Willamette University

Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude Phi Beta Kappa 2008

History Thesis

"Seeing Oregon through Threads and Beads: A Material Culture study of the History of Women in the West from 1840-1930."

Thesis research funded by Oregon Heritage Fellowship 2007-2008

Spanish Thesis

"Si somos mujeres, seremos un tapiz: Un análisis de las arpilleristas chilenas y los espacios sociales que crearon."

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile)

Advanced coursework in history & literature in Spanish 2006.

Simmons College

Master of Science in Library and Information Science. Concentration Archival Studies December 2012

Master of Arts in History December 2012

History Master’s Thesis

“Our Time is Coming:” An Intellectual History of the International Wages for Housework Campaign

Awarded the History Master’s Thesis Writing Prize and the MIT Graduate Consortium of Women’s Studies Motherboard Writing Prize.

You Belong Here Consulting | Providence, RI & New York, NY Sept 2024 - present

Founding Partner

Founded You Belong Here to offer mission and vision-based strategic, operational, and project support to institutions and organizations that are focused on social justice, expanding access to knowledge, and fostering the preservation of stories and voices that diversify the narrative of our shared past.

Founding projects include Archives of Prison Witness,, a collaborative, consortial project with a national footprint hosted by the American Prison Writing Project at Johns Hopkins University; Monumental Archives a project that aims to increase archive accessibility by exploring how architecture, aesthetics, collecting, and organizational development have historically intersected to narrow access to libraries and archives.

John Hay Library, Brown University

July 2019 - Sept 2024

Director of the John Hay Library Associate University Librarian for Special Collections

Faculty Associate, Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice

Created and is enacting a creative and compelling vision for Brown University’s primary special collections library, the John Hay Library. Established in 1910, the John Hay Library is a Carnegie library that welcomes a global cohort of researchers and is dedicated to raising its profile as a destination for the Providence community. First woman to serve as the Director of the John Hay Library.

Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Harvard University

July 2010 - May 2019

Manager, Special Projects & Digital Services

Served as part of Schlesinger Library’s senior management team and provided strategic vision and direction to Schlesinger Library on a wide array of digital initiatives. Project management and administrative responsibilities included budgeting and financial planning, grant-writing and management, and implementation of major projects.

Research Librarian

Responsible for instruction, reading room activity, and systems maintenance in an active department whose yearly load includes more than 4,000 remote reference questions, an average of 3,000 in-person visitors, and instruction for at least 400 undergraduates. Created curriculum and customized hands-on classes based in archival materials and oversaw outreach programming.

Nursing Clio

I am a Survivor: Childhood Sexual Abuse & The Archives forthcoming

Co-author, Collaboration: A Margaret Bingham Stillwell Imprint forthcoming

Brown University

John Hay Library Collection Policy 2020

American National Biography

Jessie Bernard April 2018

Barbara Christian Dec 2015

New England Archivists Newsletter

Book Review: Through the Archival Looking Glass: A Reader on Diversity and Inclusion April 2015

Schlesinger Library Newsletter

#metoo A Glimpse Into the Digital Vault

Ana Livia Cordero: Puerto Rican Physician and Social Activist Sept 2014

Archival Science

Treading the Ground of Contested Memory: Sept 2014

Archivists and the Human Rights Movement in Chile DOI 10.1007/s10502-014-9223-3

SAA Archival Outlook

Embracing the Globe: Establishing a U.S. Chapter of Archivists without Borders; Co-author July 2012

History Master’s Thesis Writing Prize Dec 2012

Awarded for original research and writing: “Our Time is Coming:” An Intellectual History of the International Wages for Housework Campaign.

MIT Graduate Consortium of Women’s Studies Motherboard Writing Prize 2011

Awarded for original research and writing: "A Surprising Sisterhood: The Feminist Alliance of Housewives and Prostitutes, 1973 - 1983."

Simmons College Student Research Fund Dec 2011

Awarded competitive funding to conduct research in Santiago, Chile about human rights archives.

New England Archivists Student Writing Prize July 2011

Awarded regional, competitive writing prize.

“Archives as Testimony: Preserving the Memory of Human Rights Violations in Argentina and Chile,” published in Summer 2011 New England Archivists newsletter.

Gilder Lehrman History Scholar finalist June 2007

Awarded nation-wide, competitive fellowship to spend one week in New York City with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History; interacted with noteworthy historians; visited research sites

Oregon Heritage Fellow 2007-2008

Awarded a state-wide competitive fellowship to fund senior history thesis written for Willamette University

Presented at the Oregon Heritage Conference in Eugene, OR May 2008

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