Dionti Davis Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Supporting project/story conception and development, as well as assisting the production and execution process as needed. Providing critical research and background backing to ongoing strategic and creative projects.• Providing research and strategic support for project design and conceptualization• Identifying, recruiting, and onboarding more than 16 community-based organization partners across four cities in a nationally run marketing / awareness campaign• Led marketing and engagement strategies for the award-winning immersive theatrical experience As Much As I Can• Supervising and managing a month-long pop-up experiential exhibit featuring cultural activations and community engagement tools• Executed over 60+ community activations over the course of Me In You, You In Me campaign duration, including community events, bar nights, food drives, and entertainment performances• Led data analysis and social media optimizations across social media marketing campaigns – achieving more than double the returns year over year on social interactions

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Managing engagement and interaction with students and faculty at over fifty colleges and universities across the U.S. Organizing and facilitating advisory board meetings featuring scholars, administrators, junior and senior faculty, and graduate students at institutions who have licensed The HistoryMakers Digital Archive for use in the classroom. Collaborating with scholars and educators on the development of curricular materials and programming for K-16. Grant-writing. Online and in-person training and talks. Scholarly conference and annual meeting presentations and exhibition.

Greater Chicago Area

Assisting the executive in day to day administrative and management tasks. Editing and drafting promotional materials, grant proposals, board meeting materials, press releases, and biographical information. Managing the executive and organization calendar and meeting schedule. Assisting in production of annual PBS-TV celebrity interview program. Assisting in planning and coordinating regional events nationally. Conducting training sessions on on-line resources and presenting to audiences nationwide.

Greater Chicago Area

Researching and profiling HistoryMakers across the nation. Compiling and organizing biographical information. Composing biographies for HistoryMakers featured in the Digital Archive.

Carnegie Mellon University

Synthesized a digital database of runaway slave advertisements. Conducted a survey of academic and popular sources on Gullah/Geechee peoples. Assisted in department administration.

U.S. Department of Education Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program intern for the award winning From Slavery to Freedom exhibit project. Created and organized database of exhibit artifacts. Processed incoming artifacts. Conducted archival research for the creation of a new exhibit. Assisted in the planning of a new exhibit.

Msc In History, International And World History

Ma In History, International And World History

History, African And African American Studies

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta Regional ConferencePresented independent and original research at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional.