Experience

Michener Art Museum

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

• Chief Curator

  • Mar 2021 - Present

• Curator of American Art

  • Jul 2019 - Mar 2021



Barnes Foundation

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Collections Assessment Project Manager

  • Mar 2018 - Apr 2019

  Reviewed and assessed inventoried objects—primarily 18th-19th century American decorative arts, furniture and other household items—in storage. Formulated and organized a Lending and Study collection in accordance with the Collections Management Policy. Reviewed and assessed inventoried objects—primarily 18th-19th century American decorative arts, furniture and other household items—in storage. Formulated and organized a Lending and Study collection in accordance with the Collections Management Policy.



Temple University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2017

  Instructor of Record for Art Heritage I (survey course) Instructor of Record for Art Heritage I (survey course)



Harvard Art Museums

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

• Maher Curatorial Fellow of American Art

  • Sep 2016 - Aug 2017

  Supported the development and management of the 2017-18 exhibition, The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766-1820 and Fall 2019 exhibition Homer at Harvard. Prepared temporary installations of works on paper. Supported seminars, classes and individual appointments in the Art Study Center. Conducted acquisitions research. Organized and offered gallery talks, study room seminars, and other public and academic interpretive programs Supported the development and management of the 2017-18 exhibition, The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766-1820 and Fall 2019 exhibition Homer at Harvard. Prepared temporary installations of works on paper. Supported seminars, classes and individual appointments in the Art Study Center. Conducted acquisitions research. Organized and offered gallery talks, study room seminars, and other public and academic interpretive programs



Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellow

  • Feb 2016 - May 2016



The Library Company of Philadelphia

• United States
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Sep 2015 - Jan 2016



Princeton University Art Museum

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Sep 2014 - Jul 2015

  Coordinated materials analysis of museum objects and undertook related research for the 2018-19 exhibition, Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment Coordinated materials analysis of museum objects and undertook related research for the 2018-19 exhibition, Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment



American Philosophical Society Museum

• Collections Management Assistant

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2010

  Executed a Pew grant-funded project to rehouse, organize and catalog museum collection of 1,000+ objects. Developed the content for an online, searchable permanent collection database using PastPerfect Online Executed a Pew grant-funded project to rehouse, organize and catalog museum collection of 1,000+ objects. Developed the content for an online, searchable permanent collection database using PastPerfect Online



Philadelphia Museum of Art

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Lecturer, Spotlight Gallery Talks

  • Sep 2009 - May 2010

  Researched, prepared and conducted twelve forty-five minute Spotlight Gallery Talks on artworks in the museum’s permanent collection Researched, prepared and conducted twelve forty-five minute Spotlight Gallery Talks on artworks in the museum’s permanent collection



Philadelphia Museum of Art

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Summer Fellow, Center for American Art

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Conducted preliminary research for Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life (2015-16). Wrote exhibition labels for artworks in the permanent collection Conducted preliminary research for Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still Life (2015-16). Wrote exhibition labels for artworks in the permanent collection



Science History Institute

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

• Image Archivist

  • Aug 2004 - Aug 2007

  Oversaw arrangement, description, and preservation of image materials. Managed image archives acquisitions and donations. Member of curatorial team for Sky’s the Limit: The Golden Age of Chemistry (2005-06) and the permanent exhibition, Making Modernity Oversaw arrangement, description, and preservation of image materials. Managed image archives acquisitions and donations. Member of curatorial team for Sky’s the Limit: The Golden Age of Chemistry (2005-06) and the permanent exhibition, Making Modernity