Education

At Delaware I earned an MA in History with a certificate in Museum Studies.

Coursework:

• Black Activism & Print Culture
• The Early Republic
• Grantsmanship & Proposal Writing
• Historiography of Technology
• Introduction to Decorative Arts in America (Winterthur)
• Museums: History and Practice
• Museum Internship
• Museums and Modern Technology
• Museum Studies: Strategic Planning
• Research and Writing: America to 1860
• Research and Writing: America, 1860-Present
• United States Historiography
• Writing the History of Empires

At Virginia, I earned a BA in Anthropology, a BA in Archaeology, and a minor in Astronomy.  My coursework focused heavily on cultures around the world, and ancient/prehistoric archaeology.  During the summer of 2008, I was a student in the UVa-Monticello Archaeological Field School, re-adjusting my focus to the historical archaeology of Virginia.

Selected Coursework:

• Museums & Education
• The Social Life of Goods
• History, Museums, & Interpretations
• Monticello Archaeological Field School
• Anglo-Saxon History
• Archaeology of the Andes
• Archaeology of the Maya
• Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
• European Archaeology
• Human Origins
• Archaeo-astronomy
• Life Beyond the Earth