Megan Bordewyk

Megan Bordewyk

Education

M.A. Student, Public History, 2015-2017 (anticipated)

Loyola University Chicago, Master of Arts, Chicago, IL                                              

 

B.A., History and Anthropology, 2014

Augustana College,  Sioux Falls, SD   

Professional Experience

Graduate Assistant, Women and Leadership Archives, Chicago, IL, August 2015-Present

Library Clerk, Siouxland Libraries – Prairie West Branch, Sioux Falls, SD, August 2013-July 2015

Conference Papers

“Forging a Better Image: J. Edgar Hoover and the Selling of the FBI in the Early 20th Century," Augustana College Symposium, Sioux Falls, SD, 2014

“Analysis of Faunal Remains from a Post-Medieval Site in Exeter, England," South Dakota Archaeological Society Meeting, Sioux Falls, SD, April 2014     

Public History Experience

Digital Media

Contributor, The Lakefront Historian public history blog, Chicago, IL, October 2015-Present

Media Committee, Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society, Chicago, IL, October 2015-July 2016

Co-Creator, "Mollie Lieber West: A Century of Activism" digital exhibit, Chicago, IL, Spring 2016

Historical Organizations

Graduate Student Poster Session Commitee Member, Eighth Biennial Urban History Association Conference, Chicago, IL, Jaunary 2016-Present

“Culture and the Built Environment: The Changing Face of Devon Avenue” Walking Tour Proposal for the Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society, Chicago, IL, Fall 2015

Fundraiser Project Proposal, Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society, Chicago, IL, Fall 2015       

Exhibit

“Mollie West” Table Top Exhibit, Chicago, IL, October 2015                 

Other Public History Projects

Transcriber, Chrysler Village Oral History Project, Chicago, IL, Spring 2016

Interviewer, Chrysler Village History Project Community Day, Chicago, IL August 2016                                                                                                                                              

Internships

Public Access/Film Archive Intern, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, June 2016-August 2016

Intern, Museum of Broadcast Communications, Chicago, IL, May 2016-June 2016

Curatorial Intern, Washington Pavilion Visual Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SDFebruary 2014-August 2014                                                         

Volunteer Project Assistant, Smith Zimmerman Heritage Museum Madison, SDAugust 2012

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