Resume

Master of Arts in Museum Studies

Indiana University, Indianapolis

Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science

Indiana University, Bloomington

Facilitates humanities programming in assigned exhibits; Interacted with over 6000 guests in 2023
Promotes family learning opportunities by connecting guests own experiences with museum content and values
Inspires curiosity through powerful interactions with museum visitors
Collaborates with supervisor on specialized Tier II project to revamp a Power of Children gallery host cart with updated resources and touchable objects

Gallery Interpreter, Humanities

Children's Museum of Indianapolis

Modernizes the historical society’s collections by digitizing and reorganizing acquisitions
Researches meaningful Indiana history to support yearly organizational publication
Contributes meaningful ideas at monthly meetings for members to consider for progress in the organization

Board Member

History and Legends Committees

Indiana Jewish Historical Society

Evaluation Intern

Indianapolis Zoo

Developed a remedial evaluation plan for the new International Chimpanzee Complex
Gathered data by conducting observations of guests; 800 observations total
Administered surveys to zoo guests and analyzes results to support larger evaluation project
Constructed early learning program on butterflies and flowers and associated evaluation plan for 40 guests
Reported findings to education department and zoo leadership to enhance future exhibit design and planning

Planned on campus events with team to share evaluation results from Museum of Broken Relationships Indianapolis Report with IUI students, including a three-day tabling event and workshop for social work students
Assisted in various academic and research related tasks, contributing to project progression and report completion
Mentored undergraduate student on program development, research, and administrative tasks

Loretta Lunsford Fellow

IUI School of Liberal Arts