Resume

• 2015

  Post-baccalaureate Certificate

  Public/Applied History

  University of West Georgia

• 2013

  Master’s Degree

  English Language and Literature

  General

  University of West Georgia

• 2003

  Bachelor’s Degree

  English Language and Literature

  General

  University of West Georgia

• 000.

  Preservation

  Education

  and Outreach Grant Award

  Founded in 1994

  the Georgia Music Foundation fosters an appreciation for the state’s rich music heritage through programs of preservation

  education and outreach. Launched in 2015

  the Georgia Music Preservation

  Education and Outreach Grant is a mission-aligned program offering grants of up to $5

  Georgia Music Foundation

• Teaching

  Exhibit Design

  Grant Writing

  Documentary Production

  Social Media

  Public History

  Creative Writing

  Oral History

  Archival Processing

  Editing

  Web Content Writing

  History

  Writing

  Archival Research

  Field Work

  Transcription

  Curating

  Journalism

  Budgeting

  Grant Administration

  Soul of Southside: How Some Asheville Chefs are Restoring a Culinary Heritage

  Soul of Southside: How Some Asheville Chefs are Restoring a Culinary Heritage

  All Over But the Shouting: Georgia Group Brings the Ring Shout Tradition to UNCA

  Interview with music historian and folklorist

  George Mitchell about his seminal field recordings of Georgia blues musicians. Published as a part of Oxford American's annual music issue.

  Hoot Your Belly: An Interview with George Mitchell

  Wrote and directed this short documentary film profiling the unique blues sound of the Chattahoochee Valley and the efforts of those who work to document and preserve it.

  Rock On Away From Here: The Blues of Georgia's Lower Chattahoochee Valley

  West Georgia: A Musical Thread

  The Music of the Sea Island Singers Come Home

  Brian

  Crews

  West Georgia Technical College

  National Park Service

  Georgia Department of Economic Development

  Georgia Humanities Council

  Blue Ridge Community College

  University of West Georgia

  Arranged

  described

  and created finding aids for various National parks and historic sites in the southeast region.

  Archives Technician/Intern

  Greater Atlanta Area

  National Park Service

  Brevard

  NC

  Writing Instructor

  Blue Ridge Community College

  Created original content for Georgia Music Magazine and georgiamusic.org

  focusing on music heritage through a partnership with UWG’s Center for Public History. Researched and collected oral histories. Wrote and directed the short documentary film

  \"Rock On Away From Here: The Blues of Georgia's Lower Chattahoochee Valley.\"

  Writer/Researcher

  Greater Atlanta Area

  Georgia Department of Economic Development

  Developed

  curated

  and edited a publication accompanying a traveling Smithsonian exhibition opening March 2016. Coordinated the collaborative efforts of twelve host communities across the state of Georgia.

  Project Coordinator

  Hometown Teams

  Greater Atlanta Area

  Georgia Humanities Council

  West Georgia Technical College

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Annie Belle Weaver Special Collections

  Arranged

  described

  and created finding aids for archival collections and newly donated materials. Provided direct operational support to the Head of Special Collections

  including curating exhibits.

  University of West Georgia