Mary Kate Stringer

Curriculum Vitae 2418 Willowbrook Drive, Apartment B Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37130 (865) 216-4188, mkatestringer@gmail.com EDUCATION Ph.D Public History, Middle Tennessee State University, 2013 Fields: Museum Studies, Ancient and Classical History, Educational Management, Business Management Dissertation: Serving Under-served Communities in Museums and Historical Organizations: Creating Meaningful Public Programming Committee Chair: Dr. Carroll Van West Ancient History, University of Memphis, 2010 Fields: Egyptology, Classical History Interdisciplinary Museum Graduate Studies, University of Memphis, 2010 Fields: Museum Management, Exhibits, Museum Education

MA

Certificate BA

History, cum laude, Middle Tennessee State University, 2008 Fields: US History, Geography

UNIVERSITY TEACHING Instructor of Record, History Department, Middle Tennessee State University 2011-2012 Supervisors: Dr. Robert Hunt, Dr. Dawn McCormack, Dr. Bren Martin Courses: HIST 3110, Explorations in Public History HIST 1110, World Civilization I Teaching Assistant, History Department, Middle Tennessee State University Instructor of Record: Dr. Susan Myers-Shirk Course: HIST 2010, History of the United States to 1860 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: PUBLIC HISTORY AND MUSUEMS Workshop Coordinator, Disability and Your Cultural Organization 2012 Developed workshop schedule and contacted and secured all guest speakers. Coordinated travel plans, budgeting, coordinated catering, facility reservation, and advertising, participated in grant writing. 2010

Assistant Counselor, Williamson County Parks and Recreation, Franklin, TN 2012 Supervisor: Traci Hamby Work at the specialized therapeutic day camp for children, adolescents, and young adults with physical and/or developmental disabilities. Worked in a classroom with a small group of students with a wide range of special needs. Activities included: art, music, dance, crafts, technology, swimming, social skills, and recreation therapy. Advanced Placement Reader, Educational Testing Services, Salt Lake City, UT 2012 World History Advanced Placement test reader for the document based question. Read, evaluated, and followed rubric for over 500 tests over 7 days. Graduate Research Assistant, Public History Department, MTSU 2011 Supervisor: Dr. Rebecca Conard Assistant to the Chair of the History Department and Director of Public History Program. Organized Public History open-house. Organized, planned, compiled and wrote Public History Program Newsletter, Spring 2011. Planned graduate student orientation to the university and department with Graduate Studies Director. Interim Education Coordinator, Sam Davis Home and Museum 2011 Director: Anita Teague Scheduled, presented and developed educational programming. Coordinated volunteers and demonstrators for large events, including Days on the Farm, involving live animals, volunteers, student, and demonstrators attended by thousands of students and groups. Coordinated four summer camps. Worked with teachers and educators in the community. Experienced all aspects involved in running a small historic-house museum, event planning, budgeting, and planning. Education Coordinator, Biblical History Museum, Collierville, TN 2010 Director: Jacob Shock Independently developed hands-on programming about Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Presented programs to students and their families. Planned, coordinated and implemented a new four-day Archaeology day camp. Conducted a four-day summer archaeology day camp for 4th-12th grade students Graduate Assistant, C.H. Nash Archaeological Museum, Memphis, TN 2009 2010 Director: Dr. Robert Connolly Developed curriculum-based programs to use prehistoric and historic artifacts. Assisted with educational programming development. Cataloged and facilitated the return of no-provenance items to repositories. Member of the Museum Assessment Program research team. Created a completely revised Teacher/Group Manual with curriculum-based pre and post-activities, information for teachers and group leaders, and visit information. Coordinated, filmed and scripted videos for the organizations website. Filmed events and edited webcasts using iMovie.

