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Minneapolis, MN, US

District Of Columbia, United States

Conceptualizes, develops, implements, and evaluates interdisciplinary education and community-focused programs for intergenerational, K-12, and professional audiences that build on museum exhibits, installations, and programmatic goals while developing long-lasting partnerships. Duties include -Overseeing all aspects of school programs-Serving as a bridge.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Objective: Support relaunch of all educational programs post the pandemic-induced pause in Museum operations-Restarted school programs, including new policies and procedures, resulting in welcoming over 6,000 children in the first school year-Hired and trained part-time Museum Educators-Planned and executed public programs including lecture series and a.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Objective: Lead all programs and educational activities at Dumbarton House-Supervised the full-time Programs Manager-In charge of the education department's budget-Continued to write and implement youth programs (school, Girl Scout) and family festivals-Continued to ensure the integrity of the docent and museum teacher corps-Built relationships with.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Objective: Design and implement educational activities for youth, families, and tour groups-Wrote, planned, and implemented school and Girl Scout programs -Managed volunteers and part-time staff including recruitment, training, and scheduling-Drafted budget and monitored expenses and income from admissions and other ticket sales-Ran marketing for the.

Washington D.C.

Objective: Visitor Engagement Specialist ran the museum visitor center -Opened and closed the historic property -Greeted visitors, collected admissions -Managed the gift shop -Scheduled and supported visitor center volunteers and docentsObjective: Lead Museum Teacher oversaw the teaching and management of school, homeschool, scout, camps, and other youth.

Alexandria, Virginia

-Objective: Create and lead programs for youth and families-Researched, wrote, and implemented programs for K-12 groups in line with Virginia’s Standards of Learning-Developed two new drop-in Hands-On History Days for families -Developed and facilitated early childhood Storytime activities on a weekly basis-Led house tours for multigenerational.

University Of Chicago

-Objective: Administrative lead for the three week camp session held at the University of Chicago-Implemented the organization and set-up of the office -Oversaw the execution of employee paperwork and onboarding -Responsible for bookkeeping and financial records as well as filing information and organizing forms-Greeted and directed visitors to the.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Objective: Improve the visitor experience through the Office of Audience Engagement (OAE) -Served thousands of international and national visitors in one-on-one interactions and group settings-Mastered the content of multiple daily programs and object carts to provide multisensory learning experiences-Support evening programs like Food in the Garden and.

Pennsylvania

-Objective: assist Dr. Willam Hafford, head of the Ur Digitalization Project at the University of Pennsylvania -Conducted research on graves from the ancient site of Ur, in modern day Iraq-Used primary sources including Leonard Woolley's excavation notes and secondary publications

Philadelphia

-Research to update the museum’s exhibition catalog-Reviewed press releases about the core exhibition for the Democratic National Convention-Conducted daily artifact checklists to ensure proper conservation of displayed objects-Conducted research for upcoming exhibitions-Improved planning and organizational skills-Exercised creativity

Wilkinson County, Mississippi And Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

-Objective: Dr. Megan Kassabaum's research into the lives of the Coles Creek inhabitants and their methods of construction of the three mounds and central plaza at Smith Creek. -Practiced dry screening, water screening, flotation, coring, clean troweling, and basic soil analysis in the field.-In the lab, worked on artifact processing of various materials.

Chicago

Experience with children aged 6-months to 12 years.

Hyde Park, Chicago

-Researched and coded background information on hundreds of people in various levels of industry-Objective: Support Professor Steven Kaplan’s economics paper on what makes a good CEO-Assisted in branstorming new criteria with which to determine "success"

Master'S Degree, Museology/Museum Studies, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Museum Studies Student Association Officer 2018-2019 -- Dean's Fellowship Recipient 2018 -- Career Development.

Bachelor’S Degree, Anthropology, 3.98 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Clio Society, Big Brothers Big SistersMinors: Psychology and Classics Courses include: Anthropology and the.

High School, 4.00 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Spectrum (LGBTQ Association), Book Club, Linnean Society