EDUCATION

Kilgarlin Center for the Preservation of the Cultural Record - University of Texas; Austin, Texas
- Candidate: MSIS degree with Certificate of Advanced Study in Conservation – August 2005-Present;

Wellesley College; Wellesley, Massachusetts
- Graduate: B.A. degree, June 2004;

• Mathematics major with concentration in Economics.
• Earned First-Year Distinction.
• Participated in Mellon Grant Librarianship Course.

North Bennet Street School; Boston, Massachusetts
- Cloth Case Binding Workshop, August 2003

• Cloth case bindings
• Three-quarter cloth bindings
• Non-Coptic binding with sewn boards.

-Limp Vellum Binding Workshop, March 2005

Monastery of St. John the Apocalypse; Patmos, Greece
- Byzantine Binding Workshop
- Limp and Semi-Limp Bindings Workshop
August 25 – September 8 2007

WORK EXPERIENCE

National Archives and Records Administration, College Park MD
- Conservation Intern; September 2007 – May 2008

Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin
- Conservation Intern; October 2006 – March 2007

• Monitors Environment
• Monitors IPM system
• Performs conservation treatments as necessary on collection materials

Hurricane Katrina Recovery; WUDPAC, Winterthur, Delaware
-Student Fieldwork; May 2006-June 2006

• Repairs items from the Gulf Coast institutions affected by Hurricane Katrina
• Mold mitigation for books damaged by Hurricane Katrina
• Compose Mold section for the Winterthur Preventative Conservation Manual

Conservation Facility; HRHRC, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
-Conservation Technician - Mold Project; November 2005 - December 2005.

• Removes Mold from documents

Preservation and Imaging Services; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Conservation Technician for Reformatting; August 2004 – May 2005

• Prepares newspapers and other materials for Microfilming
• Creates spine labels for recased books
• Prepares books for commercial rebinding

Conservation Facility; Wellesley College Library, Wellesley, Massachusetts
-Conservation Technician; June 2004 – August 2004

• Tightens hinges
• Rebinds books retaining their original boards
• Rebacks books
• Creates enclosures for library materials

Book Arts Lab; Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
- Assistant to the Director of the Book Arts Lab; June 2003 – May 2004

• Helps teach binding workshops: Coptic bindings,screw post albums, and Japanese stab bindings.
• Demonstrates setting lead type, setting up a press, printing and cleaning
• Creates binding models from diagrams for binding model library to assist students in projects.
• Maintains lab materials and equipment

• Semi-fluent in Hebrew and Spanish; Studied German and Arabic
• Knowledge of MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, Eudora, MS Dreamweaver