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Education

Ph.D. in Arts Administration, Education, & Policy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (2025)
Museum Education & Administration Specialization
Dissertation: "'Another World is Possible:' Liberatory Unionism in the U.S. Art Museum Labor Movement"
Manuel Barkan Dissertation Fellowship recipient (2025)
Certificate in Labor Studies, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (2025)
M.Ed. in Arts in Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA (2013)
B.A. in Art History & East Asian Studies, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH (2011)
High Honors
Phi Beta Kappa
Senior Honors Thesis: "A Solution to 'The Woman Question:' Envisioning the Japanese Woman in the Bijin-ga of Japan's Modern Print Designers"
Asian Studies Program, Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka, Japan (2009)

Board of Stakeholders member, Museums Moving Forward (2025-present)
Labor Task Force co-chair, National Council on Public History (2025-present)
Assistant Digital Curator, Caucus on Social Theory in Arts Education (CSTAE), National Art Education Association (2025-present)

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Research Associate), Input Consulting gGmbH, Germany (2026-present)
"Aktivierung und Empowerment migrantischer Beschäftiger in betrieblicher und gewerkschaftlicher Interessenvertretung" ("Engaging and Empowering Migrant Workers in Workplace and Union Advocacy")
Freelance Museum, Organizing, & Scholarly Work (2019-present)
ver.di trade union, Germany
Museums Moving Forward, USA
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, USA
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Buxton School, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
Graduate Research Associate to Dr. Rachel Skaggs, Columbus Arts Ecosystems Project, Arts Administration, Education, & Policy, The Ohio State University (2023)
Graduate Research Associate to Dr. Michelle Wibbelsman, Kawsay Ukunchay Andean & Amazonian Indigenous Art & Artifact Research Collection, Spanish & Portuguese, The Ohio State University (2022)
Graduate Teaching Associate, Arts Administration, Education, & Policy (2022-2024)
Graduate Associate Teaching Award, The Ohio State University (2024)
Teaching Endorsement for Teaching Online, The Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University (2023)
Associate Director of Education, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, MA (2019-2021)
K-12 Education Manager, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, MA (2014-2019)
Adjunct Instructor, Arts Management, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA), North Adams, MA (2017-2019)

Scholar Award, International Chapter of the P.E.O Sisterhood: $25,000 dissertation completion scholarship (2024-2025)
American Dissertation Fellowship, American Association of University Women (AAUW): $25,000 fellowship (2024-2025)
Best Student Paper Award, Because You (Still) Can't Eat Prestige: PASTA MoMA and Contemporary U.S. Art Museum Unionization, Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) (2024)
Dr. Melanie Buffington START Grant, Caucus of Social Theory in Art Education, National Art Education Association (2023)
Graduate Career Accelerator Grant, The Ohio State University: $4,000 grant (2023)
University Fellowship for Graduate Study, The Ohio State University: Tuition waiver and $29,000 stipend (2021-2022)
Annie H. Ryder Memorial Fellowship for Graduate Study in Education, American Association of University Women (AAUW) (2012)
Ernest Hatch Wilkins Memorial Prize for Art History at Oberlin College (2011)
Leah Freed Memorial Prize for Research in Gender & Women's Studies, Oberlin College (2011)
Bongiorno Prize for Outstanding Potential in Art History, Oberlin College (2010)
John Frederick Oberlin Scholarship, Oberlin College: $13,000 annual award (2007-2011)