RESUME
EDUCATION
MA Folk Studies
Western Kentucky University, Public Folklore Track, 4.0 GPA, May 2018
BA Comparative Studies
The Ohio State University, Specialization in Folklore, 3.99 GPA, Summa Cum Laude, June 2010
BS Business Administration
The Ohio State University, Specialization in International Business, 3.99 GPA, Summa Cum Laude, June 2010
SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE
Folk Arts Education VISTA
Hindman Settlement School
Spring 2018 - Present, Hindman, KY
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Identified and developed roadmap for creating Folk Arts Education curricula for Knott County teachers’ use
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Researched important historical and cultural figures of Knott County to integrate into lesson plans
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Located and secured access to archival resources for use in place-based curricula development
Graduate Assistant,
Kentucky Folklife Program
Fall 2016 - Summer 2018, Bowling Green, KY
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Co-wrote text using oral history interviews for NEA-funded museum exhibit, developed digital version of the exhibit with expanded audio and visual content, and conducted ethnographic research for exhibit
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Generated idea and set timeline for developing a statewide folklife network and digital magazine, both of which will play an integral role helping KFP engage cultural workers from around the state
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Successfully obtained several grants, including one from the NEA and one from the Kentucky Oral History Commission
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Coordinated, marketed, and produced regular public programming about Kentucky’s folklife
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Created unique content for social media with measurable success in increasing audience and engagement
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Co-taught “Dress to Express,” a course for high school students focusing on how dress and adornment are modes of self-expression, as well as markers of personal and group identity
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Developed newsletters and press releases that supported KFP’s marketing and communications plan
Regional Host Coordinator and Intern,
Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange (RUX)
Spring 2017 - Summer 2018, Bowling Green, KY
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Documented RUX weekends, and developed and edited photo essays and short, interview-based films
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Coordinated two weekend-long Community Intensives in Southcentral Kentucky for 70 RUX members
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Identified regional experiences which were accessible and that reflected the culture, history, landscape, and identity of Southcentral Kentucky from multiple perspectives
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Recruited and managed a host committee and secured regional sponsorship
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Developed logistical considerations by identifying, securing, and serving as a liaison for sites, venues, and partners for the Community Intensive
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Leveraged social media, press releases, and newsletters to recruit applicants
SELECTED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
“Bowling Green Bosnia Oral History Project,” served as a research assistant for an ethnographic study for the Kentucky Folklife Program, conducting and transcribing interviews, Fall 2016 – Summer 2018
“Eastern Kentucky Social Club Material Culture Documentation,” researched and documented the material culture of the Lynch chapter of the EKSC, Spring 2018
“Hair in Horse Cave Documentation Project,” served as co-director for the production of a film that documents the network of hairdressers in Horse Cave, Kentucky’s African American community, Fall 2017
“Foodways in South Central Kentucky: Exploring International Grocery Stores as Spaces for Cultivating Identity and Community,” served as Principal Investigator (PI) for IRB-approved ethnographic study in which I produced a a short film (Not Just a Grocery Store) based on oral history interviews I conducted with owners of Jasmine Grocery Store in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Spring 2017
“National Register of Historic Places,” completed a traditional cultural property nomination involving an unusually decorated cemetery. Involved onsite survey, archival, and oral history research, Fall 2016
“Musical Ties: The Role of Community in the Chillicothe, Ohio Music Scene,” conducted interviews with people involved in the diverse musical scene of Chillicothe, Ohio, and photographically documented several music-related events in the area, Fall 2009 – Spring 2010
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
“Pillbilly: Available Narratives and Representations of Appalachia in the Opioid Crisis,” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Buffalo, New York, October 2018 (upcoming)
“’I’m From Boloney on Light Bread and a Bag of Grippo’s’: Negotiating Appalachian Foodways Within Rhetorics of ‘Unhealthy’ Appalachia," Appalachian Studies Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2018
“Art + Social Cohesion: The Bowling Green Bosnia Oral History Project,” Kentucky Food + Art + Health Dialogue, Owensboro Kentucky, March 2018
Not Just a Grocery Store (film screening), Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival, Washington D.C., November 2017
“Not Just a Grocery Store: Exploring International Grocery Stores as Spaces for Cultivating Identity and Community,” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2017
“Jasmine International Grocery Store: Bowling Green’s ‘Little International Center’,” Southern Foodways Alliance Graduate Student Conference, Oxford, Mississippi, September 2017
“Engaging National Resources Locally: How Folklorists Can Leverage Federal Grants for Place-Based Advocacy Projects,” IU/OSU Folklore & Ethnomusicology Student Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, April 2017
“’Come All Ye Foothill Friends of Mine’: Shaping Identity through Landscape in the Chillicothe, Ohio Music Scene” The Appalachia Project, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2015
“Bob Dylan: Trickster in Life and Lyric,” Undergraduate Folklore Symposium, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, April 2009
AWARDS AND HONORS
John D. Minton Award for Outstanding Contributions to Western Kentucky University, Spring 2018
Potter College of Arts and Letters Outstanding Graduate Student Award, WKU, Spring 2018
Folk Studies Outstanding Graduate Student Award, WKU, Spring 2018
Pass with Distinction, Comprehensive Exams, WKU, Folk Studies Department, Spring 2018
WKU Potter College of Arts and Letters Travel Funding Grant, Spring 2018
WKU Graduate School Travel Funding Grant, Fall 2017
American Folklore Society Public Program’s Archie Green Student Travel Award, Fall 2017
American Folklore Society Student Travel Stipend, Fall 2017
Arts and Sciences Excellence in Scholarship Award, OSU, Spring 2010
The Benton and Olivia Dodge Education Fund, OSU, Spring 2010
The Ohio State University Trustees Scholarship, Spring 2010
Endowed Fund for Short Term Study Abroad Scholarship, OSU, Summer 2009
Bartels Study Abroad Scholarship, OSU, Summer 2008
APPLIED ART & COMMUNITY PRACTICE
WMMT’s Calls From Home Volunteer, Whitesburg, Kentucky, Summer 2018
200 Hour Certified Yoga Instructor, various studios in Ohio and Kentucky, 2014 - Present
Performing Musician, The Pawpaws out of Chillicothe, Ohio, 2011 - 2016
Craft Workshop Instructor, beginning weaving and macramé, various Ohio locales, 2014 - 2015
Artist in Residence, Have Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Winter 2015