Education
1990 to present: Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Ph.D. Folklore
and American Studies. Topic: "Borrowed Time. Reenacting the American Civil
War." Current status: ABD.
International exchange student, Freie
Universitaet Berlin, February-August 1992.
Continuing in the School of Library and Information Science, seeking MIS
and archival certification.
1988-89: Utah State University, Logan, Utah. M.A. American Studies.
Thesis: "The Reusable Past. Living History in Three Reenactment Groups."
1978-82: Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts. B.F.A. Media
and Performance Art. Received Albert E. Munsell Award for Academic
Excellence.
Training
Languages: fluent in German, some competence in Spanish, Russian,
Czech
Computer programming languages: Perl, UNIX
Hypermiedia: HTML.
Computer application skills: WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel,
Powerpoint, Corel Photo Paint, Adobe Photoshop, FoxPro.
Computer applications for libraries: NOTIS, Unicorn Workflows.
Fieldwork: proficient in audio and video recording and photography.
Professional Experience in Folklore and Education
Web site designer for Mathers Museum and Department of Folklore and
Ethnomusicology, Indiana University, spring 2001. Designed educational
interactive website for "Dancing
the Ancestors" exhibit at the Mathers Museum, Indiana University.
Project coordinator and board member, Visions of Place
Project, Bloomington, Indiana, 1998-99. Supervisors: Phil Stafford and
Dr. Inta Carpenter. Participated in planning and managing of a partnership
project between folklorists and community advocates, providing context for
research by collecting personal narratives and photographs. As board
member headed the archiving committee.
Tutor and grant-writer, VITAL Program in Adult Literacy, Monroe County
Library, Bloomington, Indiana, 1998-2000. Supervisor: Cathy Rogers.
Volunteer tutor. Grant\writer for project expanding the pedagogic role of
learners' personal narratives collecting narratives from homeless
learners.
Associate Instructor, Indiana
University (Bloomington) and IUPUI-Columbus, 1995-96. Developed and
taught an introductory course on folklore and an advanced course on
Indiana folklife, emphasizing fieldwork collection and interview projects.
Educational Programs Coordinator and Docent, Monroe County Historical
Society Museum, Bloomington, Indiana, 1991-95. Supervisor: Karla
Nicholson. Updated and implemented school outreach programs for public
schools in the areas of history, anthropology and folklife. Trained and
directed a volunteer staff of 50 presenters. Assistant curator for
exhibits on local history.
Architectural Surveyor, Historic Landmarks Foundation of
Indiana, summer 1993. Supervisor: Marsh Davis. Photographed,
documented and evaluated historic structures in Evansville, Indiana, for
the Vandenburgh County architectural survey.
Folklife Festival Intern, New England Folklife Center, Lowell,
Massachusetts, summer 1991. Supervisor: Lou Carreras. Assisted in the
planning and production of the Center's annual Folklife Festival.
Interviewed and documented folk artists for the Center's archives.
Graduate Interpretive Assistant, American West Heritage
Center, Wellsville, Utah, 1987-89. Supervisor: Dr. Jay Anderson.
Interpreted pioneer farming; maintained buildings, grounds, equipment and
livestock. Assisted in conservation and collection projects of Western
folklife.
Professional Experience in Libraries and Archives
Technical Services Coordinator, US Documents. Government Publications
Department, Indiana University
Library, since 2000. Supervisors: Andrea Morrison, Lou Malcomb.
Responsible for managing bibliographic records for government monographs
and periodicals in the library's electronic database, overseeing
department's retrospective conversion of older records into electronic
format, overseeing conservation and preservation of library materials, and
general problem-solving. Train and supervise several student employees
annually.
Catalog Reviser, Technical Services Department, Indiana University,
1996-2000. Supervisors: Tim Larson, Ria Collee.
Part of the
retrospective conversion team in the Technical Services Department,
responsible for bringing electronic records into the Library's database
and maintaining accuracy of bibliographic and holdings metadata and
information.
Archives Intern, African American
Archives of Music and Culture, 1999. Supervisor: Dr. Portia
Maultsby.
Projects included cataloging audio and video tapes, planning
an online catalog of materials, duplicating materials for listening
copies for classroom instruction, and conducting interviews with
musicians, collectors and radio personalities for collections.
Selected Publications and Conference Papers
"The Usable Past Revisited: an Ethnography of Civil War Reenacting,"
presented at the 7th Conference of the Societe International d'Ethnologie
et Folklore, Budapest, Hungary, April 26, 2001.
Review of the
website of the Old Town School of Music, in the New Directions in
Folklore on-line journal, Issue 4:2 October 2000.
"Farmers" historical essay, in American Folklore: An Encyclopedia, edited
by Jan Brunvand. New York: Garland Publishing, 1996.
Selected Accomplishments
Volunteer programmer and DJ, World Music Show, WFHB Community Radio, Bloomington IN, since
January 2000. Webcasting has given this show an international audience.
Selected to serve on the academic committee reviewing the performance of
Indiana University Law School Dean Fred Aman, October-December 1999.
Research consultant, Martinsville Historical Society, Martinsville,
Indiana, 1996. Provided photographic and historical documentation for a
successful application to place the Old Morgan County Jail onto the
National Register of Historic Places.
Treasurer, Ethnomusicology Student Association (Indiana University),
1991-94. Prepared and managed budgets, assisted in fund-raising for and
organization of visits and lectures by guest artists, planned and ran
annual Ethnomusicology Film Festival.