Resume

• 2014.

  Springfield

  Illinois Area

  While completing a M.A. in Museum Studies at Johns Hopkins University (through their online Advanced Academic Program)

  I researched material to curate new exhibitions and develop educational programming related to African American history and culture. My objective was to emphasize Lincoln's relationships to black Washington D.C. through the stories of White House staff members as well as distinguished visitors such as Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth

  and to learn more about the stories of African Americans in Central Illinois in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. I presented research on educational programming for special constituencies

  including military veterans and families of color

  at American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo

  Seattle

  WA

  May 20

  2014 and Association of Midwest Museums Annual Conference and Meeting

  St. Louis

  MO

  July 16

  Education and Curatorial Assistant

  Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

• 2013

  M.A.

  M.A. in Museum Studies

  Museum Studies

  American Association of Museums

  Association of Midwest Museums

  Association of African American Museums

  The Johns Hopkins University

• 2011.

  •“Early African American Cinema Series: Silent and Sound

  ” presented at the Vachel Lindsay Home State Historical Site

  January 21

  February 4

  and March 3

  2012.\n•“African American Women’s Quilting as Art and Narrative

  ” presented at the Vachel Lindsay Home State Historical Site

  Springfield

  IL

  March 26

  Vachel Lindsay Historic Home

  Curriculum Development

  Student Development

  E-Learning

  Academic Advising

  Instructional Design

  Data Analysis

  Courses

  Grant Writing

  Analysis

  Instructional Technology

  Higher Education

  University Teaching

  Research

  Educational Technology

  Distance Learning

  Student Affairs

  Teaching

  Public Speaking

  Editing

  History

  Race and Gender in Second Life

  My blog analyzes representations of African American women and their participation as designers and builders in the virtual world known as Second Life (SL)

  and documents African Diaspora culture and educational events occuring in Second Life.

  Winand

  PhD

  Winand

  PhD

  Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

  DePaul University

  Spelman College

  University of Illinois

  George Washington's Mount Vernon

  Wayne State University

  University of Texas at El Paso

  Delaware Historical Society

  Carnegie Mellon University

  National Museum of African American History and Culture

  Smithsonian Institution

  Taught courses on U.S. History to 1865

  U.S. History since 1865

  Theories in African American Studies

  and African American Women's Biography and Autobiography.\nPlanned and promoted department and local programming for Black History Month.

  University of Texas at El Paso

  Carnegie Mellon University

  Pittsburgh

  PA

  Completed and presented research on black women in film history for Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE).

  Postdoctoral Fellow

  CAUSE

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  As a component of the Smith Fund

  the Professional Curation Program supports digitization of collections focused on African American history and culture in partnership with archives

  libraries and community-based organizations with significant materials.

  Program Administrator

  National Museum of African American History and Culture

  Smithsonian Institution

  Taught courses on U.S. History from 1800 to 1900

  African American History from 1900 to the Present

  Black Women in Film

  and Black Women’s Biography and Autobiography. \nPresented research on Black Women in African Diaspora Film. \nProvided Administrative Assistance for Center programming

  including conference on the Black Body and African Diaspora film series.\n Completed grant applications for external funding.

  DePaul University

  George Washington's Mount Vernon

  Mount Vernon

  Virginia

  I worked with my colleagues at the Smith Library for the Study of George Washington and in the Education Department to create and conduct professional development opportunities for K--12 educators

  including the annual George Washington Teacher Institutes

  Teacher Residential Weekends for educators in the District of Columbia

  Maryland

  and Virginia

  and regional workshops

  as well as student programs

  including the Ammerman Youth Leadership Program. \n\nI represented Mount Vernon at state and national conferences

  and was responsible for conducting evaluation of both teacher and student programs at Mount Vernon.\n\nI assisted my colleagues with the writing and editing of lesson plans and curriculum materials

  as well as promotional materials for our education department

  and with the tracking of both state and national curriculum standards

  ensuring that Mount Vernon's educational materials aligned with required standards

  including the Common Core.

  Manager of Education Programs

  Wilmington

  Delaware

  Developing

  implementing and evaluating all educational programs associated with the Delaware Historical Society’s Center for African American Heritage to ensure interdisciplinary educational programs are developed for diverse audiences and reflect a full

  inclusive Delaware story

  working in collaboration with historical society staff and community supporters.\nParticipating in the development of collections supporting the purpose and goals of the Center for African American Heritage; providing research assistance and creative input in the development of exhibitions

  collections and publications for the Center for African American Heritage.\n\n

  Head

  Center for African American Heritage and Diversity Programming

  Delaware Historical Society

  Taught courses on U. S. History since 1877

  African American History

  1865 to the Present and African Americans in New Orleans History. \nPresented research on Black Women in Film History at at Race and Africana Studies: Reconfigurations

  Rediscoveries and Reconstructions Conference

  University of Connecticut

  Storrs.

  Wayne State University

  University of Illinois

  Springfield

  Illinois

  Taught courses in Department of African American Studies on Black Music in American Culture

  Black Women in Film History

  Black Women Writers

  the Harlem Renaissance

  Feminist Theories

  African Americans in New Orleans History

  the Civil Rights Movement

  Interdisciplinary African American Studies

  and African American History from 1877 to present and to 1877.\nOrganized and promoted local and campus programming for Black History Month and Women's History Month.\nCollaborated with other U of Illinois faculty on HistoryMakers African American oral history project

  designing and testing a digital archive.\nEvaluated student applications for President’s Research in Diversity Travel Award.\nServed as a co-chair of the Campus Senate Committee on Rights

  Opportunity

  Access and Diversity (ROAD).\nParticipant in National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute

  “The Role of Place in African American Biography

  ” Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

  June--July 2011.

  Assistant Professor

  Atlanta

  GA

  Taught and developed new courses African Diaspora and the World

  Survey of African American History to 1865 and from 1865 to the present

  African American Intellectual History

  African American History in the Twentieth Century

  African American Women's Biography and Autobiography

  Images and Myths of New Orleans in Literature and Popular Culture

  and U.S. History from 1866.\nOrganized and promoted department and local programming for Black History Month while completing dissertation research.\nParticipant in National Endowment for the Humanities Institute on Black Film Studies

  University of Central Florida

  July 1999

  Instructor

  Department of History

  Spelman College

• 1988

  Association for the Study of African American Life and History

  Creoles and pidgins

  French-based (reading)

  PhD

  MA

  American Culture

  American Studies Association

  American Historical Association

  Organization of American Historians

• 1984

  BA

  Political Science

  History