Mary Kate Stringer

Curriculum Vitae http://katiestringer.wordpress.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 Ancient History, University of Memphis, 2010 Fields: Egyptology, Classical History Interdisciplinary Museum Graduate Studies, University of Memphis, 2010 Fields: Museum Management, Exhibits, Museum Education

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

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 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 2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: PUBLIC HISTORY AND MUSUEMS Independent Consulting 2013 Contracted work for the Clay County History Museum, Celina, Tennessee Consultant for Humanities Tennessee to visit and perform a museum assessment for the Clay County History Museum in Celina, Tennessee.

Executive Director Blount Mansion Memorial Association, Knoxville, TN Responsible for daily operations management, collections care, historic preservation, board relations, public relations.

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Director of Collections, Interpretation, and Development Sam Davis Home and Museum, Smyrna, TN 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

PUBLICATIONS BOOKS Forthcoming: Stringer, Katie. Programming for People with Special Needs: A Guide for Museums and Historic Sites. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield AltaMira Press, 2014. ARTICLES Stringer, Katie. The Blount Mansion: Looking Back and Moving Forward. Everything Knoxville. December 2013. Stringer, Katie. Primary Sources, Artifacts, and Students with Special Needs. Teaching with Primary Sources, Middle Tennessee State University (Fall 2013). Stringer, Katie. The Legacy of the Freakshow in Musuems. AASLH History News, American Association for State and Local History (Fall 2013). Stringer, Katie. "Disability, the Sideshow, and Modern Museum Practices. Scientia et Humanitas 3, (2013): 15-28. Stringer, Katie. Musings on Chucalissa. Museum Education Monitor, (August 2010). ONLINE Stringer, Katie. Interview: How to Get a Museum Job. Archaeology, Museums, and Outreach. September 9, 2013. <rcnnolly.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/interviewhow-to-get-a-museum-job/> Editor, Public History Program Newsletter, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2011. Available at: < http://www.mtsu.edu/publichistory/Newsletters.php> Stringer, Katie. Life After the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa Chucalissa e-Anumpoli, May 30, 2012. Available at: <http://chucalissa.wordpress.com> Stringer, Katie and Rebecca Key Duke. Historic Murfreesboro Walking Tour, Spring 2011. Available at: < katiestringer.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/drivingtour.pdf > Stringer, Katie. Walking Tour of Toronto, Ontario, Summer 2011. Available at: < katiestringer.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/torontowalkingtour1.pdf >

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS American Association for State and Local History Conference Scholarship Post-Doctoral Fellowship, MTSU Deans Distinguished Essay Award for publication in Scientia et Humanitas Kitty Phillips Seitz Endowed Scholarship Tennessee Association of Museums Conference Scholarship Bart McCash Memorial Scholarship for Superior Graduate Studies Student Government Association Senator Award Dissertation Research Grant College of Graduate Studies Dissertation Research Grant Department of Public History Doctoral Resident Award Conference Scholarship: College of Graduate Studies Middle Tennessee State University Study Abroad Scholarship

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INVITED TALKS AND LECTURES Blount Mansion and East Tennessee History, Fort Loudoun, Tennessee. January 2013. Working in Museums and the Public History Field: How to be Relevant, University of Tennessee History Club, Spring 2013. Educational Programming and the Mediterranean World, Middle Tennessee StateUniversity, Spring 2011. History of Ontario, Canada, for MTSU study abroad students, Summer 2011. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS TLC as a Sideshow: The LEARNING Channel? at the Popular Culture in the South Conference, Savannah, Georigia, 2013. 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 Furniture on the Frontier, Blount Mansion Womens History Month Special Exhibit: Women of the Davis Plantation 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

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PROJECTS AND PLANS Consulting: Museum Assessment for Clay County History Museum Disaster Planning for the Sam Davis Home Teachers Manual and Visitor Information, C.H. Nash Museum Roman Archaeology Summer Day-Camp, Biblical History Museum 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 GRANTS Save Americas Treasures, National Park Service Administration Middle Tennessee Electric Customers Care, Inc. Grant Wrote, Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Climate Control Grant - Administration Frist Foundation Technology Grant Wrote, Awarded PROFESSIONAL SERVICE American Association for State and Local History National Leadership Committee - Captain for the State of Tennessee Hope Center Volunteer, Knoxville, Tennessee Tennessee Achieves High School Mentor President: Graduate Student Association at MTSU Member: University Committee for University Planning Graduate Student Representative: University Graduate Council Graduate Student Representative: Student Affairs and Travel PhD Representative: Public History Graduate Committee Committee Member: GSA Professional Development 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 Social Sorority and Executive Council Member TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SKILLS University of Tennessee Non-Profit Management: Strategic Planning 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

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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 East TN Preservation Alliance National Trust for Historic Preservation American Association for State and Local History Tennessee 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