Writing a resource guide on historic hotels in Tennessee that builds off my dissertation, “An Exploration of Tennessee’s Historic Hotels as Cultural Heritage Tourism Assets.”

* Prepared “Structural Assessment for Windermere in Franklin, TN” (team project).* Prepared “Preliminary Site Assessment for Marble Springs State Historic Site inKnoxville, TN” (team project).* Prepared “Preliminary Site Assessment for Rose Hill and Rosemount Cemeteries in Columbia, TN” (team project).CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS* “Public History and African American Automobility: Researching the “Negro Motorist’s Green Books,” National Council on Public History (Spring 2018).* “An Exploration of Tennessee’s Historic Hotels As Cultural Heritage Tourism Assets,” Tennessee Preservation Trust (Fall 2017).* “The Hierarchical and Conflicted Nature of Historic Hotels in the 1910s and 1920s,” Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (Fall 2016).* “Challenging the Established Narrative through an Examination of Transient Housing in the South: Log Cabins, Hotels & Residence Halls,” National Council on Public History (Spring 2016).* “Transient Housing in the South: Boardinghouses, Hotels & Residence Halls,” Ohio Valley History Conference (Fall 2015).* “Unbounded Partnerships: Community-Based Preservation,” National Council on Public History (Spring 2015).* “Luxury Historic Hotels: A Mediated History,” Ohio Valley History Conference (Fall 2014).* “Sustaining Historic Preservation through Community Engagement,” National Council on PublicHistory (Spring 2014).* “Sharing Power: The Benefits of Reshaping the Narrative for Historic Hotels,” University of Alabama Birmingham Graduate History Conference (Spring 2014).* “The Stories Hotels Tell About Themselves,” Ohio Valley History Conference (Fall 2013).

* Prepared “Preliminary Heritage Development Plan for National Register-Listed Hotelsand Inns in Tennessee” (sole author).* Attended heritage development meetings, Sesquicentennial Committee meetings, and dedications for Civil War Trail markers with Lee Curtis Director of Program Development and Legislative Liaison.* Participated in Appalachian Gateway Communities Regional Workshop in Berea, KY.

* Acted as primary publicist for authors and publishers.* Created and executed strategic marketing plans to promote books on a local andnational basis.* Developed media kits, generated media interest, set up book tours and other affinity marketing events, executed Internet marketing plan.* Founded critically acclaimed authors’ series, Evening with an Author, 2007-2012.

Director, Channel Management for Platts* Developed new market strategy; signed up new partners to execute on plan.* Managed third-party partners including contracts and sales & marketing programs.* Lead working groups to identify and address issues pertaining to partners. Project Manager for Business Information Group (BIG)* Managed Project RISE to increase revenue and skill base of sale force across BIG. Opportunity targeted to yield $30 million in incremental sales.Business Development Project Manager for Platts* Worked on strategic plan and other strategic initiatives.* Screened acquisition candidates, ran financial models, developed business cases, andmanaged due diligence for acquisitions.