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• Create educational tools to teach participatory and co-design theory to humanities professionals. • Conduct research on the topics of participatory and co-design in cultural heritage organizations, particularly libraries, museums, and archives.• Conduct research on the topics of user experience and different forms of UX design.• Perform user and systems testing. • Write blog posts on the topics of participatory and co-design that can be viewed on the Digital Scholarship Group website. • Update website materials as they are developed. • Learning coding languages often used in Public History platforms, including XML and TEI.

• Support Specialists with auction setup and communications with clients. • Assist clients during auction previews.• Prepare and style gallery for auctions.• Participate in fundamental tasks during auctions, specifically phone bidding.

• Conducted digital research for The Film Posse’s PBS American Experience film The Feud which included archival images, interviews, newspapers, and paintings. • Performed fact check to ensure the historical accuracy of many of the claims contained within the film. • Worked with the Director to critically analyze content to ensure that the final product was a compelling non-fiction story. • Organized research materials into The Film Posse’s electronic database.

• Worked in the Education Department, focusing on projects for specific programs such as reading festivals, new exhibits, historical movie nights, and family-oriented events.• Actively contributed to the creation of new exhibits specifically designed for visually impaired visitors.• Evaluated different methods employed by other museums to best reach and involve visually impaired visitors with the exhibits.• Researched topic options for new exhibits and events, mainly researching primary source materials.• Worked with school groups by providing them with historical information and helping them navigate the facilities.• Drafted exhibit description cards for new items added to collections.

• Worked with a wide range of departments and historians on jobs involving both primary and secondary source research. • Tasks included research in multiple departments such as photography and documental archives. • Successfully contributed to WWI Centennial Project, worked to publish archived documents online for public access. • Researched and reported on archived Congressional Hearing records which contained information and statistics relevant to current and future U.S. Navy proceedings and planning.