About
I am an independent curator and consultant based in Philadelphia, serving museums, libraries, and other arts and culture organizations in the Mid-Atlantic region. I also provide freelance research, writing, and editing services to organizations and individuals nationwide.
Trained as an art historian, I bring a wide range of interdisciplinary knowledge to my work as a public historian. I have nearly two decades of professional experience in cultural and educational organizations, including museum, library, publishing, and teaching positions.
Experience and Skills
Education
Subject Areas
Languages
Trained as an art historian, I bring a wide range of interdisciplinary knowledge to my work as a public historian. I have nearly two decades of professional experience in cultural and educational organizations, including museum, library, publishing, and teaching positions.
Experience and Skills
- Curator, art historian, and public historian with extensive museum experience and a broad array of interdisciplinary knowledge on topics in art, history, science, and medicine.
- Have worked on all aspects of museum exhibits, from initial concept to final installation.
- Experienced in content development for web exhibits and websites.
- Consultant with expertise in exhibits, publications, websites, public programs, and other projects.
- Published author; can write for academic audiences and the general public. Expert in different formats of writing for diverse audiences.
- Significant experience in book publishing; knowledge of key stages of publishing, from developmental editing to final page proofing.
- Skilled and experienced editor and copyeditor.
- Published translator (French to English), particularly for texts on art, history, and the history of science.
- Creative problem-solver, organizer, and project planner; work well independently and as part of a team.
- Experience in public speaking, teaching, and training.
Education
- Ph.D. in Art History, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.
- M.A. in Art History and Certificate in Museum Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.
- B.A. cum laude in the History of Art, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Subject Areas
- 18th- & 19th-century European and American art and visual culture
- History, technology, and aesthetics of photography
- History and visual culture of technology, science, and medicine
- History of natural history
- History and visual culture of anthropology
Languages
- Fluent in French, including French-to-English translation
- Competent in German
Image: Detail of Expérience de la machine aérostatique, 1783, colored etching by unknown artist. From Jane E. Boyd, “Artificial Clouds and Inflammable Air: The Science and Spectacle of the First Balloon Flights, 1783,” Chemical Heritage 27:2 (Summer 2009): 32–37. Courtesy of Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-02474.
