Experience

BETTER DAYS 2020

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Sep 2021 - Present

  Lead educational, research, and programming initiatives for women's history nonprofit Better Days.

• • May 2018 - Sep 2021

  Share Utah women's history in creative and communal ways through educational curriculum, public art, local histories, and public programming.



Leavitt Partners

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2016 - May 2018

  Researched complex questions in the health care industry, wrote client reports, and prepared presentations for clients and general audiences. Gathered information and coordinated special writing projects. Researched complex questions in the health care industry, wrote client reports, and prepared presentations for clients and general audiences. Gathered information and coordinated special writing projects.



Brigham Young University

• Provo, Utah Area

• Adjunct Professor, Church History and Doctrine Department

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Taught two summer courses on the first half of the LDS scriptural text The Doctrine and Covenants, focusing on its production and historical context. Developed historical primary source and research exercises to help students think their way back to the time and place of the people whose questions and challenges are reflected in the text. Taught two summer courses on the first half of the LDS scriptural text The Doctrine and Covenants, focusing on its production and historical context. Developed historical primary source and research exercises to help students think their way back to the time and place of the people whose questions and challenges are reflected in the text.



President Woodrow Wilson House

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

• Guide

  • Sep 2015 - May 2017

  Developed and presented individualized tours of Woodrow Wilson's last home to visitors. Developed and presented individualized tours of Woodrow Wilson's last home to visitors.



Smithsonian Office of Policy and Analysis

• Washington D.C.

• Intern

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

  Qualitative research, interviewing, surveys, etc. Qualitative research, interviewing, surveys, etc.



Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

• Washington, DC

• Academic Fellow

  • Nov 2014 - May 2015

  Wrote web labels for American Enterprise exhibit and developed a public program on the development of the artificial heart. Wrote web labels for American Enterprise exhibit and developed a public program on the development of the artificial heart.



The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 700 & Above Employee

• Church History Specialist

  • May 2013 - Aug 2014

  Historical research, creative non-fiction writing, source checking, editing. Historical research, creative non-fiction writing, source checking, editing.



Brigham Young University

• Research and Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - Apr 2013

  Mapped early Mormon writings on the Christian theological spectrum. Researched and wrote chapter on emerging donors in foreign aid for Routledge's 2013 Handbook on Global Economic Governance with Mike Findley. Teaching assistant for Decision Making and Spreadsheet Analysis course - taught labs and graded assignments. Mapped early Mormon writings on the Christian theological spectrum. Researched and wrote chapter on emerging donors in foreign aid for Routledge's 2013 Handbook on Global Economic Governance with Mike Findley. Teaching assistant for Decision Making and Spreadsheet Analysis course - taught labs and graded assignments.



Brigham Young University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jan 2011 - Apr 2013

  Taught German conversation and grammar skills to missionaries in multiple lessons per week.Adapted curriculum to fit individual progress and created additional learning materials.

• • May 2008 - Aug 2011

  Advised students on papers for social science courses, considering argumentation, structure, etc.Taught workshops on writing principles and academic citation styles.



United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Intern, Division of the Senior Historian

  • 2012 - 2012

  Obtained census and other records to gather and present information on Polish Jews by region, profession, educational level, etc. Researched and answered external questions on Holocaust-related topics. Obtained census and other records to gather and present information on Polish Jews by region, profession, educational level, etc. Researched and answered external questions on Holocaust-related topics.