Employment Experience

2002-2005: Assistant Director: Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia.

2001-2002: Environmental Educator: Children's Museum of Richmond.

2000: Office and Program Assistant. Virginia Association of Museums

• Maintain and update database and records of over 1500 professional individuals and member institutions.
• Assist fellow staff in preparation and implementation of programs and membership for Annual Conference.
• Process membership dues and annual conference and workshop fees.

• Preservation, organization, printing, and scanning of various Library photograph collections for presentation on the Library's on-line catalogue.
• Preparation of data base to manage flow of 40,000 images through processing.

• Equivalent of a Principal Investigator in Virginia
• Conducted cultural resource management surveys for state and private contracts.
• Undertook architectural, historical, and documentary research in support of cultural resource surveys.
• Wrote technical cultural resource reports to meet State and Federal guidelines and in support of National Register of Historic Places nominations.
• Supervised field crew of five to ten skilled technicians.
• Met and interacted with project engineers, local officials, and the public and property owners to discuss our aspect of the projects.
• Prepared and managed project budgets of different sizes.

• Conducted cultural resource surveys for state and private contracts.
• Undertook architectural, historical, and documentary research for cultural resource management surveys.
• Wrote technical cultural resource reports to meet State and Federal guidelines.

• Supervised eight at-risk youth clearing canal locks and creating recreation trails.
• Taught employment skills, team interaction, and basic archaeological and construction techniques.
• Conducted historical research and archaeological excavations.

• Supervised and taught college-level students in archaeological field and laboratory techniques and surveying.
• Oversaw excavations, organized, checked, and maintained detailed excavation records, created maps, processed artifacts, interpreted findings, and compiled project summary reports.

1983-1989 Municipal Historian. Town of Cazenovia, NY

• Conducted historical research, wrote and published local history articles for local newspapers, maintained local archival collections, assisted genealogists, advised local governments on preservation issues, and made public presentations to civic and school groups.
• Still active in this research and helping the current historian.
• Maintain an extensive web page of local history resources.

• Maintained grounds of historic estate and historic house museum, conducted research, cared for collections, and assisted setting up and conducting special events.

 

• Cazenovia Preservation Foundation. Historical Consultant, Board Member, tour guide. (1982-present, 1994-1995 board term), compiled many NR nominations.
• Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum. Co-author of site's NR nomination (1992), research consultant. (1989-1994).
• Cazenovia, NY Town and Village Planning Boards. Historical consultant on preservation, development issues; advocate for pro-active preservation and responsible growth. (e.g. community's successful battle against WalMart). (1989 to present).

 

1997 SUNY University at Albany. Master of Arts, Public History and Archeology.

1991 SUNY University at Albany. Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology.

1989 SUNY College at Morrisville. Associate in Science, Journalism and Natural Resources Conservation.
 

Research, Writing, and Other Related Skills

• Historic research, property histories, genealogy, historic structure interpretation, historic preservation issues, cultural landscapes.
• Field surveying, cartography, historical geography, demography.
• Composition of technical reports, NR nominations, articles, biographies, public presentations, maintain an extensive data-driven local history web site.
• Transcription and editing / annotation of historical documents and manuscripts.
• Technology skills: Windows 95/98, WordPerfect 7, Excel, Access, AutoSketch, iMIS membership data base, image and text scanning and editing (PhotoShop, TextBridge), Outlook, email and Internet applications, web site (Netscape Composer), and database creation and various lesser programs.