James Rodgers Email & Phone Number

Delray Beach, Fl, Us

Delray Beach, Fl, Us

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Portland, Or

➤ Providing Museum operations and administrative support including greeting visitors, answering phones, and guiding tours.➤ Successfully maintaining storage and back of house functions and serving on ad-hoc committees to represent JAMO.➤ Collaborating with Leadership, Board, and external parties to maintain security/safety for the JAMO community and assets.➤ Consistently performing routine maintenance and cleaning and collaborating with vendors to meet needs. ➤ Successfully… Show more ➤ Providing Museum operations and administrative support including greeting visitors, answering phones, and guiding tours.➤ Successfully maintaining storage and back of house functions and serving on ad-hoc committees to represent JAMO.➤ Collaborating with Leadership, Board, and external parties to maintain security/safety for the JAMO community and assets.➤ Consistently performing routine maintenance and cleaning and collaborating with vendors to meet needs. ➤ Successfully working with security firms and law enforcement to plan and implement safety protocols.➤ Developing, supporting, maintaining, and updating user manuals for physical plant and other museum systems.➤ Serving as a team member contributing in support of JAMO functions and mission. ➤ Supporting operations including lighting/security systems, policies/procedures, and schedule/budget management. ➤ Planning and managing events including Japanese American Historical Plaza clean-up and Oregon Rises Above Hate.➤ Helping to plan, organize, set-up, and take-down/cleanup various JAMO sponsored projects and events.➤ Participated in standing committee and ad hoc committee work and actively contributed to museum initiatives.➤ Assisting in preparing the collection for moving to a new site as well as unpacking, storing, or displaying the collection.➤ Assisting with the installation and de-installations of exhibits including packaging, storing, and documenting items.➤ Monitoring the museum for safety and risk management of staff, visitors, and property including exhibits and collections.➤ Assisted with a team of inventory specialists and videographers for a renovation and gallery transformation project.➤ Ensuring the intellectual integrity of the museum collection is not compromised during packing and relocation.➤ Overseeing procedures to ensure that no artifacts are lost or misplaced and assisting with Collection Database Inventory. Show less

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Master Of Arts - Ma, Museum Studies

Thesis: “Soft Politics: The Development of The Japan Section of The American Museum of Natural History's Hall of Asian Peoples”

Master Of Arts - Ma, Asian Studies With Honors

Activities and Societies: Japan Club (Vice-President and President), Phi Kappa Phi Thesis: “Western Influence on Taisho Period Art”

Japanese Language

Immersive Japanese language environment in Okazaki, Japan.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, College Of Fine Arts

Activities and Societies: Friends of Japan (Vice-President) Related Course Work: ➤ Tea Ceremony I and II ➤ Museum Management ➤ Historical.