C.V.
Curriculum
Vitae
Skills
Effective written and oral communication
Historical Methodology
Leadership Qualities
Microsoft Office Word
Research experience
Strong organizational skills
Education
Middle Tennessee State University - Murfreesboro, Tennessee August 8, 2020
Ph.D. - Public History; Concentration - Oral History
Liberty University - Lynchburg, Virginia May 14, 2016
M.A. - American History
Liberty University - Lynchburg, Virginia May 10, 2014
B.S. - History; Minor - English
Work
Experience
MTSU, Public History Program, Graduate Student Assistant
January 2020 - August
My responsibilities included researching the impact of COVID-19 in Rutherford County, Tennessee, for a digital history project, creating a database to help expand the program's outreach among potential graduate students, serving as a liaison between the Public History's Program Director and program applicants, assisting the professor with grading undergraduate students' assignments and History exams, and helping revise the Public History program newsletter.
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
August 2019 - December 2019
I completed my second semester professional residency with the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. My responsibilities included ensuring proper care and maintenance of all documents handled, creating and preparing descriptive information on textual and/or audiovisual material, as well as preparing textual and/or audiovisual material for preservation work, including re–foldering, sleeving and re–boxing.
Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center
January 2019 - May 2019
I completed my first semester professional residency at Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center, a local African American museum, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. My responsibilities included inventorying and photographing artifacts from the various exhibits. I also conducted oral history interviews with Bradley Academy alumni to create the context for a visual timeline that would accentuate African American history and culture in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
MTSU, Oral History Association, Graduate Student Assistant
January 2018 - December 2018
My duties included creating a regional database to help expand OHA partnerships in the Southeast, updating the program template for the 2018 Annual OHA Conference, in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, and scheduling meetings for various committees at the 2018 Annual OHA conference. During the conference, I worked in registration, provided assistance and directions to conference attendees as well as escorting committees to meeting rooms.
MTSU, Africana Studies Program, Graduate Student Assistant
August 2017 - December 2017
My responsibilities involved advising the director on new courses to implement in the program, helping revise the undergraduate program, and interacting with juniors and seniors to increase understanding of the graduate school process.
Professional Experience
I have professional experience in both museum and academic environments. For example, I interned with the Atlanta History Center in 2013, where I, along with two other interns, inventoried artifacts in the Swan House in preparation for shooting the film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
I was also a student employee at the National Civil War Chaplains Museum, located on the campus of Liberty University, in Lynchburg, Virginia.
As a graduate student assistant, in the History Department, at Liberty University, I taught online and residential classes, as well as assisted professors, while completing my master's degree in American History.