Museum Experience

Consultant, Museum Curation, Brooklyn Museum: Collaborating faculty intern supervisor for Brooklyn Museum Egyptian Art Department, exhibition planning for Egypt in Africa display (Spring 2021)

Consultant, Museum Collections, Stanford University Archaeology Collections: Artifact identification and provenance consultation for Sudanese collection, with Denise Lim, postdoctoral fellow (Spring 2021) 

Consultant, Museum Curation and Education, Sudan National Museum and Davis Museum: Elementary school educational materials for the Sudan National Museum, in collaboration with SNM curatorial staff, Arthurina Fears, and Davis Museum student interns (Spring 2018-current) 

Consultant, Museum Curation and Education, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (PAHMA): Egyptological content, online StoryMaps teaching kit, and Augmented Reality interactive mobile apps (Oct 2017-2019)

Curator, Wellesley College Student Exhibition: “Past, Present, and Future: Living in Material Worlds,” led development and implementation of student-curated exhibit of archaeological, contemporary, and fabricated future artifacts for Anthropology Department display case, online content <https://sites.google.com/wellesley.edu/wchap/home> (2018-current)

Consultant, Museum Curation, Davis Museum, Wellesley College: Egyptological content and symposium discussant for “Fragment: a Museum’s Mid-Century Legacy” (Oct 2017-Feb 2018)

Digital Imaging Specialist, Special Collections, Wellesley College: Multi-spectral and Reflectance Transformation Imaging Project (Sept 2017) 

Development Associate, PAHMA: Fundraising, donor relations, grant development, and alumni relations, University Development and Alumni Relations, UC Berkeley (October 2015-June 2016) 

Membership Relations, PAHMA: Annual giving, members events and tours (July-October 2015) 

Exhibitions Specialist, PAHMA: Curatorial liaison, gallery design and renovation coordinator (July-October 2015) 

Subject Area Mentor for Ancient Egypt, PAHMA: Content specialist for digital humanities outreach, “Hack the Hearst: a hackathon supporting the development of open source museum collection tools” (September 2014) 

Digital Imaging Lab Manager, PAHMA: Ethnographic collections move, photography, database image management and consultant for development, intern supervisor (June 2012-December 2013) 

Social Media Outreach Committee Member, PAHMA: Content and protocol development (June 2012-December 2013) 

Dissertation Research Fellow, Stahl Research Grant, Archaeological Research Facility, UC Berkeley: Awarded for research visits to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and British Museum (Summer 2011) 

Gallery Guide Program Consultant, PAHMA: Education department, developed outreach materials for Egyptian collection and exhibition, trained docents and led tours (Fall 2010-Spring 2011) 

Curatorial Intern & Assistant, PAHMA: “The Conservator’s Art: Preserving Egypt’s Past,” Research, label writing, illustrations (Fall 2009-Spring 2011) 

Research Assistant, the Egyptian Museum, Cairo: Egyptian Museum Database Project and Museum Label Project, located in Cairo, Egypt (Summer 2008) 

Research Assistant, Giza Archives Project: NEH funded digital archive project, photography and archive research, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley, CA (Winter 2007-2008) 

Registration and Database Assistant, PAHMA: Research and data entry for archaeological and ethnographic collections (Fall 2004- Spring 2005, Summer 2007) 

Content Consultant, PAHMA: “Ancient Egypt” Teaching Kit for Public Programs (2007) 

Exhibition Assistant, PAHMA: “Tesoros Escondidos: Hidden Treasures from the Mexican Collections,” Registration and exhibit installation (2005) 

Inventory Assistant, PAHMA: Egyptian Collection, physical inventory (Summer 2003-Summer 2004) 

Research Assistant, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Art of the Ancient World (Egyptian and Nubian Collection), research, physical inventory, and data entry (Fall 2002-Summer 2003) 

Inventory Intern, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Art of the Ancient World (Egyptian and Nubian Collection), physical inventory and data entry (Fall 2001-Summer 2002)