CV

A condensed version of my CV is available here. For a complete, updated version, please email me at emily_esten[at]brown.edu

EDUCATION

• MA, Public Humanities, Brown University, 2016-2018
• BA, History and Digital Humanities, magna cum laude, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013-2016
  • Thesis: “‘Charity as Coercion: The Ladies’ Branch of the New Bedford Port Society, 1833-1880.”

• Bristol Community College, 2013-2016

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• American social and cultural history; Atlantic world; nineteenth century; urban history; maritime studies
• Museums and cultural institutions, community engagement, social action, public humanities
• Digital public humanities, social media, new media, digital culture

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Project Investigator, Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, 2017: “Documenting the Internal Use of the Smithsonian Learning Lab among SI Units.” Project Sponsor: Pino Monaco
• Digital Resource Assistant, Brown University, 2016-2017: “Inside the Lost Museum Timeline” and “Revisualizing the Crystal Palace.” Advisor: Steve Lubar
• Academic Intern, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013-2016: “New Bedford Whaling National Historical Site: Ethnohistory of Ethnic Whalemen and their Communities in the New Bedford Area.” Advisors: Marla Miller, Laura Miller
• Academic Intern, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2014 (3 months): “LGBT Rights in the Americas Timeline Project.” Advisors: Javier Corrales, Julio Capó.

FIELD EXPERIENCE

• Teaching Assistant – Brown University School of Professional Studies: Providence, RI; 2016 (5 months)
• Front Desk Greeter – New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park: New Bedford, MA; 2016-Present
• Collections and Curation Management Intern – Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate: Boston, MA; 2016 (3 months)
• Visitor Services Intern – Rhode Island Historical Society: Providence, RI; 2015 (4 months)
• Editorial Intern, University of Massachusetts Press: Amherst, MA; 2014-2015
• Archival Intern – New Bedford Whaling Museum: New Bedford, MA; 2014 (4 months)

CONFERENCES/PUBLICATIONS

• “Critical, Digital, and Public: A New Pedagogy for History and the Humanities.” Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Sacramento, CA, April 2018.
• “Building a Feminist Future: On (Digital) Pedagogical Praxis.” Panel presentation with Danica Savonick, Melissa Meade, Christina Bosch, Whitney Sperrazza, Kristin Moriah, and Heather Suzanne Woods at HASTAC 2017, Orlando, FL, November 2017.
• “#Resistance: Rogue Government Twitter and Digital Political Activism.” Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Comparative Literature and the Arts, Baltimore, MD, October 2017.
• “Meeting in the Middle: Community Engagement in a Digital World.” Discussant in a working group presented at the National Council for Public History, Indianapolis, IN, April 2017.
• “Charity as Coercion: The Ladies’ Branch of the New Bedford Port Society, 1833-1880.” Paper presented at the Massachusetts Undergraduate Research Conference, Amherst, MA, April 2016.

PROJECTS & COLLABORATIONS

• Project: Visualizing the Crystal Palace. Brown University, 2017.
• Project: Inside the Lost Museum Timeline. Brown University, 2016.
• Exhibition: Office House: Professor Mary Sheldon Barnes, Smith College, 2016
• Collaborative Project: The 1937 Project for the Preservation and Dissemination of Useful Information. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2016
• Proposed Digital Exhibition: The Two New Bedfords: Spatial and Social Analysis of the City, 1800-1870. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015-2016
• Proposed Exhibition: A River Runs Through Us: Life Along the Mill River. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015                                               
• Collaborative Project: Freedom on the Move University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015                                                
•  Digital Exhibition: “Night Vale Museum of Forbidden Technologies” Five College Digital Humanities, 2015

HONORS AND AWARDS

• NEMA Professional Development Award, 2016
• EdSurge Independent Fellow, EdSurge, 2016
• Honors Dean’s Award, University of Massachusetts Amherst Commonwealth Honors College, 2016
• Class of 1941 Humanitarian Award, University of Massachusetts Amherst Commonwealth Honors College, 2016
• Class of 1976 Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Humanities & Fine Arts, 2016
• Simon & Satening Ermonian Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Amherst History Department, 2016
• Phi Beta Kappa Society, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2016
• Friends of the Library Undergraduate Research Award, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2016
• Applied Humanities Learning Lab (AppHuLL) Mellon Fellow, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2016
• Senior Grant for Honors Thesis Research, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015
• Phi Alpha Theta National History Honors Society, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015
• Frank and Helen DiGiammarino Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015
• CHFA Dean’s Achievement Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Amherst,  2015
• Five College Digital Humanities Microgrant, 2014
• Richard W. Bauer Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2014
• Dean’s Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

•      New England Museum Association
•      American Association for State and Local History
•      National Council of Public History
•      American Historical Association
•      Fembot Collective
•     Organization of American Historians