Christopher Valesey

Versatile researcher and educator transitioning into GRC. Strong foundational knowledge in network security, data communications, and translating complex technical frameworks (NIST, ISO) into actionable policies. Eager to gain hands-on experience and learn from experts.

Assistant Teaching Professor of History - Ball State University - Muncie, IN

(2020-08 - 2026-05)

• Instructed a required course entitled "HIST 150: The West in the World"
• Managed classes on Canvas, a cloud-based Learning Management System
• Designed a syllabus for a proposed class, "The History of Cybersecurity, Cyberwarfare, and Hacktivism."
• Trained students on ethical use of AI for productivity
• Published an article in the Sixteenth Century Journal, "Perseverance of the Eagle-Jaguar Military Ethos in Sixteenth-Century New Spain"
• Co-authored a chapter for the Handbook on the Anthropocene in Latin America, "Biodiversity in Mesoamerica in the Colonial Period (c. 1492 – c. 1800)"
• Interviewed for the History Channel's History's Greatest Warriors

Ph.D. Candidate - Penn State University - State College, PA

(2017-08 - 2019-07)

• Translation of numerous early colonial Spanish and Nahuatl (Aztec) archival manuscripts
• Built a database of over 2,000 Indigenous petitions to Spanish colonial administrators
• Research presented at several regional and national conferences
• Defended a dissertation entitled "Managing the Herd: Nahuas, Animals, and Colonialism in Sixteenth-Century New Spain"

M.S.

• Cybersecurity Management - University of Illinois at Springfield (2026-06)

Ph.D.

• Colonial Latin American History - Pennsylvania State University (2019-08)

M.A.

• History - University at Albany – SUNY (2015-07)

B.A.

• Adolescence Education: Social Studies and History - State University of New York at Cortland (2013-05)