Work and Education

Education

American University – Washington, D.C.

Masters, History, Spring 2012 (concentration in public history)

• Relevant Public History Coursework: Public History Seminar; Public History Practicum; History in the Digital Age; Collections Management for Archives and Museums
• Relevant History Coursework: The Historian’s Craft; Colloquium in Early American History; Colloquium in Modern American History; Histories of Education; History of American Sexuality

Bachelor of Arts, History, Spring 2008

• Minor: Theatre
  
• Honors: Departmental Honors awarded by the History Department
• Abroad Experience: University of Limerick, Ireland

 

Work Experience

Program Analyst, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD   (October ’10-Present)

• Analyze data regarding employee performance and viewpoint
• Make recommendations to management regarding action to be taken when addressing problem areas
• Serve as liaison between management and contractors
• Work as part of a team responsible for creating risk assessment documents for our Center
• Edit text and provide comments pertaining to various topics

Intern, The American Interest  (March ’11 – August ’11)

• Conducted research of newspaper archives
• Wrote blog posts detailing 1861’s “news of the day” and connecting this news to larger themes of the time
• Provided suggestions to supervisor on new segments to add to the daily posts
• Provided suggestions to supervisor regarding additional avenues of public relations

Legal Administrative Specialist, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Winchester, VA (September ’08 – October ’10)

• Created Employee Benefits webpage
• Reviewed and process applications for Student Loan Repayment
• Collected and organized information responsive to requests made under the Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOI/PA)
• Analyzed information to determine relevance to request and sensitivity

Photograph Collections Management Intern, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, DC (September ’05 – December ’07)

• Detailed photographs in Alexander Gardner’s Sketchbook of the Civil War and documented information regarding photographs
• Researched historical context of Richard Avedon photographs for publication purposes; included meeting with other departmental curators to obtain supplemental materials and individual research to collect more data from sources outside of the museum
• Catalogued newly acquired images and gathered information on collections in the department that have yet to be exhibited or researched fully
• Analyzed photographer’s intent, audience and the history surrounding each photograph; created scope and content notes summarizing findings

Children’s Counselor, Bay-Shore/Brightwaters Public Library, Bay Shore, NY (June ’06 – August ’06)

• Planned and implemented educationally based children’s programming for groups of ten to fifteen children
• Created displays and identified resources to tie into the program’s theme of Ancient Egypt