Kaleena Black Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Designed, developed, managed, and facilitated onsite and live virtual learning programs (e.g., webinars, workshops, informational presentations, conference sessions) to connect K-12 educators, librarians, students, and the general public with the digital content resources of the Library of Congress.-Developed and produced learning products to motivate K-12 educator and student use of Library of Congress digital content resources (e.g., “Using the Library of Congress Online: A Guide for Middle and High School Students”; “Living Nations, Living Words: A Guide for Educators”; and a curated primary source set on “Alexander Hamilton”).-Designed and delivered outreach presentations at conferences, workshops, and meetings, for various audiences, including educators, library professionals, and international delegations.-Researched and wrote (or co-wrote) 9 articles for peer-reviewed journals of various professional education associations, including National Association for Music Education, National Council for the Social Studies, and National Science Teaching Association.-Authored or co-authored 20+ blog posts featured in the "Teaching with the Library of Congress" blog, the family-focused blog "Minerva’s Kaleidoscope", and other Library of Congress channels.-Co-developed and co-managed Teaching with Primary Sources Internship at the Young Readers Center, and mentored remote and onsite interns on independent research projects.-Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., colleagues, other government agencies, and other cultural and educational organizations), to support development of K-12 educational initiatives at the national level.-Served as a judge of student research projects for multiple National History Day competitions, at the state and national levels, in the Website and Documentary categories.-Managed Twitter account for World Digital Library (@WDLorg). Current follower count is ~73K.

-Directed Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program (through Summer 2017), i.e.,:*Led a cross-functional team to plan, implement, and promote the Library of Congress Junior Fellows Program, a paid summer internship for undergraduate and graduate students to undertake projects with mentorship from Library of Congress specialists.*Oversaw the application and hiring processes of 35+ annual interns (out of 700+ annual applicants).*Created and implemented a $100K+ annual program budget.*Developed and coordinated enrichment programming for interns (e.g., excursions, panels, and tours).*Conducted participant surveys, analyzed the results, and produced final reports for senior management, to evaluate program success.*Provided creative and curatorial guidance to interns for their final presentations.-Served as a panelist to select 2017 Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grantees and consortium partners.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

-Conducted research on teenagers’ news consumption and digital media literacy.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Led a team of remote and geographically-diverse independent contractors (subject specialists, writers, researchers, and editors) to create item-level descriptions (captions) of digitized objects featured in the World Digital Library, a free, multilingual online repository of culturally and historically significant items from international partner libraries, museums, and archives in 45+ countries.-Consulted with stakeholders (e.g., metadata specialists, translation vendors, and national and international partner institutions) to ensure quality and consistency of captions and metadata records.-Streamlined various editorial processes to increase productivity and efficiency.-Represented the World Digital Library at various public outreach events, to engage new users. -Managed the World Digital Library Twitter account (@wdlorg), and monitored analytics and produced monthly progress reports for senior management.-Managed interns and volunteers.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Conducted research on selected topics, using multilingual electronic and print resources.-Wrote descriptions of digitized primary sources to be included in WDL.-Assembled multilingual glossary to ensure site-wide translation consistency.-Produced French-to-English and Russian-to-English translations of metadata records.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

-Designed information seminar programs for visitors.-Communicated with United Nations agencies to schedule lectures by high-level staff.-Welcomed and accompanied groups on visits.-Produced daily summaries in English of French articles published in Swiss newspapers, for UN Secretary-General’s spokesman in New York and other high-level UN officials.-Edited and formatted for publication, report of 47th Graduate Study Programme.-Assisted with first annual Global Model United Nations Conference held at Palais des Nations.-Fielded accreditation requests from journalists for 2009 World Climate Conference – 3.

Master Of Education, International Education Policy

Bachelor Of Arts, Comparative Literature

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