Mary Kate Stringer, PhD

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

MA

Certificate

BA

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 Executive Director Blount Mansion Memorial Association, Knoxville, TN

2013 - 2014

Responsible for daily operations management, collections care, historic preservation, board relations, exhibitions, public relations. Administration of federal, state, and local grants for historic preservation project.

Independent Consulting 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.

2013

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

2013

Responsible for collections and management for the museum and the historic home, grant writing and administration, educational programming and events, exhibition planning, interpretation, nonprofit organizational management, daily operations. 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, grant writing.

Advanced Placement Reader Educational Test Services, Salt Lake City, UT

2012, 2014

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, Supervisor: Dr. Rebecca Conard

2011, 2013

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. Planned graduate student orientation.

Interim Education Coordinator Sam Davis Home and Museum, Director: Meredith Baughman

2011

Scheduled, presented and developed educational programs. Coordinated volunteers and demonstrators for large events, involving live animals, volunteers, student, and demonstrators attended by thousands of students and groups. Coordinated four summer camps.

Education Coordinator Biblical History Museum, Collierville, TN, Director: Jacob Shock

2010

Independently developed hands-on programming about Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Presented programs to students and families. Planned, coordinated and implemented new Archaeology day camp. Conducted summer archaeology camp for 4th-12th grade students

Graduate Assistant, 2009 2010 C.H. Nash Archaeological Museum, Memphis, TN 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 activities, information for teachers and group leaders, and visit information. Coordinated and scripted videos for the internet.

Collections Department Intern National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN, Supervisor: Sara Cantrell

2009

Worked in collections through the process for accreditation by the American Association of Museums. Cataloged resources throughout the museum and resource center. Trained on PastPerfect software. Researched items in repository and collections. Worked in collections care, attended collections workshop.

Social Studies Instructor, 2008 - 2010 Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, TN, Supervisors: Alice Eilers and Kate Dixon
Developed and presented various curriculum-based history and science programs to students, preschool high school age. 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. Communicated with teachers to develop meaningful programming.

Intern, Sam Davis Home, Smyrna, TN Director: Meredith Baughman

2007 - 2008

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. Worked in giftshop and museum. Assisted Education Coordinator and Event Coordinator

PUBLICATIONS BOOKS
Stringer, Katie. Programming for People with Special Needs: A Guide for Museums and Historic Sites. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield AltaMira Press, 2014.

SELECTED 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. Interview: How to Get a Museum Job. Archaeology, Museums, and Outreach. September 9, 2013. <rcnnolly.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/interview-how-to-get-amuseum-job/>

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 Elizabeth & Clement Womack Scholarship 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012, 2013 2012 2012 2012 2011 - 2012 2011 - 2012 2011 2006

PRESENTATIONS INVITED TALKS AND LECTURES

May Day! Disaster Preparedness for Museums and Archives, Museum at 5ive Points, Cleveland, Tennessee for the Tennessee Association of Museums. May, 2014 The House with Many Eyes: A History of Blount Mansion and a Look Into the Future, Downtown Knoxville Rotary Club, April 2014. Blount Mansion and East Tennessee History, Fort Loudoun, Tennessee. February 2014. Restoration and Preservation: Blount Mansions Past and Future, University of Tennessee Womens Club, February 2014. The House with Many Eyes: Blount Mansions Expansive Past, West Knoxville Rotary Club, January 2014. Working in Museums and the Public History Field: How to be Relevant, University of Tennessee History Club, January 2014. Educational Programming and the Mediterranean World, Middle Tennessee StateUniversity, Spring 2011. History of Ontario, Canada, for MTSU study abroad students, Summer 2011. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Historic Homes of Knoxville: Breaking Barriers and Creating Successful Partnerships at the South Eastern Museums Conference annual meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2014. Brass Tacks: Preventive Conservation in Historic Houses, moderator. South Eastern Museums Conference annual meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2014. New Ideas for Old Houses: Engaging Visitors and Managing Volunteers in Todays Historic House Museums at the South Eastern Museums Conference annual meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2014. Welcoming All Visitors: Accessible Programs at History Museums and Sites at the American Association for State and Local History annual meeting, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2014. Sustainability at Historic House Museums: Creative Thinking, Projects, and Partnerships at the Tennessee Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Greeneville, Tennessee, 2014. TLC as a Sideshow: The LEARNING Channel? at the Popular Culture in the South Conference, Savannah, Georgia, 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 SELECTED 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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SELECTED PROJECTS AND PLANS Consulting: Museum Assessment for Clay County History Museum 2013 Editor, Public History Program Newsletter 2011 - 2013 Historic Murfreesboro Walking Tour 2011 Online:< katiestringer.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/drivingtour.pdf > Walking Tour of Toronto, Ontario, 2011 Online: <katiestringer.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/torontowalkingtour1.pdf > 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 SELECTED GRANTS State of Tennessee Grant for Blount Mansion - Administration 2014 Arts and Cultural Alliance Wrote, Awarded, Administration 2013-2014 Community Agency Grant, City of Knoxville - Wrote, Awarded, Administration 2014 First Tennessee Foundation Grant Wrote, Awarded, Administration 2014 Save Americas Treasures, National Park Service Administration 2013 Tennessee Historical Commission Grant Administration 2013 Middle Tennessee Electric Customers Care, Inc. Grant Wrote, Awarded 2013 National Endowment for the Humanities Climate Control Grant - Administration 2013 Frist Foundation Technology Grant Wrote, Awarded 2013 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE American Association for State and Local History Career Development Committee 2014 Southeastern Museums Conference Program Committee 2014 Southeastern Museums Conference Local Arrangements Committee 2013 - 2014 American Association for State and Local History National Leadership Committee - Captain for the State of Tennessee 2013 2014

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, CONT. American Association for State and Local History National Leadership Committee Regional Representative Tennessee Association of Museums Awards Program Representative Hope Center Volunteer, Knoxville, Tennessee Tennessee Achieves High School Mentor President: Graduate Student Association at MTSU University Committee for University Planning Graduate Student Representative: University Graduate Council Graduate Student Representative: Student Affairs and Travel Public History Graduate Committee Graduate Student Professional Development Committee Senator: Student Government Association Association of Graduate Students in History MTSU Graduate Student Association University of Memphis Graduate History Association University of Memphis Graduate Student Association

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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 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