Education
2008: Bachelor of Science, History. Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA.
2025: Master of Arts, Applied History. Museum Studies concentration. Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA.
Select graduate coursework:
- Pennsylvania History
- Historic Preservation Practice & Advocacy
- Museum Education
- Textile History & Museum Methods
Experience
2023-Present: Docent & Volunteer, Franklin County Historical Society – Kittochtinny, Chambersburg, PA.
2024 (July-Aug): Graduate Intern, Ethan Allen Homestead Museum, Burlington, VT.
2025 (May-Aug): Intern, Fashion Archives & Museum of Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA.
2026-Present: Member, Board of Directors, Franklin County Historical Society – Kittochtinny, Chambersburg, PA.
Projects, Presentations & Publications
2024 (Nov-Dec): Digitized and physically preserved the Day Book of John Hefflefinger (private ledger, 1868-1877), in the collection of Shippensburg University’s Little Red Schoolhouse Museum.
2025 (Aug): Shippensburg University, Graduate Research and Travel Grant award
2025 (Oct): Conference paper, Pennsylvania Historical Association 2025 Annual Meeting, Voices of Change in Education panel, “Clem Chesnut: Profile of a Normal School Graduate”
2025 (Oct): “The Blue and the Gray Dress: Maria Tyson’s 1863 Wedding Gown,” Shippensburg Fashion Archives & Museum, https://fashionarchives.org/exhibitions/digital-exhibitions/the-blue-and-the-gray-dress-maria-tysons-1863-wedding-gown/. I wrote this page based on group research conducted in Fall 2024.
2025 (Nov): “Pennsylvania Top Hats: Style and Commerce of the 19th Century,” Shippensburg Fashion Archives & Museum, https://fashionarchives.org/exhibitions/digital-exhibitions/pennsylvania-top-hats-style-and-commerce-of-the-19th-century/. Co-authored as a group project in Fall 2024.
Historical Chesnuts 