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Class of 2007

• Baseball Hall of Fame (Steele Internship Program), in the curatorial department
• Dia:Beacon, designing educational programs
• Gallatin Historical Society, developing collections policy and collections management
• Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, designing educational programs
• Little Compton Historical Society, curating exhibition on the Portuguese of Little Compton
• Lowell National Historic Park, designing programs for the forthcoming Jack Kerouac exhibition
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, contemporary art department curatorial research
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, organizing and writing program guides for film programs
• National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, working on the Bracero History Project and participating in the Latino Museum Studies Program
• Newport Restoration Foundation (Graduate Student Museum Internship Program), designing tours on Newport’s Revolutionary War history
• Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, developing a system to archive grant projects
• Rhode Island Historical Society, preparing 19th-century recipe book for publication
• RISD Museum (Andrew W. Mellon internship), working on the Nazi Era Provenance Project
• RISD Museum, Contemporary Art Department, researching provenance and writing catalog entries
• Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program, working on a variety of projects
• Trustees of the Reservations, preparing plan for expanding use of historic park

Class of 2008

• Adirondack Museum, museum curating for exhibit on photographic history and education programs
• American History Workshop, assisting in curating exhibit on Lafayette at the New York Historical Society
• American Numismatics Society, researching images of African Americans on state currency
• Center for the Study of Political Graphics, research and curatorial work
• Creative Time, curating public art projects
• Cultural Organization of Lowell, organizing educational programs for the Kerouac exhibition
• Fuller Craft Museum, curatorial department
• International Folk Art Museum (LAS Internship Program), research and curatorial work
• Local Projects, photo research for exhibits at the National Building Museum and the Museum of the Chinese in America
• National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, research on upcoming business history exhibition
• National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, research on African American collections and exhibition history
• National Park Service, Boston Historical Park, curatorial work and business planning
• National Park Service, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Cultural Resources Diversity Internship Program), researching slavery and African American history in St. Louis
• National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, research work for exhibition
• New Urban Arts, designing arts programs for high school students
• Newport Historical Society (Buchanan / Burnham Internship), designing a new tour of African American sites and curating exhibition on William Ellery
• Penobscot Marine Museum, curatorial, exhibition, and education work
• Rhode Island Historical Society/Museum of Work and Culture, researching, collecting and curating for an exhibition on 20th century immigration
• Tribute WTC Visitor Center, educational programs

Class of 2009

• Amistad Center for Art and Culture, Hartford, CT, exhibition on aging
• Baranov Museum and Alutiiq Museum, Kodiak Island, AK, preparing for AAM accreditation and working on exhibitions
• California Council for the Humanities, Los Angeles, CA, organizing program of oral histories
• Decatur House/National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C., curriculum projects and exhibition
• Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA, teacher’s programs and curricula
• Forest Hills Cemetery Educational Trust, Boston, MA, public programming and volunteer coordination
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, curatorial research
• Museo del Barrio, New York, NY; Smithsonian's Latino Museum Studies Program
• National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C., preparing on tour of local archaeological and historical sites
• National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C., military history exhibition and collecting plan
• RISD Museum, Providence, RI, visitor research and exhibition evaluation
• Wanås Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden, memorials and art
• Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA, exhibition on Iraq War

Class of 2010

• Brave New Films, production research
• Creative Arts Council Brown University, program development and research
• Greene Farm archaeological project, historical research and analysis
• Hull House Museum, exhibit research and interpretation, program development for urban farm
• Library of Congress, Music Division, curatorial assistance
• Local Projects, exhibit research for National Museum of American Jewish History
• Museum of the African Diaspora, exhibit installation and program development
• National Museum of American History, Division of Home and Community Life, historical research and collection cataloging
• National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry, exhibit research and collection development
• Putnam (CT) Economic and Community Development Agency, historic preservation and site assessment
• Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Education Department, outreach and program development
• Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Textiles and Costume Department, research and curatorial assistance
• Smithsonian Latino Museum Studies Program, communal mapping project at Anacostia Community Museum
• WaterFire, program development