
About Me
Public historian and scholar interested in inclusive history education, museum leadership, and early American history. Experienced museum educator and program manager. Unidel Distinguished Graduate Scholar and Ph.D. candidate in the History of American Civilization Ph.D. Program at the University of Delaware. Currently writing about the history of early American street food. Coffee addict who knows way too many obscure facts about President James Buchanan.
Professional Experience
Director of Education and Public Programs
LancasterHistory
January 2019—August 2020
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- Manage, evaluate, and create educational programs across the organization including classes, internships, workshops, and presentations
- Develop digital humanities resources to supplement educational offerings, including pre- and post-visit digital materials to enhance school programs
- Coordinate public programs, including the monthly Regional History Colloquium, the quarterly Material Culture Forum, community events, and off-campus lectures
- Act as community liaison, fostering community engagement through outreach
- Offer interpretive history tours of President James Buchanan’s Wheatland for all audiences, and publish “History from the House” blog
- Work as part of the Marketing Team to serve as community manager for LancasterHistory.org’s Twitter and Instagram accounts and contribute to additional social media and marketing efforts
- Serve on Planning Committee for Thaddeus Stevens & Lydia Hamilton Smith Historic Site
Museum Educator
LancasterHistory
August 2016—January 2019
- Coordinate, evaluate, and create new educational programs across the organization including classes, workshops, and presentations
- Develop digital humanities resources to supplement educational offerings, including pre- and post-visit digital materials to enhance school programs
- Coordinate public programs, including the monthly Regional History Colloquium, community events, and off-campus lectures
- Engage colleagues and other resources to present interpretive strategies and methods to increase best interpretive practice among educators and volunteer guides
- Schedule and coordinate group and student tours for LancasterHistory.org
- Assist with updates and changes to period room exhibitions in the Wheatland mansion as dictated by research results, changing seasons and program needs
- Offer interpretive history tours of President James Buchanan’s Wheatland, and contribute to regular History from the House blog
- Work as part of the Marketing Team to serve as community manager for LancasterHistory.org’s Twitter and Instagram accounts and contribute to additional social media and marketing efforts
Digital Humanities Producer and Program Coordinator
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- Construct high-quality digital presentations using cutting-edge, open-source digital humanities platforms
- Collaborate with a team to consider creative and effective ways to translate primary source materials into interactive digital exhibits
- Design and produce pre- and post-visit digital educational materials to accompany hit Broadway musical “Hamilton”
- Liaison for strategic partnerships with valuable organizational partners including KnightLab and Google Cultural Institute
- Offer input on social media strategies to market and promote Gilder Lehrman programs; Regular contributor to staff blog and social media presence
- Program Coordinator for a nationally reaching grant program on World War I, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and produced through a partnership with the Library of America
Exhibitions and Programs Coordinator
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- Launched and manage the Public Library Affiliate Program
- Manage Traveling Exhibitions Program and coordinate program logistics
- Provide administrative support to large-scale grant programs
- Research and secure rights and reproductions permissions
- Act as direct supervisor of interns
History Educator
Brooklyn Historical Society/Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Lead in-depth, hands-on school tours to K-12 student groups
- Lead oral history workshops
- Lead group activities
- Promote tours through social media
Education

University of Delaware
Ph.D. Candidate & Unidel Distinguished Graduate Scholar
History of American Civilization, Current

New York University
M.A., Archives and Public History, 2015

Hunter College (CUNY)
B.A., History and Religious Studies, 2012
Magna Cum Laude

Yale Public History Institute
Gilder Lehrman Fellow, 2013