A condensed version of my CV is available here. For a complete, updated version, please email me at estenemily[at]gmail.com
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; nineteenth century; urban history
- Public humanities, community engagement, social action,
- Digital public humanities, social media, new media, digital culture
UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE
- Researcher and Collaborator: Mapping Violence Project, Brown University, 2017-2018
- Teaching Assistant, Brown University School of Professional Studies: Providence, RI; 2016
- Digital Projects Assistant, Brown University, 2016-2017: “Inside the Lost Museum Timeline” and “Revisualizing the Crystal Palace.”
- 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.”
- Academic Intern, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2014: “LGBT Rights in the Americas Timeline Project.”
FIELD EXPERIENCE
- Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access (Washington, D.C.): Principal Investigator (2017): Documenting the Use of the Smithsonian Learning Lab Among Smithsonian Museums, Research Centers, and Programmatic Offices.
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (New Bedford, MA): Volunteer (2016-Present)
- Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate (Boston, MA): Collections and Curation Management Intern (2016)
- Rhode Island Historical Society (Providence, RI): Visitor Services Intern (2015)
- University of Massachusetts Press (Amherst, MA): Editorial Intern (2014-2015)
- New Bedford Whaling Museum (New Bedford, MA): Archival Intern (2014)
CONFERENCES
- “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 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
- Report: Documenting the Use of the Smithsonian Learning Lab Among Smithsonian Museums, Research Centers, and Programmatic Offices, Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, 2017.
- 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