Collections Department Intern, National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN 2009 Supervisor: Sara Cantrell Worked with collections through the processes for accreditation by the American Association of Museums. Cataloged resources throughout the museum and employee resource center. Trained on PastPerfect software. Assisted staff with daily collections department duties. Researched items in repository and collections. worked in collections care, attended collections workshop. Social Studies Instructor, Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, TN 2008 - 2010 Supervisors: Alice Eilers and Kate Dixon Developed and presented various curriculum-based history and science programs in labs, classrooms, and the mansion theatre to students, preschool high school age. Enhanced the museum experience by orienting groups and individuals to exhibits. Directed traffic flow and provided interpretation. Managed inventory, cared for, maintained, and revised materials related to traveling Suitcase Exhibits. Created new curriculum-based educational materials related to women and African Americans for Civil War suitcase exhibit. Utilized curriculum. Communicated with teachers to develop meaningful programming. Assisted with customer service and special events, administrative and clerical tasks. Intern, Sam Davis Home, Smyrna, TN 2007 - 2008 Director: Anita Teague Guided guests through the main house and the grounds of the historic plantation. Provided interpretation and helped present educational programming. Assisted with special events. Provided clerical and administrative assistance. Developed curriculum-based programming related to children in the Civil War. Worked in gift shop and museum. Assisted Educational Coordinator and Event Coordinator AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Tennessee Association of Museums Conference Scholarship Kitty Phillips Seitz Endowed Scholarship, Zeta Tau Alpha Student Government Association Senator Award Bart McCash Memorial Scholarship for Superior Graduate Studies Dissertation Research Grant College of Graduate Studies Dissertation Research Grant Department of Public History Doctoral Resident Middle Tennessee State University Study Abroad Scholarship Conference Scholarship: College of Graduate Studies Elizabeth & Clement Womack Scholarship Educational Leadership Scholarship 2012 2012 2012 2012, 2013 2012 2012 2011 - 2012 2011 2011 2006 2004

PUBLICATIONS Life After the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa Chucalissa e-Anumpoli, May 30, 2012. Available at: <http://chucalissa.wordpress.com> Public History Program Newsletter, Spring 2011. Available at: <http://www.mtsu.edu/publichistory/Public_History_Newsletter_SP_2011_WEB.pdf> Historic Murfreesboro Walking Tour, Spring 2011. Available at: < http://katiestringer.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/drivingtour.pdf > Walking Tour of Toronto, Ontario, Summer 2011. Available at: < http://katiestringer.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/torontowalkingtour1.pdf > Musings on Chucalissa in Museum Education Monitor, August 2010. PRESENTATIONS INVITED TALKS AND LECTURES Educational Programming and the Mediterranean World, Spring 2011 History of Ontario, Canada, for MTSU study abroad students, Summer 2011 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS "Disability and Museum History: Exhibiting the Other" at Chronic Disease and Disability Section Western Social Sciences Association Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2013 Sensitivity and Awareness: Steps to Take for Successful Connections at Tennessee Association of Museums Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, 2012 Your Museum: Compliance, Awareness, Sensitivity, and Outreach Session Chair, Tennessee Association of Museums Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, 2012 What Can Lady Gaga Teach Us About the French Revolution? Social Media and Public History, at the Popular Culture in the South Conference, New Oreans, LA, 2011 Public History and Popular Culture Use and Abuse Session Chair, Popular Culture in the South Conference, New Oreans, LA, 2011 MUSEUM EXHIBITS AND PROJECTS EXHIBITS Sogo Bo: The Animals Go Forth Exhibit at the University of Memphis Fisk University and Freedman Education, online exhibit Civil War Traveling Trunk Teacher Guide and Materials Women in the Civil War, Traveling Trunk PROJECTS Disaster Planning for the Sam Davis Home Teachers Manual and Visitor Information, C.H. Nash Museum Roman Archaeology Summer Day-Camp, Biblical History Museum 2010 2010 2009 2009 2011 2010 2010

LESSON PLANS Mediterranean Gods and Goddesses: Religions of Egypt, Greece, and Rome Life in Ancient Egypt, Biblical History Museum The Greeks and Romans, Biblical History Museum Mystery Box, C.H. Nash Museum The Scoop On Poop Gallery Guides Life on the Tennessee Frontier, Pink Palace Museum Native Americans of the Mid-South, Pink Palace Museum Children in the Civil War, Sam Davis Home PROFESSIONAL SERVICE UNIVERSITY President: Graduate Student Association at MTSU Member: University Committee for University Planning Graduate Student Representative: University Graduate Council Committee Member: GSA Professional Development Committee PhD Representative: Public History Graduate Committee Graduate Senator: Student Government Association Association of Graduate Students in History MTSU Graduate Student Association Egyptology Graduate Student Association University of Memphis Graduate History Association University of Memphis Graduate Student Association Hampton Society Social Sorority and Executive Council Member TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SKILLS D-Plan Disaster Planning Software PastPerfect collections management software Omeka online exhibit software Collections Care and Management, sponsored by Tennessee State Archives and Libraries. Word Excel Works - PowerPoint Photoshop - Adobe PageMaker iMovie -Flipcam HandyCam Digital photography Wordpress PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Phi Alpha Theta Tennessee Association of Museums American Association of Museums 2010 2010 2010 2009 2008 2008 2008 2007

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National Council of Public History Southeastern Museums Conference Association of Academic Museums and Galleries Inter-Museum Council of Nashville References available upon request.