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Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Designs and conducts K-12 school programs for the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. Builds the museum's relationships with teachers and other educators, schedules and manages school programs, and trains educators to conduct school programs. Conducts naval history presentations for military members.

Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States

Managed museum programs and events. Researched program and event ideas, outlined budgets, created marketing plans and materials, responded to public and media inquiries, conducted logistics, supervised staff and volunteers, compiled attendance data and visitor evaluations.• Produced theater presentations, including an annual holiday production for 240 visitors.• Created and delivered family programming, including an annual event exploring the human and astronomical history of nighttime before electricity for 60 visitors.• Directed four annual camps largely focused on archaeology and its relationship to science that are attended by 80 children.• Managed assigned portions of other annual events, including a July 4th celebration that draws 2,000 visitors and a Washington’s Birthday celebration that draws 1,000 visitors.Directed museum’s digital education initiatives.• Effectively collaborated with a team of 10 archaeologists, curators, and educators to produce engaging digital content. Edits team’s written blog contributions.• Launched and managed Lives & Legacies blog read by 7,000 individuals a month. Independently learned WordPress to build and manage the blog.• Launched and co-produced Lives & Legacies YouTube series, which has over 155,000 views. Independently learned videography and video editing to create educational videos.• Managed the museum's institutional website. Redesigned and rebuilt 10-year-old website. Launched overhauled design in April 2020.• Managed the museum’s Facebook page from launch in early 2014 until hiring of a permanent marketing manager in late 2015.Researched and wrote guided tours, lectures, blog posts, and historical reports.• Researched and co-wrote the guided tour of the George Washington’s boyhood home replica. Since May 2018, this tour has taught over 50,000 people about Washington’s youth.• Researched and wrote 50 blog posts, including 4 of 10 most read on blog.

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Directed operations at two historic house museums. Planned and conducted programs and events. Recruited, hired and supervised 20 part-time docents and volunteers. Scheduled and supervised visits by adult groups and children’s field trips. Managed gift shop. Tracked income and expenses. Assisted with budget development. Conducted or coordinated maintenance and preservation of objects, furnishings, buildings and grounds. • Improved the Historical Association’s marketing by launching and managing social media accounts and by producing professional-quality media releases and promotional materials.• Researched and authored a comprehensive history of Walnut Grove drawing upon current scholarship on the Colonial and Revolutionary-eras to improve the historic home’s tour.• Directed the planning, preparation, and presentation of an annual Revolutionary War reenactment weekend attended by 200 reenactor participants and 2,000 spectators.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Buxton, Nc

Planned, researched, and presented history and science-based programs about Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Outer Banks history, barrier island ecology, wildlife and weather.

Master Of Arts - Ma, American History (United States)

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History

Associate Of Applied Science, Journalism