Graduate Students

Research Interests

I'm interested in the intersection of museums, public history, and digital technology and how these can enhance people’s engagement with the past. I'm also interested in highlighting the stories of everyday people from the past and bringing those stories to the everyday people of the present.

Education

M.A. in History, University of Rochester (May 2022)
B.S. in Museum Studies Rochester Institute of Technology (December 2019)
B.S. in Digital Humanities and Social Sciences Rochester Institute of Technology (December 2019)

Selected Publications

• “Birth Control on a Local Level: Rochester’s Maternal Health Clinic, 1934-1945,” Rochester History Journal
  Vol. 82, No.1 (Fall 2024, forthcoming)
• Project Collaborator - "The Burleigh Family of Plainfield, Connecticut: An Anti-Racist Abolitionist Legacy"
  (https://exhibits.sjsu.edu/s/burleigh/page/welcome)
• Master's Thesis in History, Gatsby's Gold Coast: Understanding the Legacy of Long Island Estates Gatsby’s Gold Coast – Understanding the Legacy of Long Island Estates 
• Senior Thesis in Museum Studies/Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, The Role of 3D Printed Facsimiles in Fulfilling Museum Visitors’ Desire to Touch The Role of 3D Printed Facsimiles in Fulfilling Museum Visitors’ Desire to Touch 

Teaching

• HIST 320W – Spatial History: Putting History in its Place (Guest Lecturer)
• HIST 106 – Witchcraft and Witch Trials in Early Modern Europe (Teaching Assistant)
• Project Archivist for First Peoples Fund (non-profit in South Dakota that provides grants to indigenous artists)
• Archives Assistant at RIT Archives
• NEH Project Digital Content Assistant for “Community, Place, Memory,” National Endowment for the Humanities-funded grant project

Honors

• Harkins Prize: Best graduate seminar paper, University of Rochester (April 2023)
• Aida DiPace Donald Fellowship: American History graduate fellowship, University of Rochester (April 2023)
• Excellence in Student Life Award, Rochester Institute of Technology (April 2019)
• Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Award, Rochester Institute of Technology (March 2019) 
• Dean’s List, Rochester Institute of Technology (Entire academic career, Fall 2016 – December 2020)