Work experience
Postdoctoral Fellow
Carolina public humanities
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
2023-Present
Postdoc in Residence
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
since 2025
Research Strategist
Common Cause Consultants
2020-2023
As a racial equity and justice-focused firm, we work between communities, nonprofits, and foundations to strategize about how to build a better Pittsburgh for all residents. Through research, outreach, and deep listening, I help to design solutions that are community and people-centered, and that uplift those who have been traditionally the most marginalized.
Researcher
University of Pittsburgh
2017-2020
By analyzing human exhibits in the context of late nineteenth-century Paris, my research demonstrates that architecture was a key tool that architects, anthropologists, and colonial officials used to visualize notions of racial difference.
Instructor
Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh PA
2019-2020
I taught the long nineteenth-century section of the CMOA Crash Course, the mandatory coursework for docents-in-training. My sections focus on Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, as well as the birth and legacy of Impressionism. In addition, I train experienced docents in preparation for the exhibition "Monet and the Modern City."
Instructor
University of Pittsburgh
2013-2018
Develop and direct the Zietlow Civic Engagement Fellowship for undergraduates and the Community Across Carolina Fellowship for community college transfer students
Create a strategic plan for the future of the Carolina Public Humanities’ civic engagement work
Build relationships with on-campus partners such as the Institute for Arts and Humanities and C-STEP
Mentor the Zietlow Graduate Fellow and undergraduate fellows
Partner with humanities institutions across the state - libraries, community colleges, and peer universities - to bring humanistic experiences and learning to North Carolinians
Research the state of civic engagement In North Carolina and throughout the nation; partner with organizations to facilitate working groups and civic health summits
Participate in statewide committees such as the Steering Committee for the North Carolina Civics Coalition and the North Carolina Civic Health planning group
As a racial equity and justice-focused firm, we work between communities, nonprofits, and foundations to strategize about how to build a better Pittsburgh for all residents. Through research, outreach, and deep listening, I help to design solutions that are community and people-centered, and that uplift those who have been traditionally the most marginalized.
In my early graduate school career, I was the go-to Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Western Architecture and Modern Architecture. As my teaching skills developed, I had the opportunity to teach Architecture: Image, Text, Theory, an upper-level writing-intensive course for Architectural Studies majors.
Recent Awards
2025
(Nominated) Obama Leaders Program, The Obama Foundation
2023
Research Affiliate, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2021
Emerging Voice Research Award, American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY
2019
Mellon-Council for European Studies Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Council for European Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY
Spiro Kostof Fellowship, Society of Architectural Historians
A&S Academic Year Research and Travel Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
Dean’s Summer Research Fund, University of Pittsburgh
(Declined) Dietrich Summer Research Fund, University of Pittsburgh
2018
Carter Manny Dissertation Writing Award, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
Dietrich Summer Research Fund, University of Pittsburgh
(Declined) Stanley Prostrednik Memorial Scholarship, Nationality Rooms, University of Pittsburgh
Education
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University of Minnesota
2012
French and Italian Studies; Art History
Summa Cum Laude with High Distinction
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University of Pittsburgh
2014
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University of Pittsburgh
2020
additional information
including publications, digital projects, conference presentations & talks, teaching & mentorship experience, museum experience, and academic positions are available in my full CV.