| Current Positions and Employment History: | |
| 2011– | Adjunct Professor, American Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston. |
| 2010– | Freelance writer and multimedia producer. Working in print, sound, and multimedia formats. |
| 2009–2010 | Freelancer, WGBH radio, Boston, MA. Reporting and production for investigative series, spot news, features, and “sonics” (micro-stories about workers’ lives). |
| 2009 | Reporter, WCAI radio, Woods Hole, MA. Reported on breaking news and human interest features for NPR-affiliate on the Outer Cape. Kept blog, “The Outer Space.” |
| 2009 | Freelance Script Writer, Antenna Audio, Sausalito, CA. Researched and wrote script for the world’s largest producer of audio tours for museums and cultural centers. Created hour-long script for audio tour of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport, NY. |
| 2009 | Intern, “On Point”, WBUR radio, Boston, MA. Worked on team to produce daily, two-hour, nationally syndicated call-in talk show exploring politics, culture, and current events. |
| 2007– | Group Writing Coach, The Posse Foundation, Boston, MA. Coached college-bound high school seniors in academic essay writing. |
| 2008 | Sound Producer, “The Memoir Project”, Grub Street, Boston, MA. Recorded elderly writers reading their essays for pilot website. |
| 2005–2007 | Educational Content Advisor, Teacher, Vocal Vacation, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA. Taught elementary and middle school singers participating in NEC’s summer Kodaly Institute to make connections between visual art and music using collections at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. |
| 2003–2009 | Non-Resident Fellow, Charles Warren Center for Studies in Early American History, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. |
| 2004 | Visiting Professor, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA. Taught seminar on the history of the book in America, 1750-1840, to honors students from five colleges. |
| 2000-2009 | Editorial Board, Columnist, Common-place. Collaborated to produce and write for quarterly e-journal focusing on early American history. Editor of “Pastimes” column about children, public history, and travel. |
| 1998–2003 | Assistant Professor of History, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in early American history, history of the American West, nineteenth-century American historiography, comparative colonialism, Native American history, history of the book, history of Boston, historiography, and American social and cultural history. |
| 1988–1992 | Freelance Reporter. Wrote for The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and Connecticut Magazine. |
| 1986–1988 | Staff Reporter, The Brownsville (Texas) Herald. Award-winning coverage of Brownsville Independent School District, the largest employer in the Rio Grande Valley, for daily newspaper in South Texas city bordering Mexico. |
| 1985–1986 | Editorial Intern, The Dallas (Texas) Observer. |
| Consulting: | |
| 2001–2008 | WGBH-TV, Allston, MA. Advised writers and web designers developing a National Endowment for the Humanities-sponsored, animated children’s television series based on author Jon Sciezska’s Time Warp Trio series of juvenile historical fiction. Occasional historical content advisor for animated children’s show Arthur. |
| 20011–2003 | Oneida Nation. Expert witness assisting legal team at Zuckerman, Spaeder, L.L.P., Washington, D.C. Worked to evaluate land claims for a New York Indian nation. |
| Education: | |
| 2008 | Special Student, Advanced Online Journalism–Multimedia Storytelling, Professor Susan Walker, Boston University, MA. Created four-part web-ready documentary using Final Cut on S. Sudanese refugees in the Boston area. |
| 2008 | Center for Digital Storytelling, Berkeley, CA. Completed workshop to produce a 3-minute multi-media podcast using Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and ProTools. |
| 2007 | Special Student, Advanced Radio Journalism, Professor Anne Donohue, Boston University, MA. Achieved proficiency in ProTools to produce audio news and features for radio broadcast. |
| 1998 | Ph.D. with distinction, Program in American Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Dissertation: “Reading, Writing, and Removal: Native American Literacies, 1824-1835.” Exam fields in the American West (William Cronon), comparative colonialism (Howard Lamar), American women and work (Nancy Cott), and the history of the book (Ann Fabian). |
| 1984 | B.A. in English, cum laude, Pomona College, Claremont, CA. |
| Honors and Awards: | |
| Grants and fellowships from the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Health Coverage Fellowship, Charles Warren Center at Harvard University, National Endowment for the Humanities, Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, Yale University, and the Thomas J. Watson Foundation. | |
| Publications: | |
| Multimedia “In the Midst.” Working on an ongoing audio and video project focusing on the world of Barbara Beach Alter, a 90-year-old New Englander who spent 40 years in India as a liberal Christian missionary. Compiling still images, recording video footage and audio interviews with friends and family in the U.S. and in India. Sifting through the Alter archive at the Divinity School at Yale University. |
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| Radio NPR, NHPR, WCAI, and WGBH. | |
| Books Positively ADD: Real Stories to Inspire Your Dreams. (NY: Walker & Co. Publishers, June 2006). Collaborated with psychiatrist Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., to write a book profiling successful adults with Attention Deficit Disorder. | |
| Articles and Reviews Numerous articles, essays, and reviews in academic, popular, and trade magazines. | |
| Blogs “Bowl o’ Cherries: Motherhood, Politics, and Cherry Pie.” Occasional blog posts. “The Outer Space.” Blog reporting on breaking news and human interest features for NPR-affiliate WCAI on the Outer Cape. | |
| Professional and Conference Presentations: | |
| Seminar leader, presenter, invited lecturer, and panelist in a variety of academic and non-academic settings. | |
| Languages: | |
| French and Spanish; reading knowledge of liturgical Hebrew. | |
| Computer and Technological Skills: | |
| Versatile with PC and Mac-based computing software Audio production: ProTools and Garage Band Video production: Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Express | |