Program: MA student, United States and Public History

Email: kjacobsen1@luc.edu

Research Interests: Danish immigration, 19th/20th centuries

Loyola University Chicago, Chicago IL
     M.A. in History, United States and Public History (in progress), 2014-present

Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX
     Postgraduate work in history, 1991-1992

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA
     Master of Library and Information Studies, December 1990

University of Houston, Houston TX
     Bachelor of Arts in Journalism / Minor in Spanish, May 1988
          Summa Cum Laude
          Academic Excellence Award (Highest GPA, College of Humanities and Fine Arts)
          National Merit Scholar
          Membership in Honors Program

Immigration Advocacy History Project, Loyola University, Nov. 2017-

    Project Manager and Oral History Interviewer

The Man Into Woman Project: Transgender Narratives, Editorial Practices, and the Digital Humanities

Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities, Loyola University Chicago, Sept. 2017-present

    Translator

Newberry Library, Chicago IL, Sept.-Nov. 2017

    Internship, Archives and Exhibitions

Chrysler Village History Project, Chicago IL, November 2015
    Oral History Interviewer and Transcriber

Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society, Chicago IL, August 2015
    “Cobblestone Crossroads: Arts and Community in the Glenwood Avenue Arts District” tour

Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie IL, December 2014
    Volunteer, Visitor Evaluation Study of “RACE: Are We So Different?” exhibit

The Field Museum, Chicago IL, March 2011-May 2013
    Museum Archives Volunteer

Northwestern University Library, Evanston IL, 1996-2000
    Reference Librarian/Student Assistant Supervisor

Northwestern University Library, Evanston IL, 1993-1996
    Management Reference Librarian

Southern Methodist University, DeGolyer Library, Dallas TX, 1991-1993
    Reference/Collection Development Librarian

“The ‘New West’: Recent Acquisitions at the DeGolyer Library.” DeGolyer Library,
Southern Methodist University. Dallas, TX. January-March, 1993.

“Fred Harvey: Civilizing the West.” DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University. Dallas, TX. February-April 1992.

“Iraq: Birth of a Nation.” DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University. Dallas, TX.
March-May 1991.

“Tarzan: 20th Century Hero.” M.D. Anderson Library, University of Houston. Houston, TX.
Summer 1988.

“Reference Statistics,” Part of Seeking the Conceptual Foundations of Reference: Or, It’s Hard to ‘Shake’ What You Cannot Find (paper presented at the 8th national conference of the Association of College & Research Libraries, Nashville, TN, April 11-14, 1997).

“Tall Tales of the West: The Myth and Reality Behind Promotion of the Southwest”
(paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Austin, TX, March 1992).

“Stealing Time: The Blumberg Case and Its Aftermath” (paper presented at the annual meeting of the Art Libraries Society of North America/Texas, Dallas, TX, October 10-11, 1991).

“DeGolyer Library.” In Encyclopedia of the American West. Nashville, TN: Zenda, Inc., 1995.

“Time to Put the Internet in Perspective.” College and Research Libraries News 56, no. 3,
(March 1995): 144-147.

“SMU Libraries Computer Ethics Statement.” College and Research Libraries News 54, no. 6
(June 1993): 331-332.

Skokie School District 68, Skokie IL, 2004-2015
     Volunteer with focus on research, grants, and writing projects

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Park Ridge IL, Jan.-Dec. 2007
     Children’s Formation Coordinator

Mothers & More, North Chicago/Near North Suburbs Chapter, 1998-2006
     National, regional, and local volunteer

The Houston Post, Houston TX, Summer 1987
     Reporter Intern

The Daily Cougar, University of Houston, Houston TX, 1984-1988
     Editor in chief / Copy Editor / Reporter