Resumé

Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, February 2020 - Present

  • Selected materials for inclusion in digital project, managed metadata, wrote item descriptions

  • Hired, trained, and supervised graduate student workers

  • Oversaw digitization process

  • Worked in coordination with Project Manager to build project website

Jack Brooks Project Archivist

University Archives Intern

Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, November 2018 - November 2019

  • Created finding aids in ArchivesSpace

  • Provided reference services

  • Assessed collections for damaged or duplicate materials

  • Wrote guidelines for paper flattening procedures

Senior Student Assistant

Harry Ransom Center, Digital Collections, February 2018 - November 2018

  • Digitized materials from the Arthur Miller and Dylan Thomas collections using Digital Transitions RGC180 hardware and CaptureOne software

  • Uploaded collections into CONTENTdm collection management system

  • Built the Mike Wallace Interview collection in CONTENTdm

  • Presented on the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) at UT and UNT

  • Led two instructional sessions for undergraduate students

Reading Room Page

Harry Ransom Center, June 2018 - September 2018

  • Paged materials from Harry Ransom Center collections for patrons and instructional services

Creative Executive

Midnight Entertainment, Los Angeles, March 2015 - January 2018

  • Worked with a team to develop film and TV projects

  • Met with writers and producers, gave notes on creative aspects of projects, pitched to and negotiated with studio executives

  • Monitored intellectual property

The Trustees of the Reservations, West Tisbury, MA, June 2014 - October 2014

  • Led visitors on kayak and lighthouse tours on two conservation properties on Martha’s Vineyard

Tour Guide

Freelance Reporter

Edgartown, MA, August 2012 - March 2015

  • Wrote for Martha’s Vineyard publications The Vineyard Gazette and Edible Vineyard about local issues as well as personal essays

Editorial Intern

The Vineyard Gazette, May 2011 - September 2011

  • Reported on local issues from the court report to education

  • Interviewed subjects for feature articles on local businesses and leading citizens

Volunteering

Board Member, March 2020 - Present

  • Created and organized a mentorship program with a fellow board member pairing School of Information graduate students with local archivists

  • Work with members of the board and volunteers to organize events such as the Austin Archives Bazaar

Archivists of Central Texas

Harry Ransom Center

Capstone Project, Instructional Services, September 2019 - December 2019

  • Designed professional development sessions on instruction for early career staff

  • Reconceived of reference services geared towards undergraduate patrons

  • Created templates for staff to use in future instructional sessions

LBJ Presidential Library

Gallery Attendant, September 2018 - September 2019

  • Welcomed visitors to the LBJ and let them know about special exhibits

Austin History Center

Practicum, September 2018 - December 2018

  • Worked with two fellow students as part of a practicum assignment

  • Processed several accruals to the West Austin Neighborhood Group Records

  • Wrote and encoded the resulting finding aid with my partners

Education

Masters of Science, Information Studies, 2019

University of Texas at Austin

University of St Andrews

MA (Hons) English, 2013 (US Bachelor’s equivalent)

Choate Rosemary Hall

Class of 2008

Prize Winner for Excellence in the Study of Political Science

Adlai Stevenson Junior Fellow