Mary

Kate Stringer
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: Enriching the Public History Dialogue: Effective Museum Education Programs for Audiences with Special Needs Committee Chair: Dr. Carroll Van West MA Ancient History, University of Memphis, 2010 Fields: Egyptology, Classical History Certificate Interdisciplinary Museum Graduate Studies, University of Memphis, 2010 Fields: Museum Management, Exhibits, Museum Education 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 2010 Instructor of Record: Dr. Susan Myers-Shirk Course: HIST 2010, History of the United States to 1860 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: PUBLIC HISTORY AND MUSUEMS Executive Director Blount Mansion Memorial Association 2013 Responsible for daily operations management, collections care, historic preservation, board relations, public relations. Curriculum Vitae

Director of Collections, Interpretation, and Development Sam Davis Home and Museum 2013 Responsible for all collections care and management for the museum and the historic home, grant writing and administration, educational programming and events, temporary exhibition planning, interpretation of historic site, non-profit organizational management, daily operations management. Secured and administered one federal grant and several state and regional awards. 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. 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: Meredith Baughman 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: Meredith Baughman 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 Deans Distinguished Essay Award for publication in Scientia et Humanitas 2013 Kitty Phillips Seitz Endowed Scholarship, Zeta Tau Alpha 2012 Tennessee Association of Museums Conference Scholarship 2012 Bart McCash Memorial Scholarship for Superior Graduate Studies 2012, 2013 Student Government Association Senator Award 2012 Dissertation Research Grant College of Graduate Studies 2012 Dissertation Research Grant Department of Public History 2012 Doctoral Resident 2011 - 2012 Middle Tennessee State University Study Abroad Scholarship 2011 Conference Scholarship: College of Graduate Studies 2011 Elizabeth & Clement Womack Scholarship 2006 Educational Leadership Scholarship 2004 PUBLICATIONS ARTICLES Stringer, Katie. "Disability, the Sideshow, and Modern Museum Practices. Scientia et Humanitas 3, (2013): 15-28. ONLINE 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 Access for All: Museum Education Programs for Students with Special Needs at Tennessee Association of Museums Conference, Franklin, Tennessee, March 2013. Acting on Accessibility in a Post-ADA America Session Chair, Tennessee Association of Museums Conference, Franklin, Tennessee, March 2013. Rookie Roundtable: Professional Development for Museum Professionals at Tennessee Association of Museums Conference, Franklin, Tennessee, March 2013.

Disability and Museum History: Exhibiting the Other" at Chronic Disease and Disability Section Western Social Sciences Association Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2013 Creating Programs at Museums for Special Education Classrooms at Tennessee Council for Exceptional Children State Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, 2012. 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 Womens History Month Special Exhibit: Women of the Davis Plantation 2013 Sogo Bo: The Animals Go Forth Exhibit at the University of Memphis 2010 Fisk University and Freedman Education, online exhibit 2010 Civil War Traveling Trunk Teacher Guide and Materials 2009 Women in the Civil War, Traveling Trunk 2009 PROJECTS AND LESSON PLANS Disaster Planning for the Sam Davis Home 2011 Teachers Manual and Visitor Information, C.H. Nash Museum 2010 Roman Archaeology Summer Day-Camp, Biblical History Museum 2010 Mediterranean Gods and Goddesses: Religions of Egypt, Greece, and Rome 2010 Life in Ancient Egypt, Biblical History Museum 2010 The Greeks and Romans, Biblical History Museum 2010 Mystery Box, C.H. Nash Museum 2009 The Scoop On Poop Gallery Guides 2008 Life on the Tennessee Frontier, Pink Palace Museum 2008 Native Americans of the Mid-South, Pink Palace Museum 2008 Children in the Civil War, Sam Davis Home 2007 GRANTS Middle Tennessee Electric Customers Care, Inc. Grant Awarded 2013 National Endowment for the Humanities Climate Control Grant - Administration 2013 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE President: Graduate Student Association at MTSU 2012 2013 Member: University Committee for University Planning 2012 2013 Graduate Student Representative: University Graduate Council 2012 2013 Graduate Student Representative: Student Affairs and Travel 2012 - 2013

PhD Representative: Public History Graduate Committee 2011 2012 Committee Member: GSA Professional Development Committee 2012 2013 Graduate Senator: Student Government Association 2011 2012 Association of Graduate Students in History 2010 2012 MTSU Graduate Student Association 2011 2012 Egyptology Graduate Student Association 2008 2010 University of Memphis Graduate History Association 2008 - 2010 University of Memphis Graduate Student Association 2008 - 2010 Social Sorority and Executive Council Member 2006 - 2008 TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SKILLS American Association for State and Local History Caring for Collections American Association of State and Local History: Historic House Conference Tennessee Association of Museums May Day Disaster Preparation 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 National Council of Public History Southeastern Museums Conference Association of Academic Museums and Galleries Inter-Museum Council of Nashville Western Social Sciences Association