Contact
Sarah Van Cleve, PhD
www.linkedin.com/in/ Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
sarahrvancleve (LinkedIn) Denver, Colorado, United States
Top Skills Summary
Presentations
PhD with eleven years of experience in college admissions,
Presentation Skills
research, teaching, and non-profits. Analytical thinker with exemplary
English
communication skills, both written and verbal. Intellectually curious,
Certifications high energy, proactive, and organized. Areas of expertise include:
Indoor Cycling Instructor Power
Certification + Project management
Certified BODYPUMP Instructor + Working under pressure with limited supervision in a high-
Certified Group Fitness Instructor performance environment
+ Rigorous attention to detail combined with an ability to see the big
Publications picture
Review of 'Reading and the Making + Researching and organizing a large volume of information, data,
of Time in the Eighteenth Century' by documents
Christina Lupton
+ Working collaboratively with people of varying levels of authority
and experience
+ Communicating with diverse audiences
Additional interests:
+ Teaching group fitness classes
+ Completed over 6,700 hiking miles on the Continental Divide Trail,
Superior Hiking Trail, South West Coast Path, Pinhoti Trail, North
Country Trail, Coast to Coast Path, Oregon Coast Trail, Pacific Crest
Trail, Colorado Trail, and Long Trail
Experience
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Consultant
January 2024 - Present (11 months)
Denver, Colorado, United States
Columbia University in the City of New York
Adjunct, Office of Admission
December 2020 - Present (4 years)
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+ Evaluate 500+ undergraduate and transfer applications seasonally while
pursuing my PhD
+ Present and advocate for applicants in the admissions committee process
The Teagle Foundation
Communications Intern
December 2021 - April 2023 (1 year 5 months)
+ Create content for website; manage backend data in the content
management system; and produce website analytics reports for the
Foundation’s Board of Directors
+ Assemble the Foundation’s Annual Report; write newsletters for subscribers;
and conduct research
University of Michigan
Doctoral Candidate
August 2017 - April 2023 (5 years 9 months)
Ann Arbor, Michigan
+ Graduate Student Intern at the University Career Center (2022-23) — Advise
graduate students in one-on-one appointments and facilitate workshops on
career topics including resumes, cover letters, internships, and interviewing
+ Rackham Humanities Research Fellow (2021-22) — Awarded competitively
for dissertation research
+ Course Instructor, Department of English — Designed and developed
curricula; taught and mentored students; evaluated performance and
communicated feedback for 6 semesters of university teaching
+ Lead Research Assistant — Generated work-flow procedures; researched
and analyzed 100+ novels and texts; and documented findings in over 500
hours of research for two faculty members
+ Dissertation Writing Group Leader — Supervised multiple groups of
interdisciplinary scholars in weekly sessions
+ Graduate Student Coordinator, Nineteenth Century Forum — Scheduled and
led writing workshops, reading groups, and faculty panels; Arranged travel and
structured itineraries for visiting faculty members
+ Writing Specialist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Lab —
Advised graduate students and faculty on journal article submissions; refined
and revised board reports for the Applications Driving Architectures Center
Big Ten Academic Alliance
Project Manager
December 2021 - May 2022 (6 months)
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+ Selected for this 20 hours/week role in a competitive process through the
Rackham Doctoral Internship Program
+ Lead a cross-functional team of eight professionals from academic presses
and university libraries to develop an implementation plan for the creation of an
e-book collection on a topic advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion
+ Manage the process of selection, copyright/permissions analysis, metadata
enrichment, scanning, accessibility remediation, platform selection, business
model identification, and dissemination through library systems
Princeton University
6 years 8 months
Outside Reader, Office of Admission
August 2017 - April 2020 (2 years 9 months)
+ Evaluated 500-800 applications seasonally (2017-20) while pursuing my PhD
Assistant Dean, Office of Admission
April 2017 - August 2017 (5 months)
+ Traveled to high schools nationwide to recruit prospective students; gave
presentations to large audiences of up to 1,000 students, parents, and
counselors; determined admission decisions for 2,600 annual applications
from Southern California
+ Trained and onboarded new staff members
+ Created and edited content on new website and social media accounts
+ Coordinated travel for hundreds of qualifying low-income students at newly
admitted student programs
Assistant Director, Office of Admission
August 2015 - March 2017 (1 year 8 months)
Officer, Office of Admission
September 2013 - August 2015 (2 years)
American Youth Foundation - Merrowvista
Community and School Program Staff
August 2012 - June 2013 (11 months)
+ Facilitated community and school groups in multi-day outdoor programs
+ Collaborated with school administrators to manage and implement
programming and curricula
Education
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University of Michigan
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, English Language and Literature,
General · (2017 - 2023)
Princeton University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Literature (British and Commonwealth),
Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies · (2008 - 2012)
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