Loyola University Chicago

M.A. Public History (2019, expected)

Hillsdale College

B.A. History (2016)

• Departmental Honors
• Cum Laude

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Grand Rapids, MI

Collections Intern - May - August, 2018

• Accessioned 80 dolls into the collection, which included creating database records, condition-reporting, researching, photographing (and Photoshopping the photos), physically numbering, and finding storage homes for the dolls
• Made storage mounts, four-flap book enclosures, and Tyvek dust covers for dozens of objects
• Standardized and edited over 1,500 artifact records in The Museum System (TMS) software
• Sorted, added, and edited content for over 1,000 constituent records in TMS
• Delicately cleaned Oval Office display
• Cleaned three large outdoor statues
• Researched and wrote artifact highlights for five artifacts in the museum's collections
• Sorted through 50 campaign buttons to weed out duplicates
• Photographed over 70 items for the museum gift store and edited the photos in Photoshop for the museum website
• Sorted and tested 80 light fixtures for the temporary exhibit gallery to determine which lights needed repairs
• Conducted a condition report for returning artifact loans
• Prepared mannequins for a display of two of First Lady Betty Ford's dresses
• Encapsulated unaccessioned material to learn the encapsulation process
• Helped clean, condition report, and roll authentic flags from the Oval Office display
• Compiled a list of sports-themed artifacts for an artifact loan request

Loyola University Chicago University Archives and Special Collections Chicago, IL

Graduate Student Worker - August 2017 - Present

• Accession and process new additions to archive collections
• Write finding aids
• Create exhibits highlighting university history

Joliet Area Historical Museum Joliet, IL

Education Volunteer - April - August 2017

• Gave tours and interacted with visitors from around the world
• Researched Will County Civil War and Illinois & Michigan Canal history to help develop new programs for school-group education programs

ChemStaff, Inc. Joliet, IL

Business Management Intern - June 2014 - August 2017​

• Developed ChemStaff's Total Quality Management System (TQMS) 
  • Wrote and revised workflows, checklists, company policies
  • Wrote grant proposals

• Phi Alpha Theta (Hillsdale College)
• Pi Delta Phi (Hillsdale College)
• Departmental honors (History Department - Hillsdale College)
• Cum Laude (Hillsdale College)

• Co-author, Low-Temperature Corrosion in Fossil Power Plants-State of Knowledge Report: 2017 Update. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA: 2017. 3002009209.

Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society Fundraising Project, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

• Co-author - fundraising proposal for a 5K submitted and presented to West Ridge/Rogers Park Historical Society Board of Directors in Fall 2017

​Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society Tour Proposal, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

• Co-author - walking tour proposal submitted and presented to the West Ridge/Rogers Park Historical Society Board of Directors in Fall 2017

National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Application, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

• Co-author - NEH grant proposal on behalf of Loyola University Chicago’s University Archives and Special Collections in Fall 2017
• Grant proposal sought money to create a digital edition of Loyola University Chicago’s early vice presidents’ diaries      

Senior History Thesis, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan

• Researched eighteenth and nineteenth century church history in Warwick, England, during the summer of 2015
• Archival research conducted at Warwickshire County Records Office, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Archives, and the Catholic Diocesan Archives in Birmingham, UK
• Final thesis successfully defended in April 2016

Historiographical Essay on St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan

• Research conducted at Chicago History Museum Archives and Harold Washington Library
• Utilized Chicago Police Department files related to the Massacre
• Final paper (spring 2015) cited in John J. Binder’s Al Capone’s Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago During Prohibition (New York: Prometheus Books, 2017)