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Public History
Ph.D. Candidate
B.A., California State University, Sacramento; M.A., California State University, Sacramento
Advisor: Ann Marie Plane
My research explores the historic and present-day influence of children upon California Museums. My research considers how California museums interpret the history of children and childhood, how present-day children participate in museums as visitors and volunteers, and the role childhood memory plays in the renovation and preservation of historic sites.
Courses Taught- HIST 17A: United States history to 1877 (California State University, Sacramento)
Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Summer 2007
Teaching Assistantships- 17C: The American People, World War I to the Present
Summer 2009
Publications- "Cinderella Stories, Mink Coats and Pink Cadillacs: The Story of Brownie Wise, Mary C. Crowley and Mary Kay Ash."
Clio, Annual Journal of the Rho Xi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, 18 (May 2008): 84-105.
- Orangevale, California. Coauthored with Paul J. P. Sandul. Images of America Series. San Francisco: Arcadia Publishing, 2006
- “Small-Town Editors: The Story of Mary and Hazel McFarland’s Involvement with The Folsom Telegraph, 1896-1942”
Clio, Annual Journal of the Rho Xi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, 15 (May 2005): 109-140.
- “Index Project for The Public Historian,” Coauthored with Paul J. P. Sandul. The Public History News 25:4 (Summer 2005): 14.
- Abstracts to The Public Historian: Index Project, Volumes 10-18 (Spring 2004).
Awards- Michael Bransfield Prize, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2012
This award "recognizes the best paper or project in Public History by a graduate or undergraduate student."
- Robert L. Kelley Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, History Associates, 2011
This award "recognizes the outstanding graduate student in the fields of Professor Kelley’s interest: U.S. intellectual history, public history, or the history of public policy."
- Van Gelderen Graduate Award, History Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2010
This award is "to support graduate students in American history, preferably students of the American West."
- History Associates Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2009 & 2012
- Kenneth N. Owens Award for Excellence in Public History, California State University, Sacramento, 2008
Conference Presentations- "One Size Fits All?: The Representation of Children's History in California Museums,"
Society for the History of Children and Youth, Columbia University, New York, New York (June 24, 2011)
- "Playing Their Way Through History: The Significance of Play in Museum Education,"
Child's Play, Children's Pleasures symposium, Hofstra Cultural Center, Hofstra University, New York (March 20, 2010)
- "Changing Conceptions of Childhood and the Museum Experience,"
National Council on Public History, Portland, Oregon (March 12, 2010)
- "A New Voice: Diaries of a Steamship Stewardess, 1892-1894,"
Western Association of Women Historians, “Traveler’s Diaries: American Women Abroad” panel, San Diego, California (May 5, 2007).
- "Finding Women in Public Places: Creating a Women's History Trail in Folsom, California,"
California Council for the Promotion of History, Annual Meeting, San Jose, California (October 28, 2006)
Public History Work Experience- Assistant Review Editor, The Public Historian
August 2010 - August 2011; I previously interned for the journal during the spring of 2005 and worked as an editorial assistant from October 2007 to March 2008
- Historian II, Galvin Preservation Associates
February 2009 - August 2009
- Assistant Curator, Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation
February 2008 - January 2009
- Research Associate, Cultural & Community Studies Office, California Department of Transportation
June 2004 - June 2005; June 2006 - August 2006; June 2007 - September 2007
- Intern, Research Department, The Folsom History Museum
August 2004 - December 2004
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