Professional experience

Museum of Texas Tech University
Art Online Database Developer | Jan. 2010 – present

• Designed website for art division of museum in accordance with university web procedures
• Developed online collections database for public use

History Student Assistant | Aug. 2009 – present

• Designed website to showcase history division collections
• Assisted in completion of collections photography project
• Planned and executed organization of large collection storage

Ethnology & Textiles Student Assistant | Aug. 2008 – Aug. 2009

• Designed custom relational database in FileMaker Pro 10 for ethnology, clothing and textiles and authored scripts to enable automation of tasks in database
• Assisted in collections storage relocation including re-housing of African ethnographic collection

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Registration Intern | May 2008 – Aug. 2008

• Researched and maintained files of artist information
• Authored artist questionnaire and new copyright agreement
• Processed loans including condition reports, installation, de-installation, and packaging

Topeka Capital-Journal
Site Administrator | Feb. 2008 – Aug. 2009

• Developed and moderated content for Food + Flicks
• Established initial contact with managers of area restaurants and cultivated relationships with businesses to initiate advertising relationships

Sports Clerk | Aug. 2002 – Aug. 2008

• Created reports of local sports microfilm archives
• Organized sports information for print using Adobe InDesign, InCopy and FileMaker Pro

Family Video
Retail Sales Clerk | July 2007 – Jan. 2008

• Provided excellent customer service including shift leader and closing duties
• Balanced daily sales account, cash drawer, and managed bank deposit delivery

Washburn University
World History Tutor | Aug. 2006 – May 2008

• Tutored undergraduate history students on methods and strategies for note-taking, studying, and writing for world history curriculum

Leadership Institute Communication Coordinator | Aug. 2006 – May 2007

• Facilitated leadership institute communication between students and faculty using social media and mailing lists
• Created advertising for organization special events to generate interest and increase student attendance

Shawnee North Community Center
Pre-school Day Camp Counselor | June 2002 – Oct. 2003

• Directed day camp activities for preschool students
• Planned activities centered around weekly themes
• Hosted special evening programming for preschool and grade school students and their parents

Helping Hands Humane Society
Adoption Counselor | June 2001 – Oct. 2002

• Assisted in planning and marketing of annual fundraising event for not-for-profit organization
• Processed and approved pet adoption applications
• Represented organization on local media outlets

Rotary Youth Leadership Academy
Counselor | June 2005, 2006, 2008

• Coordinated special events programming with field trip locations and leadership academy administration
• Facilitated six-day resident leadership academy experience for area high school students
• Directed historical analysis of Brown v. Board National Historic Site

Mabee Library RAP Sessions
Co-Founder | Fall 2006

• Initiated recurring educational program to educate student body about tools and resources available through library
• Planned first year of programming
• Created promotional materials for events

FIYE Poland
English Instructor | July 2005

• Coordinating programming in a team of international English-speaking students to teach advanced English vocabulary to Polish high school students and increase their proficiency in conversational English

“Oiling the Cultural Machine: Anthropology Exhibitions and Native Village Exhibits at Worlds Fairs”
Pop Culture Association | New Orleans, LA Spring 2009

“A Mysterious Collection of Eggs: Collections Management and Environmental Monitoring from a New Professional Perspective”
Texas Association of Museums | El Paso, TX Spring 2009

“Saying No to Thunder: The Deterioration of Women’s Status in Igboland”
Kansas Association of Historians | Independence, KS Spring 2008

“Painting the Womb: Women as Cave Painters in the South of France”
Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention | Albuquerque, NM Spring 2008

“Echoing Complaints: Corporations in The Constant Gardener and Blood Diamond”
Literature/Film Association | Lawrence, KS Fall 2007

“The Battle for Tradition: Society of St. Pius X in St. Mary’s, Kansas”
Western Social Science Association | Calgary, ON, Canada Spring 2007

“Tending the Roots: Communication Strategies to Build Communities of Women”
Women as Global Leaders | Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Spring 2006

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