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Newport News, Virginia, United States

• Processes thousands of assets for appropriate digitization, storage, and preservation, including film negatives, photographs, and floppy disks. Personally added over 1000 assets to Jefferson Lab's newspaper collection.
• Wrote container listings and edited finding aids for seven different collections to meet both site and federal requirements. Assisted with mass material transfer of over 20 archival boxes from Jefferson Lab to the.
• Provides library services and media requests for Jefferson Lab's staff, including interlibrary loans and answers to historical research queries.
• Reviews and inputs online metadata for 40 years of collection materials and collaborates with archival staff to preserve a broad scope of information on Jefferson Lab within its online Preservica database.

Newport News, Virginia, United States

• Digitized university records and entered data into the library’s archival system, contributing to a more accessible digital record database for both employees and students.
• Scanned and processed physical materials using Adobe Acrobat, then formatted and published the digitized materials for public use into the Omeka web publishing platform for online exhibits.
• Refined scanned files for optimal clarity of content, processing hundreds of pages a day to ensure their quality is acceptable for online publication.

Williamsburg, Virginia, United States

• Managed graphic design and copy editing for upcoming educational material meant for thousands of visitors, implementing Adobe Photoshop and Canva on a weekly basis. Worked closely with multiple departments to ensure.
• Created and led tours for students in 4th through 12th grade, incorporating Virginia’s Standards of Learning into field trips for enhanced learning opportunities. Workshopped new ideas for programs and suggested.

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

• Collaborated with local and regional National Park Service employees in a P3 strategic process to create guidelines for long-term park projects. Resulted in a plan for the next ten years of site development.
• Designed and managed social media posts for the national park’s official Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages. Increased number of visitors reached in one month by 944% and total page views by 23%. Raised the average.
• Crafted online visual aids, posters, videos, and educational supplements for upcoming programs with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro.

Danville, Virginia, United States

• Led undergraduate interns and coordinated with museum staff to create online educational content during COVID-19, resulting in a new regionally-recognized digital exercise for middle school students. Educational unit.
• Maintained contact and keeps track of fellows' work digitally to ensure all project milestones were met. Communicated with museum's executive director to ensure project goals and expectations were clearly expressed to.
• Worked remotely to limit spread of COVID-19 while continuing to support the mission and vision of the DMFAH.
• Curated the Camilla Williams exhibit after collecting data, collaborating with community members, and developing overarching themes with museum staff. Resulted in one of the museum's most successful exhibits, with over.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

• Graded assignments, kept attendance, and monitored classroom activity of 34 students for HIS 341: Pirates of the Caribbean.
• Assisted UNCG professor, Dr. Linda Rupert, with providing information to students, collecting primary source materials, and other daily tasks.

• Prepared materials for department events such as student recruitment drives, alumni meet-and-greets, and conference travel. Created flyers and marketing tools in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Canva.
• Compiled a mailing list of over 50 different public history programs nationwide resulting in a comprehensive resource for future recruitment and marketing.
• Was responsible for the upkeep and care of the on-campus Public History Lab.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

• Developed and hosted educational programming at the museum. Successfully led approximately 500 children through the museum's summer activities in June and July.
• Trained and supervised a team of over a dozen teenage volunteers who responsibly and effectively assisted with the summer program.
• Worked with children between the ages of 5 and 12 and fostered a fun and engaging environment that encouraged children to practice critical thinking and historical exploration.
• Assisted with implementing new ideas and concepts for programs and exhibits, such as reworking the African-American Experience field trip through new interactive segments meant to encourage positive engagement with the.
• Researched material for lesson plans and educational experiences using a variety of primary and secondary sources.

Cullowhee, North Carolina

• Collaborated with a variety of interdisciplinary classes ranging in size from 10 to 30 students throughout the university to improve writing skills of tutees and create goals for assignments.
• Created new educational materials for fellow employees to implement in their own class training sessions. These materials are still in use today.
• Hosted over 60 hours of individual consultation and tutoring sessions to assist students with their writing processes and habits.
• Successfully completed three upper-level classes on peer tutoring and adult learning with an emphasis on creating productive learning environments for a variety of traditional and non-traditional students. Earned the.
• Trained new employees and successfully saw them integrated into the work and culture of the Writing and Learning Commons.

Cullowhee, North Carolina

• Edited the entirety of the newspaper’s final draft before publication each month and was responsible for finding any remaining typos or formatting errors.
• Successfully edited over 25 issues of the monthly newspaper.
• Verified information in articles and worked closely with editor-in-chief to create headlines.
• Ensured consistent usage of AP style guidelines and maintained professional tone of AP writing within news articles.

Master Of Library & Information Science - Mlis, Library And Information Studies

Master'S Degree, Museology/Museum Studies, Gpa: 3.97

Activities and Societies: Vice President of the Public History Student Association

History, Public/Applied History, Gpa: 3.9

Graduated with a history major, a minor in hospitality and tourism management, and a public history certificate.