Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life (ISJL)
Combining my skills as a public historian, curator, theatre-maker, and educator, my role as Director of Heritage and Interpretation at the ISJL is my biggest challenge yet. I am responsible for public-facing Jewish historical and interpretive programming throughout a thirteen-state region, from Texas to the Carolinas. I oversee our Immigration Traveling Trunk program, run our Southern Jewish Heritage Tours and Alternative Breaks, and manage Temple B'nai Israel, a historic synagogue in Natchez, Mississippi. I am passionate about the ways in which cultural institutions can engage new audiences, tell unique stories, and advance social justice.
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"Travelers, Tourists, Pilgrims: Identity and Place in Journeys to the Jewish South," virtual lecture for the 2018 Global Day of Jewish Learning.
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The ISJL Virtual Vacation is a digital tour through the history and culture of the Jewish South. This session brought participants to Selma, Alabama, the heart of the struggle for voting rights in 1965.
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Glasnevin Cemetery Museum
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Selected projects:
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Carleton College History Department
I combined my work as a Writing Consultant, my museum experience, and my training as a historian to deliver unique support to a Carleton history professor as a Student Exhibition Assistant. I coordinated an exhibition exploring word and image in medieval manuscripts; assisted with designing, writing, curating, and installing the exhibition; and led a class session about producing effective exhibition narratives.
I presented a paper on my work as a Student Exhibition Assistant at the International Writing Centers Association Conference in October 2014. |
National Museum of American Jewish HistorySelected projects:
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Mercer Museum & Library and Fonthill CastleAs an archival intern at the Spruance Library at the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, I spent the summer of 2013 developing an over-100 page research guide for the Library's collection of Bucks County Courthouse records, spanning from the late 1600s to the 1970s.
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