Resume

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Education

Masters of Library and Information Science [May 2020 (Expected)]
Kent State University, Kent, OH

• Emphasis on Digital Cultural Heritage Informatics

Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology [May 2017]
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

• Emphasis on Cultural Anthropology

Experience

Special Collections Practicum [January 2020 - Present]
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

• Creates and delivers complete metadata for captured image file packets for over 1,000 photos for Cleveland Memory’s ContentDM database (clevelandmemory.org)
• Creates entries for Ohio Outdoor Sculpture’s Omeka database (oos.sculpturecenter.org) following Dublin Core and local metadata specifications

Museum Collections Intern [September 2019 - Present]
International Women’s Air and Space Museum, Cleveland, OH

• Catalogs and digitizes items in archives including clothing, photographs, and ephemera to facilitate large-scale collection assessment project
• Assists Collections Manager with reference material inquiries

Guest Engagement Specialist [March 2020 - Present]
Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, OH

• Provides Science Center guests with informal learning experiences

Library Associate [July 2018 - July 2019]
Local History and Genealogy Department
Kenton County Public Library, Covington, KY

• Provided in-depth one-on-one genealogy research sessions for library patrons utilizing various databases such as Ancestry, Family Search, and Newsbank
• Digitized and indexed historical photographs, documents, and ephemera to be uploaded to Faces and Places - Northern Kentucky Photographic Archives
• Provided reference material inquiries in person, by phone, and email

Interpreter [April 2018 - July 2018]
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Columbus, OH

• Facilitated interactive activities about native wildlife and conservation
• Taught Zoo guests about various animals and their habitats from around the world

Naturalist Intern [August 2017 - December 2017]
Aullwood Audubon Nature Center and Farm, Dayton, OH

• Developed and led a STEM program for local schools
• Taught both children and adults about native wildlife and local history
• Led hands-on, interactive programs, including nature hikes, interpretative performances, and one-one-one educational activities

Lead Programmer and Designer [August 2016 - May 2017] Visualizing Abolition, University of Missouri Honors College, Columbia, MO

• Developed and deployed visualizingabolition.org; a website which presents the research and Visualizing Abolition, a digital history project through the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (ASH) Scholars Program that charts the suppression of the African slave trade
• Programmed the interactive database, map, and timeline visualizations

Presentations and Publications

S. S. Canadiana
Cleveland Historical, Center for Public History + Digital Humanities at Cleveland State University

So You Want to Make a Digital Humanities Website A Rice University Digital Humanities Workshop [April 2018]
Rice University, Houston, TX

Christmas Holiday: Queering Family in 20th Century Southern Missouri
Artifacts: A Journal of Undergraduate Writing Issue 15, Spring 2017

“Building Visualizing Abolition: A Digital Approach to the History of the Suppression of the African Slave Trade” Loghi, Humera and Kelsey Rogers.

• Missouri Conference on History, Springfield, MO [March 2017]
• National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Memphis, TN [April, 2017]

Close Encounters with Legend: The Ultimate Legend Trip
Missouri Folklore Society Annual Conference [November 2015]
Jefferson City, MO