Education
M.A., Art & the Book | The Corcoran College of Art + Design, 2013
Concentration: Theory and Culture of the Book
M.S., Library Science | Catholic University of America, 2009
Additional graduate coursework (30 credits): ancient Greek language and art history
B.A., Classical Languages and Literatures | University of Maryland, 2006
Minor: Religious Studies
B.A., History (Ancient) | University of Maryland, 2005
University Honors Citation
Professional Development
Continuing Education / Book History:
Understanding the Medieval Book
University of South Carolina, Columbia, Timothy Graham, 7-8 April 2014
Introduction to Illuminated Manuscripts
Rare Book School, Roger Weick, October 2012
Publishers’ Bookbindings, 1830-1910
Rare Book School, Sue Allen, August 2009
15th Century Books in Print and Manuscript
Rare Book School, Paul Needham & Will Noel, January 2009
Introduction to Codicology
Rare Book School, Albert Derolez, November 2008
Continuing Education / Information Science:
Metadata for ContentDM
Lyrasis webinar, 10 July 2014
Managing Digital Projects with ContentDM
Lyrasis webinar, 8-9 July 2014
RDA: Revising, Developing and Assessing, or, How the Instructions Evolve
ALCTS webinar, 19 February 2014
How to Present a Webinar
ALCTS webinar, Keri Cascio, 5 February 2014
NACO Training Online Workshop, 7-21 January 2014
Cooperative Authority Control: The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)
NISO/DCMI webinar, 4 December 2013
Mammoth Materials: How to Preserve Posters, Maps, and More
Lyrasis Webinar, November 2013
Introducing the BIBFRAME Model: high-level concepts and objectives
Kevin Ford, UW-Madison SLIS Continuing Education Services, November 2013
Google Analytics training
University of Miami Libraries, M. Cardenas, October 2013
Arrangement and Description of Electronic Records (Pts I & II)
Society of American Archivists, Chris Pom, October 2013
Getting Started with User Focus Groups
Library Leadership and Management Association webinar, 4 September 2013
Creating a Social Media Strategy
Florida Library Webinars, 26 August 2013
Two Institutions, Two Perspectives, One Partnership: Collaborations in
Library Publishing & Digital Scholarship
ASERL Webinar, 20 June 2013
Embedding the Farm: Using Structured Data to Enhance Discovery for
Digital Collections & Finding Aids
ASERL Webinar, 6 June 2013
Introduction to Mobile Web Design
Girl-Develop-It Philadelphia, June 2012
Introduction to Python
PyStar/The Hacktory, September 2011
Introduction to Archives for Special Collections Librarians
Rare Book School, J. Dooley & B. Landis, July 2011
EAD Tips and Tricks: Repurposing EAD with XSLT
SAA Webinar, Michael Rush, 21 July 2011
Archives without Tears
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, May 2011
Fundamentals of Library of Congress Classification
Lyrasis, M. Lourie, November 2009
The Semantic Web: Fact or Myth
CENDI, FLICC, and NFAIS, November 2009
Workshops / Book Arts:
Paste Papers
The Walters Art Museum, E. O'Loughlin, January 2011
Sculptural Books: Combining Structures
Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Susan Joy Share, October 2013
Graduate Coursework
Book Arts / Studio (Corcoran):
- Letterpress: Basics from 1400-Digital
- Letterpress: Advanced Discovery
- Papermaking: Two-dimensional Explorations
- Papermaking: Directed Study in Paper Properties and Fiber Analysis
- Binding: Leather Bindings
- Binding: Directed Study in Historical Bindings
- Binding: Directed Study in Traditional Binding
- Design: Layout and Design of the Book
- Typography: Type and the Book Form
History of the Decorative Arts (Corcoran/Smithsonian):
- Artists' Books
- History of Western Textiles
- Textiles in Global Trade
- Textile Analysis and Connoisseurship
- Art Nouveau
- History of Type and Typography
Library and Information Science (CUA):
- Organization of Information
- Information Systems
- Information Sources & Services
- Libraries & Information in Society
- History of the Book
- Art & Museum Librarianship
- Collection Development
- Rare Book Librarianship
- Cataloging & Classification
- Practicum (Cataloging) at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian
Classical Languages and Cultures (CUA):
- Greek Art & Architecture
- Roman Art & Architecture
- Heroes in Ancient Greek Art
- Bronze Age Greece
- Greek Summer Intensive
- Directed Reading in Advanced Greek
- Early Greek Philosophy
Overseas Coursework
Greece : The Living Legacy, June 2005
Three week intensive course focusing on the political, social and philosophical world of Classical
Athens, with special attention & class discussion on Plato's Socratic Dialogues. Included site visits to
Delphi, Nemea, Corinth, Mycenae, Eleusis, Epidaurus, Olympia, Nafplio, Marathon & Cape Sounion.
Italy : Ancient Greece & Rome in Context, January 2003
Three week introduction to the art, archaeology, religious experiences, and history of the ancient
Mediterranean. Included site visits to Pompeii, Hurculaneum, Naples, Paestum, Florence & Rome.
