Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Brown University, Providence, RI. August 2022
Dissertation: “Designing Seclusion: Staging Carthusian and Ducal Access to the Divine in Late Medieval Burgundy”
B.A. in Anthropology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 2011
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of Art and Art History, University of Connecticut, Storrs September 2023-May 2024
Adjunct Professor
Designed and taught two courses each semester
Fall 2023: 1) Introduction to Art History: Prehistory - Fourteenth Century, and 2) Gothic Art (a broad survey of architecture, manuscripts, painting, sculpture, and furniture)
Spring 2024: 1) Introduction to Art History: 15th Century - Present, and 2) Roman Art
Department of History of Art and Architecture, Brown University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture September 2022-May 2023
Designed and taught two courses on medieval art and architecture: 1) Inventions and Interpretations of Landscapes in the Middle Ages and 2) The Lactating, Menstruating Christ: Constructing and Depicting Gender in Late Medieval Europe
Teaching Assistant September 2015-May 2021
Ran two weekly, self-designed sections of 8 to 22 students for 6 writing-intensive courses in which I facilitated discussion and the development of students’ critical thinking and close visual and textual reading skills
Incorporated writing tutorials into sections and gave detailed comments on 3 short papers, a paper proposal and outline, and one final paper for between 31 and 48 students
In recent course on contemporary art, led discussions of identity, race, and subjectivity related to the contemporary moment
Courses taught: Contemporary Art (Spring 2021), Arts of Asia (Spring 2019), Modern Architecture (Fall 2015, Head Teaching Assistant Fall 2017), City and Cinema (Spring 2017), Architectures of Islam (Fall 2016), Contemporary Architecture (Spring 2016)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA
Director of Marketing February 2014-August 2014
Designed, scheduled, and oversaw the museum’s digital, print, and radio advertising
Managed the Marketing Department’s budget
Managed the museum’s website and all social media and e-newsletter communication
Contributed to and participated in the planning of the museum’s magazine
Marketing Coordinator October 2013 - February 2014
Created content for the museum’s website, newsletter, and social media profiles
Managed and tracked design jobs and related interdepartmental communication
Drafted advertisement spreads in Photoshop and Illustrator for our Graphic Designer
Costumed Interpreter June 2012 - October 2013
Demonstrated and explained daily activities in New England in 1838 to visitors of all ages from diverse backgrounds, and countries
Led educational programming for children ages 6-17 on life in the 1830s
UNIVERSITY SERVICE AND AFFILIATIONS
The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching Learning, Brown University
Researcher 2020-2021 Academic Year
Developed a newsletter and resource on equitable and accessible online teaching to be used in conjunction with future digital pedagogy courses at Brown
Drafted a resource on TAing with intent outlining how to derive the most from the experience
Writing, Language, & Graduate TA Support Proctor Summer 2020
Led writing groups that met 4 times per week for 3-hour digital writing sessions
Created handout of guidelines and resources for STEM TAs around online teaching
Aided in the planning and facilitation of Brown’s 3-week English Language Program for International graduate students and gave feedback on related writing exercises
Teaching Consultant 2016-2017
Observed and gave feedback on efficacy of teaching after 1 year of training in pedagogy
Writing Center, Brown University
Steering Committee Member 2019-2022
Brainstormed ways the Writing Center could improve its day-to-day operations and build community
Excellence at Brown Workshop Leader Summer 2021, Summer 2022
Taught an online workshop on the writing process including how to find your process, brainstorming and revision strategies, and how to write a strong introduction and thesis for Brown’s writing bridge program
Antiracism Action Committee: External Communications Member Spring 2021
Strategized ways to disseminate anti-racist pedagogy and assessment practices in the teaching and evaluation of writing throughout the university
Writing Advisor 2019-2022
Work with students determined to be below Brown’s writing standards on their writing over the course of a semester to establish and pursue writing-related goals and processes
Excellence at Brown Instructor Summer 2019
Taught three writing-related workshops to incoming first years through the Excellence at Brown program for students feeling unprepared for Brown’s writing expectations
Graduate Associate 2018-2022
Held one-on-one sessions with writers to provide feedback on any stage of their work
Completed training on pedagogy related to feedback on writing for multilingual students
Department of History of Art and Architecture, Brown University
Conference Co-organizer of department-affiliated conference “Reuse Reconsidered,” 2017
co-wrote the Call for Papers, created the website, sat on the selection committee, participated in the organization of panels, helped determine the conference’s location and layout, and headed up the on-the-ground operations during the conference itself
Graduate Liaison to the Faculty 2016-2017
Attended monthly faculty meetings to represent the graduate student perspective and reported the results of the meetings back to the graduate students
Ran monthly graduate student meetings intended to make plans for future activities and events and to discuss concerns to be presented to the faculty
Undergraduate Mentorship Program Founder and Coordinator Fall 2016-Spring 2019
Designed and implemented a program that paired undergraduate majors with graduate students whose interests and experiences matched the undergraduate’s career aspirations
Teaching Assistant Orientation Founder and Coordinator Fall 2016-2021
Developed and led a half-day workshop and discussion on pedagogy and logistics, the first such event in our department
Helped organize and participated on panels and discussions in subsequent orientations
RESEARCH GRANTS
External
Professional and Organizational Development Network Career Development Grant 2021
Fulbright Study/Research Award (France) 2021-2022
Kress Fellowship in Art History, Middlebury Language Schools 2017
UCLA Thinking Gender Travel Grant 2016
Brown University
Global Mobility Research Fellowship 2019
Cogut Institute International Research and Travel Grant Award 2018
Brown in the World Travel Grant Award 2017
Brown University Conference Travel Grant 2016
Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences Research Grant 2016
The Joukowsky Summer Research Award 2016 & 2017
Brown University International Travel Fund 2016
Kermit Champa Memorial Award 2016
Brown International Humanities Travel Award 2016
PUBLICATIONS
a) Print
“Overlapping Space and Temporal Access in the Chartreuse de Champmol,” in Other Monasticisms: Studies in the History and Architecture of Religious Communities Outside the Canon, 11th - 15th Centuries, edited by Sheila Bonde and Clark Maines. Brepols: 2022.
