• Created and implemented collection development plan and access policy for Archives and Special Collections to guide acquisitions using thematic criteria and visits to the archives.• Stewarded donations from alumni and benefactors of the university to the archives, including two collections valued at over $250,000.• Appraised new collections for archival value and accepted them into the university archives in accordance with the collection development plan.• Processed ten collections by removing metal fasteners, organizing materials, and placing them in acid-free folders and archival boxes.• Created written guides and finding aids to help researchers access and use collections.• Created social media presence for Archives and Special Collections reaching over 1,000 followers.• Expanded online presence by scanning 6,500 documents with metadata and hosting them on CONTENTdm, a digital asset management system from OCLC.• Designed comprehensive outreach strategy to increase use of the collections by students by leading class visits to the archives.• Created teaching materials like PowerPoints, lessons plans, and LibGuides to support use of archival sources in the classroom and for assignments by faculty members.• Founded and chaired seven-member Archives Advisory Committee.• Mentored and supervised up to twelve student interns each semester.• Attended faculty governance meetings to represent two departments: History and Political Science, and the University Library.• Developed new policies for the Faculty Handbook to govern over 750 faculty members at the university.

• Organized and digitized the Trafzer Collection, an archival collection on Native Californians.• Conducted archival research on the Native Americans of California.• Edited scholarly monographs and anthologies for publication.• Authored a short manuscript on archival digitization for publication through the California Center for Native Nations.• Digitized archival documents on Native American and western history.

• Received an award to complete the research and writing phases of my dissertation in history.• Conducted extensive research for course papers, master’s thesis, and doctoral dissertation, utilizing library resources and visiting archives across California for primary and secondary historical information.• Wrote historiographical papers and primary research papers, culminating with a dissertation on the history of California.• Shared research in seminar classes through professional presentations.• Lead nuanced historical discussions of primary and secondary historical materials in classes of up to 15 students.

• Created group work for discussion sections to gauge student mastery of content.• Helped instructors of record create assessments such as examinations.• Instructed 60 to 75 students in three discussion sections every quarter.• Created lesson plans, including in-class activities such as lectures and discussions.• Graded student quizzes, tests, and written assignments.• Maintained current gradebooks of student performance.

• Researched Henry E. Huntington Collection to compose short biography for use in Orientation Gallery. • Designed organizational chart showing Huntington's various business involvements.

• Worked with B.A., B.S., M.A., M.S., and Ed.D. students to improve their academic writing and mastery of historical concepts.• Developed specific tutoring plans for individual students, and monitored progress through feedback on individual assignments.• Used digital tools to communicate with students, including videos, to appeal to different learning methods.• Lead or participated in group meetings and training sessions.• Organized and staffed tutoring center booth at university events to connect with potential users. Set up dismantled and developed staff schedule for operating booth.

• Scanned archival items on flatbed scanner to prepare them for being hosted online.• Harvested metadata and created descriptions for archival documents.• Linked written descriptions to individual records to promote greater ease of use among online users.• Securely housed documents items in acid-free folders and archival boxes.• Supervised newer interns in the archives by introducing them to standard operating procedures and monitoring their work.

• Sorted an archival collection by subject matter, organizing 500 documents chronologically, in original order, and by subject• Housed three-dimensional objects for the museum unit of the facility.• Catalogued artifacts from President Ronald Reagan’s administration.• Kept track of loans to and from the facility using Microsoft Excel.

• Processed an archival collection consisting of newspaper clippings and photographs by reorganizing the materials by subject matter.• Developed in-depth inventory of an archival collection.• Preserved photographs and photographic negatives and contact sheets by placing them into protective materials.