Experience

Museum Hack

• United States
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Associate and Tour Guide

  • Oct 2014 - Present

  New York, New York, United States -Facilitate audience engagement workshops and strategy sessions with staff at museums and institutions around the world, including the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, The Australian Museum, The New York City Parks Department, and The Corning Museum of Glass -Research, write, and lead two-hour interactive tours of various museums, including The American Museum of Natural History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Rubin Museum, and The Philadelphia Museum of Art -Lead storytelling workshops… Show more -Facilitate audience engagement workshops and strategy sessions with staff at museums and institutions around the world, including the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, The Australian Museum, The New York City Parks Department, and The Corning Museum of Glass -Research, write, and lead two-hour interactive tours of various museums, including The American Museum of Natural History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Rubin Museum, and The Philadelphia Museum of Art -Lead storytelling workshops and provide coaching to clients and institutions such as General Electric, Elizabeth Arden, Deloitte, and Bloomingdale's -Coördinate tours and events with clients: pre-tour consulting and planning calls, content customization, and travel assistance -During COVID, facilitate virtual team building events, such as team trivia, escape rooms, murder mysteries, and other puzzle- and trivia-based online events for corporate groups -During COVID, test-solve trivia and puzzles in development and provide feedback -Delivered keynote address at multiple museum conferences Show less



Pratt Institute

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Assistant Professor

  • Aug 2015 - Present

  -Designed and currently teach a "Storytelling & Science" course in which student learn scientific concepts in parallel with storytelling/science communication skills -Taught Core Astronomy, as well as other introductory math & science courses to art students -Focused on relevance of science and math to art and culture



Atlas Obscura

• United States
• Media and Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Host and writer of "Accidental Discoveries"

  • May 2020 - May 2021

  -Researched, wrote, and performed a 1-hour talk once per week about accidental discoveries within a different field each week, e.g. astronomy, inventions, medicine, etc.



The City University of New York

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Assistant Professor

  • Jan 2013 - May 2016

  -Taught introductory physics courses to both physics and non-physics majors -Focused strongly on helping underprepared students overcome fear of physics



National Museum of Mathematics

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

• Event Coordinator

  • Jan 2015 - Apr 2015

  New York, New York, United States -Executed successful private and public events at the museum -Worked with clients during planning phase to satisfy budgets, anticipate A/V needs, and brainstorm marketing strategies -Oversaw all facets of event execution prior to and during events -Built relationships with current and potential clients and donors -Assisted with success metrics for public events



American Physical Society

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Member-at-Large

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

• Secretary

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2012



Kent State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Assistant

  • Aug 2006 - Dec 2012

  Kent, OH -Graduate Advanced Condensed Matter Grader -Graduate Quantum Mechanics I, II, and III Grader -University Physics I Laboratory Teaching Assistant -University Physics II Grader -College Physics I and II Laboratory Teaching Assistant -College Physics I and II Recitation Instructor



American University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Supplemental Instruction Leader

  • Aug 2005 - May 2006

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2005 - May 2006