University of Texas, Austin Master of Journalism and Media 2025
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Master of Library and Information Science 2016
Middlebury College Master of Arts in Spanish 2010
Pepperdine University Bachelor of Arts: Communication, Spanish 2006
Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin 2023-
Librarian for African American & African Studies, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville 2020- 2023
Literatures & Cultures Librarian, Middlebury College 2017-2020
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Master of Library and Information Science 2016
Middlebury College Master of Arts in Spanish 2010
Pepperdine University Bachelor of Arts: Communication, Spanish 2006
Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin 2023-
- Co-teach 97 journalism major undergraduates enrolled in “The Journalistic Voice”
- Grade students’ written submissions for clarity, conciseness and adherence to Associated Press Style standards and host office hours to receive students’ concerns and questions
- Correspond with students regarding attendance and use of class management platforms like Canvas, assignments, virtual attendance via Zoom, etc.
Librarian for African American & African Studies, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville 2020- 2023
- Provided research, instruction, orientation, outreach and collections services as the library liaison to the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies
- Mentored and oriented recent library and information science (LIS) graduates and undergraduates interested in the LIS field
- Ideated, created, designed, developed, led, and participated in dynamic and thematic digital programming via the University of Virginia Library, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), We Here, the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) for a library worker audience highlighting themes of genealogical research, LIS labor, LIS career trajectories, and higher education culture
Literatures & Cultures Librarian, Middlebury College 2017-2020
- Provided research assistance to seven campus groups including the Language Schools and the multicultural student center through information literacy instruction, programming, consultation, et al
- Authored critical reviews of fiction, memoir and anthologies in print and audiobook format, graphic novels, blogs, film, television and music for the American Library Association’s Booklist, the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s Resources for Gender and Women’s Studies and the weekly, college newspaper column “The Librarian Is In”
- Promoted collections via displays, strategic acquisitions and social media