Dedicated to bringing the Transcendentalists and Concord, MA fully online in a community not bound by time or location, Starting in 2014, there have been multiple plays about the Transcendentalists at the Thoreau Annual Gatherings, and other creative projects which bring the past into modern conversation. Now, the website,TranscendentalConcord.com unites several ongoing projects. Tammy produces and hosts Concord Days, a YouTube discussion series which allows Concordians, academics and more to discuss their work in relation to Transcendentalism. She produces and hosts the podcast Walden the Book; Concord the Town-reading the full text and offering commentary. She is also the founder of the FB group Transcendental Concord and runs the weekly Thursday night book group which focuses on a different Transcendental/Reformer or Own Voices author every month.Plays and events about Henry David Thoreau and the Transcendentalists, performed in association with various organizations in Concord,MA and beyond.The AntiSlavery Project-The Thoreau Farm and BirthplaceThoreau and Twain: Brothers on the River: The Thoreau Society, the Clemens ConferenceMarching and Sauntering toward Civil Disobedience: A Birthday Present of Relevance to HDT--The Umbrella Center for the ArtsSkimming the Surface-Thoreau SocietyTranscendental Ghosts of Fairyland Pond-the Umbrella Center for the ArtsSense-Thoreau Society

Creative projects below.Playwright:The Three of Us-Award winning scriptAccidental Meeting-Winner of Samuel French Best Off BroadwayMazurkaTo Be Aware of TouchMultiple plays about Henry David Thoreau and the Transcendentalists, performed in association with various organizationsThe AntiSlavery Project-The Thoreau Farm and BirthplaceThoreau and Twain: Brothers on the River: The Thoreau Society, the Clemens ConferenceMarching and Sauntering toward Civil Disobedience: A Birthday Present of Relevance to HDT--performed for The Umbrella Center for the ArtsSkimming the Surface-Thoreau SocietyTranscendental Ghosts of Fairyland Pond-performed for the Umbrella Center for the ArtsSense-Thoreau SocietyVisual Art:Atelier Freitas Leandres: Studio located in the Azores. Open by appointment only. For more information: http://atelierfreitasleandres.blogspot.com/Art of Mousetraps: ongoing project of Mousetraps, displayed individually or en masse in sculptural hangings. Currently based & on view at Java Studios, Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Website: http://artofmousetraps.blogspot.com/Ethnographic Writings:Six Degrees of Monkees: a long term study based on the Fan Population of the TV/music group The Monkees. Focusing on dramaturgical narrative starting in 1965 and the complete evolution into the modern day Monkee Con & concerts. Curating history of 1960's Pop/Folk music, Hollywood influences and modern fan testimonials & interviews. Website:http://monkeetv.blogspot.com/Learn Azorean Portuguese in 100,000 Easy Lessons: Motivated as a daughter of an immigrant from the Azores Islands (9 islands 700 miles off the coast of Portugal), to record, research and document the American population & descendants of the island and the continuity of the culture manifested in the USA. Website: http://learnazorean.blogspot.com/

Advise and provide summary Expert Reviews and Heuristic Evaluations. Conduct short-term/high impact research for a variety of Not For Profits organizations, mostly in the Arts Industry. Advise on Mobile apps, Websites, Social Media, Blogs and Business Plans. Low Cost & Guerilla UX Testing methodologies for early stage Start Ups and small independent businesses. Craft and collaborate on UX plans, proposals & business plan documents incorporating ongoing UX Strategy and Social Media Goals.

Creating, implementing and conducting UX Research across various projects including One Talk (app, deskphone, etc).

User Experience Research for the Accenture Software Division. In charge of planning, coordinating and executing User Experience Testing, Personas, Surveys, Focus Groups, Heuristic Evaluations, as well as a variety of UX approaches & discussions with Clients both on-site and off. Responsible for conducting a series of UX Training Sessions for the UX Team as well as the larger Engineering Group on topics such as Empathy and Personas. Served as Team Lead on a variety of projects working for both internal and external clients.

User Experience analysis of software application at a variety of Fortune 500 clients in Finance, Insurance and Health Care. UX approaches include Heuristic Evaluation, Cognitive Walkthroughs, Contextual Inquiry, Interviews, Ethnographic Approaches, among others. Analysis and recommendations resulting in increased efficiency and overall higher user satisfaction. Led UX education, promotion and acted as all-around UX informant/advisor to employees at the Cambridge Headquarters and field representatives. Dubbed "User Experience Goddess" by Alan Trefler, CEO.

Year long capstone Consulting course, performing research on Customer Experience to inform Customer Satisfaction practices. Conducted field studies with service personnel, interviewed customers. Created a survey that went out to 5000 customers. Results presented to C-level executives to inform new initiatives.

Supporting the Bentley Library User Experience program through research, teamwork and developing new approaches for usability. Techniques used included Ethnography (Observation, interviews and thorough site investigation), Heuristic Review and Literary Review.

Developing and maintaining policies and practices to establish Sustainability on the Bentley Campus.

Worked on conducting, designing and evaluating user focused research for a variety of clients. e.g. Conducted User Experience research, design and testing for a Hospital Intranet Redesign. Methodologies included surveys, focus groups, and usability tests with stakeholders and users

Over 500 different productions in NYC (also touring). NYC International Fringe Festival, Actors' Studio (listed), Golden Fleece Productions, White Bird Productions, etc. Ran a tight ship of designers, production staff and actors. Mainly straight plays, but also Opera, work with children and elderly and everything in between. Equipped to handle any kind of drama now.

Worked with Thomas Kail (later Director of In the Heights and Hamilton) as well as John Buffalo Mailer, helped the fledgling theater company on their earliest productions and events: Hello Herman (at the Grove St. Playhouse) and Feiffer's People (Drama Book Shop).

Production Stage Manager for various productions including Oedipus Rex directed by Estelle Parsons and starring Al Pacino, Dianne Wiest, Mary Beth Hurt, Dominic Chianese, B.D.Wong and David Strathairn, among others. Many Loves by William Carlos Williams, initial work on the Broadway show, Salome.