Education

• Rutgers University, PhD student, American Cultural and Environmental History
  2003-current
  Advisors: Susan Schrepfer, Ann Fabian, Jackson Lears

• Columbia University, MA in Museum Anthropology
  2000-2002
  Advisors: Judith Ostrowitz (Art History), Nan Rothschild (Anthropology)
  Thesis: Beyond Whaling: the Makah and their Canoe

• Vassar College, B.A. in American Culture
  1993-1997
  Advisors: H. Daniel Peck (English), Rebecca Edwards (History)
  Thesis: Travelers and Tourists: Perceptions of Nature on the Western Trails

• Graduate Assistant, Thomas A. Edison Papers, Piscataway, NJ
  Sept 2005 – April 2006
  Research and write annotations for award winning documentary editing project; proofread and copyedit original documents and text for print and online publication
  
  
• Lecturer, Rutgers University, New Brunswick & Newark, NJ
  July 2004 – December 2005
  American Regionalism, American Studies 050:202
  American Environmental History, History 512:323
  Native American History, History 512: 332
  United States: 1914-1945, History 512:305
  
  
• Assistant Coordinator, Public History Internship Program, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  Fall 2003 – Spring 2005
  Advise undergraduates toward meaningful internship experiences in museums, archives, and historic sites; visit sites and meet with supervisors; evaluate student papers and progress; coordinate supervisor seminar
  
  
• Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
  Fall 2004
  US History I: Origins to 1865, 1301 AA, required survey course; lectured, led discussion on primary documents, created and graded assignments
  
  
• Research Assistant, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ,
  Spring and Fall 2004
  Assisted Dr. Susan Schrepfer in fact-checking, editing, and performing additional research for her manuscript on mountaineering and environmental values; Researched and reported on recent historiography for Dr. Jackson Lears.
  
  
• Adjunct Instructor, Hudson County Community College , Jersey City, NJ
  2003-2004
  Humanities 101: Cultures and Values, interdisciplinary course that explores the role of ethnicity in American Culture
  
  
• Research Associate, Arts of the Americas, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
  July 2002 – December 2002
  Researched history of collections and assisted in object selection for reinstallation of Hall of the Americas; assisted curator with NAGPRA claims
  
  
• Curatorial Assistant, New York Unearthed, South Street Seaport Museum, NY, NY
  May – September 2001
  Presented public programs on the history and archaeology of New York City; catalogued and conserved artifacts; supervised and trained interns; assisted in writing and editing grant applications
  
  
• Collections Intern, Department of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
  Spring 2001
  Catalogued new acquisitions in African Ethnology; researched collections and wrote label text for children’s Discovery Room
  
  
• Interpretive Intern, National Park Service, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Florissant, CO
  Summer 1997
  Gave informational talks and interpretive hikes; coordinated and led educational programs for school groups and the general public; worked information desk
  
  
• Editor and Writer, publications, websites, and exhibitions, 1997-present
  
  World Almanac for Kids and World Almanac, PBS Online, New Deal Network, University of Virginia American Studies Crossroads, MJI Broadcasting, Twist magazine, 123NewYork, CityTravelGuide, Hoboken Office of Cultural Affairs

Publications

• “Why the Rhinoceros Doesn’t Talk: the Cultural Life of a Wild Animal in America,” forthcoming in publication by German Historical Institute, Beastly Natures: Animals in Modern Environmental History (Roman & Littlefield)

• Presenter, “Why The Rhino Doesn’t Talk: the Cultural Life of a Wild Animal in America,” History of Animals, German Historical Institute, Cologne, May 2005

• Commenter, “American Values in Representation and Practice,” Susman Graduate History Conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, April 2004

• Alaska Wilderness League, Hoboken Office of Cultural Affairs, National Park Service, Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College

• American Society for Environmental History, Forest History Society, American Culture Association, Nature in Legend and Song, American Historical Association