Position:
Owner and Artist at akabetsy design, Illustrator at Freelance Illustrator, Freelance Writer and Researcher at Self-Employed
Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Work:
akabetsy design
- Greater Philadelphia Area since May 2012
Owner and Artist
Freelance Illustrator
- Philadelphia since Jan 2012
Illustrator
Self-Employed
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since Jul 2011
Freelance Writer and Researcher
National Library of Medicine
Jun 2006 - Jul 2011
Exhibition Coordinator
Smithsonian Institution
Jan 2005 - Mar 2006
Independent Consultant
National Archives and Records Administration
2005 - 2005
Digital Imaging Technician
Woodrow Wilson House
Sep 2004 - May 2005
Exhibition Writer/Researcher
National Archives and Records Administration
Jan 2004 - Aug 2004
Registrarial Assistant
University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology
Sep 2001 - Jun 2002
Student Curatorial Assistant
Education:
The George Washington University 2003 - 2005
Masters of Arts, Museum Studies
University of Missouri-Columbia 1999 - 2003
Bachelors of Arts, History and Anthropology
Interests:
consumer arts; midcentury advertising and design; craft movements; typography; social history and art; feminist analysis of culture, society, and politics, with a particular interest in rape culture, tv, film, and advertising; museum studies; mass media and social movements; exhibition development
Honor & Awards:
2010 NIH Plain Language Award Bronze Winner for writing on "Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine" exhibition website
