University of Delaware

• M.A. in History, Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies (2021)

McDaniel College

• B.A. in History, minors in New Media Journalism & Spanish (2018)

Assistant Director of Public Programs & Engagement, Kalmar Nyckel Foundation (June 2021-present)

• Developing, delivering, and growing education programs and public events.
• Writing grants and identifying potential sources of funding to aid in the offering of education programs.
• Managing Fort Christina Park and communicating with the State of Delaware and First State National Historical Park to ensure smooth site promotion and maintenance.
• Overseeing visitor services and making visitor experience improvements in Fort Christina Park and the Copeland Maritime Center.
• Expanding tourism connections and coordinating group tours.

Interpreter & Social Media Manager, Old Swedes Historic Site (July 2018-May 2021)

Graduate Assistant, Delaware Humanities (June 2020- May 2021)

• Aided with collections management, catalogued old grants, managed institutional memory.
• Completed research and found guests for A Matter of Facts (June-Aug. 2020).

E. Lyman Steward Intern, New Castle Historical Society (June 2020-Aug. 2020)

• Focus of internship: interpretation and programs.
• Developed Liberty and Intelligence: Secrets Are Afoot, an outdoor, self-guided, nontraditional tour to guide visitors around Historic New Castle while social distancing
• Created educational video series, New Castle Narrated.

Teaching Assistant, University of Delaware Department of History (Aug. 2019-May 2020)

Placements: Europe and the World I (fall 2019), East Asian Civilization: Japan (spring 2020).

• Attended classes, held office hours, assisted students, graded.

Team Member, University of Delaware Museum Studies SWAT Team (Jan. 2020)

• Cataloguing, organizing, and maintaining collections at Greenbank Mills & Philips Farm.
• Annual collections triage for small museums by the University of Delaware Museum Studies Program.

Museum Interpreter/Educator, Delaware Historical Society (Sept. 2018- Aug. 2019)

• Delivered and developed educational and outreach programs.
• Assisted in Research Library.

Visitor Services Associate, Brandywine River Museum of Art (Nov. 2018-Aug. 2019)

• Improved guest experience; assisted with admissions and retail sales.

Education Intern, Kalmar Nyckel Foundation (June 2018-Sept. 2018)

• Assisted with group education programs and oversaw creation of LEGO education program.

Peer Tutor, McDaniel College Writing Center (Aug. 2016-May 2018)

• Assisted fellow students face-to-face with writing and multimedia assignments in a fast-paced, diverse environment.

Classroom Assistant, McDaniel College Department of History (Aug. 2016-Dec. 2016)

• Created class discussion plans and steered discussion for "China's Troubled Waters," a history seminar course focused on Chinese environmental history.

Board Member, Delaware Museum Association (Nov. ’21 – present)

• Monitoring the state of Delaware's museum industry and collaborating to provide helpful resources to museum professionals and institutions.

Docent, Rockwood Museum & Park (Sept. 2018- June 2019)

• Led tours of site, helped visitors, and assisted with special events.

McDaniel Free Press (Sept. 2014-May 2018)

Editor-in-Chief (2016-2018), Multimedia Editor (2015-2018), Staff Reporter (2014-2015)

• Student newspaper of McDaniel College.
• Wrote articles, oversaw all visual materials, designed print issues, and managed the paper.

McDaniel College Gender & Sexuality Alliance (Sept. 2016-May 2018)

President (2017-2018), Member (2016-2018)

• Oversaw all club meetings, led advocacy and inclusion initiatives, ran social media, planned major events.

Member, McDaniel College SafeZone Committee (Sept. 2017-May 2018)

• Attended regular meetings to promote inclusion of LGBTQ+ students at McDaniel College.
• Researched gender-neutral housing options to promote inclusion of transgender students.

Band Member, McDaniel College Pep Band (Sept. 2016-Dec. 2017)

• Helped establish McDaniel College's first pep band in 50 years.

Club Member, McDaniel College History Club (Sept. 2014-Dec. 2017)

• Attended meetings, participated in history-related discussions and activities.

Contributor, Contrast Literary Magazine (May 2017)

• Published personal photography in the publication’s 2017 issue.

Hagley Museum & Library (June 2015- Nov. 2016)

E. I. du Pont Garden Assistant (2015)

• Completed various gardening tasks.

Social Media Team Member (2016)

• Created videos for museum website.

Presentation: "Swedes and the Evolution of the Delaware Valley" (2022)

• Virtual presentation for volunteers and members of Pennsbury Manor, a historic site in Bucks County, PA.
• Spoke on the origins of a Swedish presence in the Delaware Valley, moving chronologically to modern day projects to interpret Swedish American history in the region.

Presentation: "'Their Own Best Interests': Swedes and the (Mis)Management of Glebe Lands in Wilmington, 1730-1760" (2022)

• Virtual presentation for Old Swedes Historic Site, a historic site in Wilmington, DE.
• Presented a condensed version of a research paper "'Their Own Best Interests': Swedes and the (Mis)Management of Glebe Lands in Wilmington, 1730-1760," shedding light on the history of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church and the early history of Wilmington, DE, with an emphasis on land ownership, management, and development.

Presentation: "The Underground Railroad in Delaware" (2019)

• Bethany Beach, DE
• Prepared and delivered presentation at the South Coastal Library to an audience of 80 for the Delaware Historical Society.

Phi Alpha Theta Mid-Atlantic Conference (2018)

• Westminster, MD
• Presentation based on an abbreviated version of capstone project “The Humble Iron Painter: Literati Representations of Tang Peng and Tiehua in the Qing Dynasty.”

ASIANetwork Annual Conference (2017)

• Chicago, IL
• Conference focus: Digital and Beyond: Ways of Knowing Asia
• Participated in panel presentation “New Practices in Teaching Traditional Chinese Arts and Literature” based on summer 2016 research on iron painting (tiehua).
• Received Research & Creativity Grant from McDaniel College to fund conference experience.

Student Research Fellow, McDaniel College Department of History (2016 & 2017)

• Westminster, MD
• Summer 2017: “Seawalls and the Grand Canal in Qing China”
  • Completed environmental history project focusing primarily on illustrations and construction techniques of the seawall in Hangzhou Bay, China, and the Grand Canal.
  • Searched for, read, and tracked historical sources relating to the Hangzhou Bay seawall and proofread translations of sources.
• Summer 2016: “Digital Wuhu Iron Pictures (Tiehua)”
  • Completed social and cultural history project analyzing the contexts of iron painting, native to Wuhu, Anhui Province, China.
  • Maintained shared website showing examples of art as well as personal research blog.

Summer Research Showcase (2016 & 2017)

• McDaniel College (Westminster, MD)
• Poster sessions based on research from the summers of 2016 and 2017.
• Designed posters for groups to present, assembled research website for 2016 research, and organized findings into a presentable format.

Available upon request.