associate
Aflac
(Public Company; AFL; Insurance industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Independent representative selling affordable supplemental insurance in Western Pennsylvania and neighboring areas. Products include policies against the risk of cancer, heart attack, accident, sickness, hospitalization and disability.
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Writer
Self-Employed Free-Lance Writer, Editor and Simulations Desiger/Developer
(Publishing industry)
December 1985 — Present (23 years 8 months)
• Publisher, editor, and principal writer of Line of Departure, a conflict simulations magazine, since 1991; winner of the Charles S. Roberts Award, the most important given in the industry, as the best magazine of its type for 2006 and 2007.
• Award-winning designer of wargames, Britain Stands Alone and Inchon, dealing with World War II and Korean War subjects respectively. Self-publish and distribute Rommel at Gazala, covering World War II battle in North Africa.
• Staff Developer for Turning Point Simulations (Southeastern PA). Responsible for project management, editorial duties, and project testing for twenty-one conflict simulations, to be published over five years.
• Invited to teach seminars on military strategy, counterterrorism, and wargame design at the University of Virginia School of Law in 2001.
• As a result of a winning a writing award, participated in the Imagine Peace think tank project at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Engineering in 1989. -
Customer Service Representative
GiftCards.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)
August 2007 — October 2007 (3 months)
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Letter of Credit Administrator, LEAP Associate and Buyer
Mellon Bank
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MEL; Banking industry)
May 1996 — May 2004 (8 years 1 month)
• Appointed Assistant Officer within the corporation, October 2003.
• Purchasing duties primarily concerned with technology, especially software, but also included human resources and building engineering services. Worked closely with offices in New York, New Jersey and the United Kingdom.
• As a LEAP Associate, with one other associate responsible for expediting and tracking the implementation of over $43,200,000 in cost-saving and efficiency-related initiatives. Project was extensively human resource-oriented, with extensive financial tracking functions.
• Duties in International Department centered on standby letters of credit, including administration of automatic renewals, and billing and receivables processing. Assisted network administrators with client-side upgrades and installations, and provided onsite technical support. -
Office Products Call Scheduler (Assigned to Hewlett Packard)
Manpower
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MAN; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
May 1994 — March 1995 (11 months)
Assigned by Manpower Technical to Hewlett Packard’s Pittsburgh office, as call scheduler for office products group: In quasi-managerial role, responsible for dispatching customer service engineers to repair computers, printers.
Jim Werbaneth’s Education
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Duquesne University
MA , Political Science , 1983 — 1985
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- Master's Thesis titled The Ideological Foundations of the Salvadoran Revolution. Inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society.
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Duquesne University
BA , Political Science , 1979 — 1982
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- Minor in history.
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Shady Side Academy
High School , 1976 — 1982
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Jim Werbaneth’s Interests:
History, fishing, reading.
Jim Werbaneth’s Groups:
Member, Awards Committee for Historical Simulations, International Gamers Awards, Business Leads Exchange
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APUS Online Library
Jim Werbaneth’s Honors:
• Mellon Bank’s Premier Achievement Award in 2000, for role in the “Challenge Phase” of the LEAP Project, in which money-saving and revenue-enhancing ideas were generated with lines of business.
• Inchon co-winner of 1992 Charles S. Roberts Award, the highest award given in wargame industry, for best post-World War II game of 1991.
• Line of Departure won Charles S. Roberts Award outright as wargaming's best magazine of its type for 2006 and 2007.
• Articles in the wargame magazine The General twice nominated for Charles S. Roberts Award. Article on the Nicaraguan Contras won magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award, given for best free-lance-written article.
• Recipient of Carnegie Mellon University’s Imagine Peace Award, for “superior writing and creative ideas about world peace.
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