Experience

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Learning, Engagement and Partnerships

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  - Lead the Learning, Engagement, and Partnerships (LEAP) Team to deliver engaging experiences to all of our visitors. - Develop exhibition-specific interpretive methodologies. - Establish and foster partnerships that support the museum in its commitment to creating a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and accessible institution. - Lead the Learning, Engagement, and Partnerships (LEAP) Team to deliver engaging experiences to all of our visitors. - Develop exhibition-specific interpretive methodologies. - Establish and foster partnerships that support the museum in its commitment to creating a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and accessible institution.



Westmoreland County Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Teach online course, Art 172: Museum Careers. Teach online course, Art 172: Museum Careers.



Seton Hill University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Teach Introduction to American History. Teach Introduction to American History.



Fort Ligonier and Braddock's Battlefield History Center

• Ligonier, PA and North Braddock, PA

• Director of History & Collections

  • Aug 2014 - Mar 2021

  Effective senior staff member with a breadth of experience and responsibilities who led the effort to follow best practices for historical interpretation and collections management. - Collections Management: created management plan of entire collection (inventory, repacking, cataloguing into Past Perfect, digitizing over 150,000 artifacts); project leader to plan and construct updated collections storage facility; created, updated, and followed policies that adhere to best practices; oversaw acquisitions and identified conservation needs - Exhibits: created all content for seven new, permanent exhibit galleries at Fort Ligonier with a budget of $800,000 (2019 PA Museums Institutional Achievement Award); worked with Capital Museum Services and Dean Paris Designs on development and design of the award-winning exhibits; efficiently refreshed and updated exhibits at the Braddock’s Battlefield History Center - Programs: program coordinator for special events (lectures, living history interpretation, battle reenactments, focus tours, virtual content); creator and leader of the annual Seven Years’ War Symposium featuring international scholars Show less



Crailo State Historic Site

• Rensselaer, NY

• Museum Interpreter

  • Nov 2007 - Jul 2014

  • Created, planned, and ran a variety of annual and special events including lectures, demonstrations, workshops, concerts, and reenactments for broad audiences. • Collaborated with local and regional organizations for special events, tours, educational programs, and exhibits. • Marketed the museum and special events through press releases, advertisements, flyers, and social media. • Presented outreach programs to local schools and organizations. • Researched, planned, and designed exhibits. • Developed budgets for exhibits and programs. • Researched and wrote grants to fund exhibits and programs. • Trained and supervised seasonal employees and summer interns. Show less



University at Albany, SUNY

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct lecturer

  • Jun 2011 - Dec 2011

  • Developed and implemented two undergraduate courses: U.S. History to 1877; History of Women and Social Change.

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2007 - May 2011

  • Assisted professors with guiding and tracking student learning through leading exam review sessions, helping students with researching and writing papers, and grading papers and exams. • Gave select lectures throughout the semester. • Courses: U.S. History to 1877; History of the American City II; The Gilded Age; The World in the Twentieth-Century; Cultures and Societies of Asia: An Historical Survey II; Culture and the French Revolution; European Art, Music, and History



Carlyle House Historic Park

• Museum Supervisor and Collections Housekeeper

  • Aug 2004 - May 2006

  • Oversaw the daily operations of the museum including working with volunteer docents, giving guided tours, managing the gift shop, and monitoring overall visitor satisfaction. • Assisted with annual and special events and programming.

• Collections Housekeeper

  • Aug 2004 - May 2006

  • Weekly monitoring and care of the collections in an historic house museum. • Assisted museum staff with installation of the exhibit, “George Washington Remembers: Reflections on the French and Indian War.” Trained staff and docents to incorporate the temporary exhibit into their regular tours. • Assisted museum staff, along with curators from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the DAR Museum, with refurnishing plan.

• Museum Intern

  • Sep 2005 - Dec 2005

  • Worked with the site curator on the research, construction, installation, and docent training for the exhibit, "Death Comes to the Carlyle House." • Helped plan, research, and participated in a reenactment of John Carlyle's 1780 funeral.• Made eighteenth-century gown, Masonic apron, and mourning hangings for the exhibit, "Death Comes to the Carlyle House."



DAR Museum

• Research Intern

  • May 2005 - Aug 2005

  • Research internship with Alden O'Brien, Curator of Costume and Textiles. • Transcribed an early nineteenth-century diary. • Conducted research related to the diary including working with genealogical records and maps at the Library of Congress. • Assisted Linda Baumgarten, Textile and Costume Curator at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, with research on eighteenth-century quilted clothing. • Research internship with Alden O'Brien, Curator of Costume and Textiles. • Transcribed an early nineteenth-century diary. • Conducted research related to the diary including working with genealogical records and maps at the Library of Congress. • Assisted Linda Baumgarten, Textile and Costume Curator at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, with research on eighteenth-century quilted clothing.



University of Wyoming Student Activities Council

• Laramie, WY

• Lead Student Programmer

  • Aug 2002 - May 2004

  • Booked, coordinated, and ran free, weekly events including concerts, movies, dances, and lectures. • Worked with an annual budget of $80,000. • Collaborated with various groups on campus for joint events. • Supervised and worked with a group of student volunteers. • Booked, coordinated, and ran free, weekly events including concerts, movies, dances, and lectures. • Worked with an annual budget of $80,000. • Collaborated with various groups on campus for joint events. • Supervised and worked with a group of student volunteers.



Bushy Run Battlefied

• Jeannette, PA

• Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Intern

  • May 2002 - Aug 2002

  • Researched and designed program booklet for the site's annual reenactment. • Raised funds by selling ad space to local businesses for payment of the program booklet. • Gave tours of the site and museum. • Assisted with the planning and logistics of the site's annual reenactment. • Researched and designed program booklet for the site's annual reenactment. • Raised funds by selling ad space to local businesses for payment of the program booklet. • Gave tours of the site and museum. • Assisted with the planning and logistics of the site's annual reenactment.