Jessica Deprest, Phd Email & Phone Number

Jessica Deprest, Phd is a Records Management Intern at U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. She is proficient in French and German. Colleagues describe her as "Jessica DePrest is one of the most gifted people that I have had the honor to work with. As cohort members in our Ph.D. program at the University of California Los Angeles, I had always felt like an outsider. When Jessica invited me to join a dissertation writing group, I never anticipated how much of a family would be built. I truly would not have made it through my Ph.D. nor my first few years as a professor without her critical edits and comments on my writing and, more importantly, her faith in my ability. I have always been in awe of the way Jessica’s research and writing read so clearly and how her mastery of the archive always brings things once forgotten back to life. Her skills in extracting and weaving stories from historic documentaries and recorded footage have always inspired me to dig further into my own work to bring new ideas to fruition. Working together for almost five years on various assignments and research projects, Jessica has always been the north star for our research group and continued to lay out the research and work agenda thoroughly on a week-to-week basis. Her organization, leadership, and sheer excitement about cultural history make me proud to know her and thankful for all that she has taught me." and "Jessica was a delight to work with, always available for questions and patient when explaining the cataloguing process. Moreover, I have also worked with Jessica at UCLA as PhD research colleagues and I can say hands down, she is one of the most organized people I know. She updated and maintained our working schedule and was integral to our team dynamics. She is an excellent communicator and has an easy going, adaptable personality. Finally, she is a true expert in archival and film research, whose specialty in travelogue film studies, documentary studies, women's studies, and American culture and history illustrates her subject matter expertise, which can easily be applied to a variety of research and archival positions."