Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

I am a second year master’s student at the University of Connecticut, and I am looking to start a museum career upon graduation in May! I would describe myself as tech savvy, quirky, intelligent, fun, helpful, and insightful. I am interested in engaging with and utilizing social media tools to make a memorable and lasting impression on possible employers.

I am an incredibly driven and motivated person. I graduated an entire year early at the age of 20 from UMass Amherst with a bachelor’s degree in Art History with a minor in Classics. From there I dove straight into the Art History master’s program at UConn, Storrs.

I have had awesome work/internship experiences in the midst of all the schoolwork. I am currently a Graduate Teaching Assistant at UConn, teaching two sections of 20 students and assisting with the survey courses: Ancient to Medieval and Renaissance to Present. I also coach long, high, and triple jump at my high school alma mater for the Indoor and Outdoor Track seasons. I have also been interning in the American Painting and American Dec Arts Departments at the Wadsworth Atheneum for over a year. The project that I am most proud of was my work obtaining copyrights and rights/reproduction permission for the exhibition catalogue American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art which is currently on display at the Amon Carter Museum.

At UMass I worked in the Image Collection Library, maintaining the slide collection as well as helping create a new, online image database using Luna Insight and Inscribe. I absolutely loved this job, and it left me with a passion for slide libraries and fascination with catalouging cultural objects. I also worked as an executive assistant at a local bank, as well as a gallery guard and docent.

My combination of teaching experience, museum experience, library/meta data experience, paired with my enthusiastic outlook and unwavering motivation make me an excellent addition to any museum staff.

Work History

• Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
• Curatorial Intern
• December 2008 to Present

• • Currently assisting with the American Decorative Arts Department’s de-accessioning and re-accessioning of collection which includes: relocation of furniture, ceramics, glass, and paintings. Taking inventories, cataloguing, and packing/handling objects. Working with curatorial, registration, and design/facilities teams.
  • Worked independently obtaining copyrights, acquiring images, filling out purchase orders, maintaining an up-to-date spreadsheet of costs, and assisting in the editing and production of the exhibition catalogue entitled: American Moderns: Masterworks on Paper From the Wadsworth Atheneum
  • Continually updating registrar’s object files with current research regarding objects in the Wadsworth’s permanent collection
  • Answering research requests about the American Art/Decorative Arts collections

• University of Connecticut
• Graduate Teaching Assistant
• August 2008 to Present

• • Teaching Assistant for two survey courses: Introduction to Art History I: Ancient to Medieval and Introduction to Art History II: Renaissance to the Present.
  • Responsible for leading discussion sections once a week for two classes of 20 students, grading student work, and recording student grades.
  • Assisting professor with lesson planning and exam questions.
  • Offering assistance to students regarding note taking, test preparation, and any other questions or concerns about the class.

• Stafford High School
• Jumping Coach

• • Coaching high school students in the long, high, and triple jumps
  • Officiating jumping and throwing events
  • Certified in First Aid/CPR