I am an experienced public historian and museum professional based in Washington, D.C. I hold a Ph.D. in history from George Mason University. My work has been supported by the Smithsonian Institution, the Cosmos Club Foundation, and the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. By day, I am a curator at a federal agency museum; outside of that role, I pursue work and publishing as an independent historian.
Broader research interests include: the WWII home front, war & society, women’s history, the history of Washington, D.C., and aviation history.
I have worked as a museum professional and am passionate about continuing in that field to share engaging and relatable histories with the public. I have curated exhibitions, managed collections, and done other public history work at various organizations in Washington, D.C. See my Exhibitions page for my curatorial work with the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection at the George Washington University Museum. More recently, I have conducted oral histories with descendants of the Heurich Brewing Co.’s workers for the Heurich House Museum’s Home/Brewed project, and have written grants for that museum.
At George Mason University I served as digital humanities graduate research assistant at Fenwick Library from 2019 – 2022. I worked on a variety of digital history projects at the library’s Center for Mason Legacies.
