Vita

Education

• Ph.D. in Musicology, University of Michigan, 2008
• M.S. in Information (ALA-accredited), University of Michigan School of Information, 2012
• Certificate in Czech Language and Slavic Studies, Masaryk University, 2003
• B.Mus. in Euphonium Performance and Music History (with highest honors), University of Michigan, 2002

Academic Positions

• Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan, 2022–present
• Adjunct Faculty, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, 2015–2019
• Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Art & Art History, George Mason University, 2014, 2016
• Instructor (Ethnomusicology), Department of Musicology, Composition, and Theory, Bowling Green State University, 2009–2010
• Lecturer I (Music History), Department of Literature, Philosophy, and Arts, University of Michigan–Dearborn, 2008–2009
• Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Musicology, University of Michigan, 2003–2005

Professional Experience

• Associate Director for Information Strategy and Research Development at Mcubed, University of Michigan Office of Research, University of Michigan, 2020–2021
• Senior Librarian for Digital Collections, Digital Collections and Management Section, Library Services, Library of Congress, 2018–2019
• Senior Program Officer, Division of Preservation and Access, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2013–2018
• Archives Specialist, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution, 2012–2013
• Library Assistant for Audio Digitization, Professor Kelly Askew, Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan, 2011–2012
• Digital Preservation Intern, MATRIX Center for Humane Arts, Letters, & Sciences, Michigan State University, 2011
• Host and Engineer, various music and talk programming, WCBN FM–Ann Arbor, 2007–2008
• Editorial Assistant, English Editorial Services (Brno, Czech Republic), 2006
• Coordinator for Printed Programs, University of Michigan Music Programs Office, 2002–2003
• Personnel Manager & Music Librarian, University of Michigan Bands, 1998–2002
• Music Librarian, Interlochen Center for the Arts, summer 2000

Teaching

University of Michigan School of Information

• Organization of Information Resources (SI 666, 2022 syllabus)
• Fundamentals of Digital Curation (SI 667, 2023 syllabus)
• Networked Services for Libraries, Archives, and Museums (SI 676, 2022 syllabus)

Library Carpentry

• Certified instructor for Library Carpentry by The Carpentries, completed 2019. Organized and taught workshops at the Library of Congress and elsewhere (see list here).

University of Maryland

• Implementing Digital Curation (INST 742, 2018 syllabus, 2019 syllabus)
• Introduction to Digital Curation in Cultural Institutions (INST 640, online course)
• Digital Curation Basics (6-week online course for professional continuing education)
• Digital Preservation (LBSC 784, 2015 syllabus)

George Mason University

• Administration of Archives and Manuscripts (History 690, 2014 syllabus, 2016 syllabus)

Bowling Green State University

• Music of World Cultures
• Music in Indonesian Cultures
• Music in African Cultures
• BGeXperience, first-year student orientation class

University of Michigan–Dearborn

• Introduction to World Music
• Introduction to Music Masterpieces
• Music Appreciation
• History of Jazz

University of Michigan

• Music Bibliography (syllabus designer, 2012 syllabus)
• Introduction to the Art of Music (teaching assistant)
• Beginning Javanese Gamelan Ensemble (teaching assistant)
• Introduction to Developmental Psychology (teaching assistant)

Fellowships and Awards

• Independent Study, Research, and Development Award, National Endowment for the Humanities (to support research on sound archives), 2016
• Margaret Mann Award, University of Michigan School of Information (one of two recipients recognized for academic excellence and professional promise), 2012
• Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow in Filipino, United States Department of Education, 2011–2012
• Louise E. Cuyler Award, University of Michigan Department of Musicology (for the paper “‘People’s Music’ and Modernism: Leoš Janáček and Folkloric Performance” presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies), 2008
• Michigan Teaching Fellow, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan, 2007
• Humanities Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan, 2006
• Kohn Doctoral Fellow, Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic), 2006
• Fulbright IIE Grant (Czech Republic), J. William Fulbright Board/Institute of International Education and United States Department of State, 2005–2006
• Student Residency and Summer Research Grant (Indonesia), Center for World Performance Studies, University of Michigan, 2005
• Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow in Czech, United States Department of Education, 2003
• Regents Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2002–2005
• William D. Revelli Band Alumni Scholarship, University of Michigan Bands, 2000 and 2001

Languages

• English
• Czech
• Filipino / Tagalog (basic)
• German (reading)
• Spanish (basic)

Updated May 2023