My main goal as a historian is to connect the public with the history all around them. Following the images of my work (below) is a list of public history projects I have been a part of in recent years.
Public history work and contracts:
- Advisor, Hidden UMaine
- Co-PI, Maine Remembers the Coronavirus initiative
- Grant writer, Wabanaki Research Portal, Orono, ME
- Consulting historian, PBS series, “10 That Made America“
- Oral Historian, Happy Medium Ventures, Chicago, IL
- Consultant, Folded Map project, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
- Consulting Historian, Prohibition + the WCTU, Francis Willard House, Evanston, IL
- Tour design, “Doing Business on Devon,” Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society
- Program Manager, EDCI and Museum of Durham History Partnership
- Walking tour design, East Durham, Museum of Durham History
- Curator, H is for Hayti, Museum of Durham History, Durham, NC
- In Fall 2017, H is for Hayti moved permanently to Hayti Heritage Center
- Curator, I is for Innovation, Museum of Durham History, Durham, NC
- Oral history, Story Squad/Audio Under the Stars, Museum of Durham History
- Curator, Mapping the Mill Village, Kessell History Center, Loray Mill, Gastonia, NC
- Digital Curator, The Mill Village in 1920, Digital Loray
- Community Archive building, Loray Digital Archive
- Walking tour design, Loray Mill Village, Digital Loray
- Community outreach and events, Kessell History Center, Loray Mill, Gastonia, NC
- Grant Writer, “Digitizing the May Weber Anthropological Collection” Chicago, IL
- Lead historian, National Register of Historic Places re-application for the South Shore Country Club in Chicago, IL (pending)
- Various speaking engagements related to race riots and lynchings. Click for video
- Volunteer, Certified Gravestone Preservation
CV available upon request
