About me
Currently a candidate for a Masters in Library & Information Science.

Experienced in archival and conservation practices as well as museum studies.

A background in fine art and graphic design with past work in advertising and web development.


 

 

 

Recent Media
Indiana Public Radio
Interviewed for a story about letter writing and penmanship as a representative of The Letter Writer's Alliance for WFIU's "Artworks" program. Originally Aired April 20, 2010.

Read corresponding article & listen to the story.
(This link opens WFIU's website in a new window.)

BBC World Service
I was interviewed as a representative of The Letter Writers Alliance for BBC's The World Today to discuss letter writing and its relationship with technology. Originally aired on October 30, 2009.

Listen to the interview
(The beginning of the sound bite includes the ending of the previous story.)

Past Presentation
"Everything Will Be OK: Temporal Art, Social Permanence"

Keynote speaker, Art History Paper Competition Symposium
Savannah College of Art & Design, May 9th 2007

Honors
2007 Art History Paper Competition Winner
First place, Graduate Section
"Everything Will Be OK: Temporal Art, Social Permanence"


<Poster for symposium. Click to view larger in pop-up window.



Past Work

Archive and Visual Media intern, Chicago History Museum
Responsible for the intake, sorting and preserving of film scripts, documents and correspondence dating between 1913 to 1940 from the Chicago film company, Essanay.

Reference Library Volunteer at the Newberry Library
Evaluating and arranging records from the Polish Women's Alliance of America to prepare the archive for open research within the Genealogy & Local History Collection. Responsibilities include handling sensitive material dating as late as 1898.

Special Collection & Archival Intern
Preservation and conservation intern on the Don Bluth Collection.
Specifically handling animation cels and musical score of The Secret of Nimh.

<Internship work featured in campus newspaper. Click to view larger in pop-up window.