b) Digital
“Crucified Christ.” In “Wood Sculptures at RISD: Excavating the Storage Room.” The Manual: a journal about art and its making. Rhode Island School of Design Museum. https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/projects-publications/articles/crucified-christ
“Head of Christ or a Saint.” In “Wood Sculptures at RISD: Excavating the Storage Room.” The Manual: a journal about art and its making. Rhode Island School of Design Museum. https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/projects-publications/articles/head-christ-or-saint
“Church Treasuries and Museum Installation.” In “Working with Wood in the Middle Ages.” The Manual: a journal about art and its making. Rhode Island School of Design Museum. https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/projects-publications/articles/wood-middle-ages
c) In-progress
Participated in unpublished 2015 and 2016 site report for the excavation of Bourgfontaine with Dr. Sheila Bonde and Dr. Clark Maines
CONFERENCES AND LECTURES
Conferences
“Fouilles archéologique: bilan des travaux pendant l'été 2023.” Château de Germolles: saison culturelle 2023 - 2024. June 2024.
“Constructing a Wilderness in Which to Pray: Cells and Their Senses at the Chartreuse de Champmol.” 59th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, Michigan. May 2024.
““Par mande de ma dame” versus “Par ma dame” : interprétation de la représentation écrite du mécénat de Marguerite de Male.” Jeunes chercheurs sur la Bourgogne antique et médiévale. Archives départementales de la Côte-d’Or, Dijon, France. January 2022 (Canceled due to Covid)
“‘Et le commanda de bouche madame la duchesse’: One Woman Speaks from the Archives.” 54th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, Michigan. May 2019.
“Gendering the Charterhouse of Dijon: Patronesses, Pilgrims, Cross-dressers, and Monks.” Gender and Medieval Studies Conference 2017: Gender, Places, Space, Thresholds. Christ Church University, Canterbury, England. January 2017.
“Transitory Transgressions: The Female Body in the Chartreuse de Champmol.” Thinking Gender 2016, University of California Thinking Gender Conference. Los Angeles, CA. April 2016.
“Patterns of Carthusian Isolation in the French Landscape of the Middle Ages.” 9th Annual History Graduate Student Conference, The History of the Future: Reinterpretation, Adaptation, Corruption. Brown University, Providence, RI. October 2015.
“Stream and Forest: Carthusians in the Historic Landscape.” S4 GIS Institute, Brown University. Providence, RI. May 2015.
Invited Lectures
“Helping Stuck Writers.” Writing Center Professional Development for Graduate Associates. Brown University. Providence, RI. April 29, 2022.
“Pilgrimage at the Carthusian Monastery of Champmol.” HIAA 0432: Pilgrimage Art and Architecture in the Middle Ages. Brown University. Providence, RI. April 13, 2022.
“‘In search of a new modernity:’SuperDutch.” HIAA 0860: Contemporary Architecture. Brown University. Providence, RI. April 2016.
“Searching for Manifestations of Carthusian Isolation in the French Landscape, 1084-1500.” S4 GIS Institute, Brown University. Providence, RI. January 2016.
“Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1920s and 1930s.” HIAA 0850: Modern Architecture. Brown University. Providence, RI. November 2015.
RESEARCH LANGUAGES AND FIELDWORK
Languages
French, Middle French, Spanish, Latin, German, Italian
Archival Experience
Fragments from the Chartreuse de Champmol, Musée des Beaux Arts de Dijon (January-February 2022)
Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or (January & September-October 2019, July 2021-March 2022)
Bibliothèque municipale de Dijon (January 2019, September-October 2019, July 2021-March 2022)
Archives départementales du Nord (November 2019)
Archaeological Experience
Director, Château de Germolles, France (Summer 2023)
Direction and publication team member, Charterhouse of Bourgfontaine, France (Summer 2015 & 2016)
Achill Archaeological Field School, Dooagh, Mayo, Ireland (Summer 2011)
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), joined 2019, conference volunteer 2019
Medieval Academy of America (MAA), joined 2019
International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA), joined 2019
College Art Association (CAA), joined 2019
Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), joined 2019
Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences, fellow since 2015