Education
MLIS, Cultural Heritage Informatics, Simmons College, Boston, May 2017
MFA, Film & Video, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston MA, 1998
BA, Fine Art & Art History, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, 1996, magna cum laude, phi beta kappa
Library and museum experience
Librarian Analyst for Collections Discovery, Harvard University Library, January 2022 - present
Work with Harvard Library UX & Discovery Team to simplify and enhance the discovery and accessibility of Harvard’s Digital Collections.
Access Services Librarian, Harvard University Divinity School Library, January 2020 - Dec 2021
Access Services Librarian, Harvard University Fine Arts Library, August 2017 - January 2020
Lead a team of Access Services staff to provide access to Harvard Library and its collections. Coordinate daily operations and maintain services across the library system, and oversee course reserves, student workers, stacks maintenance, resource sharing and more.
Metadata Specialist, Boston Public Library Fine Arts Department, January 2017 - June 2017
Under expert preservationist Dr. Martha Mahard, worked with a small team to create an item-level inventory of the Fine Arts Department's collection of over 200,000 prints. An Unparalleled Opportunity: Creating an Inventory of the Print Collection of the Boston Public Library
Contemporary Art Metadata and Data Collection Graduate Intern, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, January 2017 - present
Assist coordinator of the Department of Contemporary Art to create and manage digital assets to support exhibitions development, outreach, installations, and documentation.
Librarian Intern, Robbins Public Library, Arlington, MA, 2015-2016
Assisted patrons at reference desk 15 hours per week.
Processed out-of-network interlibrary loans.
Developed internal staff wiki for Adult Services Department to centralize, share and preserve institutional knowledge.
Archives Intern, Woburn Public Library, Glennon Archives, Woburn MA, 2015
Processed archival collections.
Created online finding aid for Joseph A. Foley Papers.
Other professional experience
Academic research manager, Hyperstudio: Digital Humanities at MIT, Cambridge, MA,2010-2011
Managed scholarly projects and platform development.
Managed website and blog; oversaw outreach and event planning.
Participated in strategic development; managed staff.
Academic research associate, Center for Future Civic Media, MIT, Cambridge MA, 2009-2010
Co-designed and co-led pilot study "Civic Engagement: From Participatory Culture to Public Participation".
Responsible for literature review, funding search and IRB approval application.
Coordinated drafting of white paper, contributed case study on Harry Potter Alliance.
Academic research manager, New Media Literacies, Comparative Media studies, MIT, Cambridge MA, 2007-2009
Managed graduate students in the production of new media curriculum.
Managed online communications including website and blog.
Designed and delivered conference presentations. Invited conference talks:
Pushing Forward with the New Media Literacies. Knight News Challenge Winners Conference on The Future of Civic Media, Cambridge MA, June 2008
Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century. Waag Society’s Creative Learning Studio, Amsterdam, May 2008
Roles for Filmmakers within Blurring Boundaries. (keynote) at the Dutch Institute for Film Education’s Film Sense(s): An International Conference on Media Education from an Artistic Perspective, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, January 2008
The New Media Literacies and International Education. Mujeres en el Cine y la Television, Mexico City, December 2007
Video producer, New Media Literacies, Comparative Media Studies, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 2006-2007
Produced videos to supplement white paper Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century.
Oversaw new media research funded by the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning initiative.
After school program coordinator, Youth Voice Collaborative, YWCA Boston, Boston MA, 2004-2006
Taught digital media production to teens; co-authored media literacy curriculum.
Developed partnerships with Boston Public Schools, WGBH and MIT Comparative Media Studies.
After school program coordinator, Electronic Arts, Ark After School Program, Troy NY, 2001-2003
Developed curriculum and coordinated Electronic Arts Program for K-12 students;
Recruited and managed teachers;
Designed and taught animation and video production courses.
Adjunct Professor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, 2001-2002
Taught "Non-Linear Digital Video Editing" course on Avid Media Composer system to undergraduate and graduate students
Visiting Professor, Williams College, Williams NY, 2001
Designed and taught winter study course “Exploring Self-Portraiture in Video Art”
Video Editor, State of New York, Albany NY, 2000
Edited film and video projects for state clients such as The New York Department of Transportation on Avid and Final Cut Pro non-linear digital editing systems
Assistant Video Editor, Hart-Sharp Entertainment/ Hot Fries Films, Boston MA, 2000
Organized post-production materials, logged and digitized footage, and assisted with edit for the independent feature film Lift.
Lift won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Urbanworld Film Festival, was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards and premiered on Showtime.
Commercial video editor, Pisces Productions, Boston MA, 1998 – 2000
Edited television commercials on Avid system. Clients included The Discovery Channel, HGTV.
Video Art Screenings
2002
Women in the Director’s Chair, Chicago, IL
Negation and Consumption, Ocularis at Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Den Haag Film and Video Festival, the Netherlands
Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival, Victoria, BC
Art in General Video Marathon, New York, NY
2001
International Shortcut Festival, Monterrey, Mexico
Z Film Festival, Chicago, IL
Periscope, Coolidge Corner Theater, Boston Cyberarts Festival, Boston, MA
2000
Short Films About Female Identity, Spitting Image at Washington Street Art Center, Boston, MA
1999
Video Now, Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards
1998
Faultlines in the Psyche, 7th Annual New York Video Festival at Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC
wherefrom *, M.F.A. Thesis Show, Massachusetts College of Art
1997
Bandits-Mages Audio-Visual Festival, Bourges, France