Curriculum vitae
Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
MS in Library and Information Science (ALA-accredited)
Expected Graduation: May 2027
Bryn Mawr College
Bachelor of Arts in Russian and History
Magna cum laude with departmental honors
GPA: 3.92 / 4.0
September 2019–May 2023
Professional Experience
Educational and Scholarly Technology Assistant
Library and Information Technology Services, Bryn Mawr College
August 2023–Present
- Lead the design and development of digital publications, exhibitions, and collections.
- Deliver workshops on web development, user experience, digital accessibility, and AI literacy for faculty, students, and staff.
- Consult on digital scholarship, instructional design, and open educational resource projects, including project planning, tool selection, metadata, and sustainability.
- Create workflows and documentation for faculty research projects and IT knowledge bases, supporting inclusive and ethical digital practices.
- Supervise and mentor student workers, coordinating hiring, payroll, and training.
Digital Scholarship Project Assistant
Library and Information Technology Services, Bryn Mawr College
February 2022–August 2023
- Designed and developed the website for a bilingual, annotated digital edition of a novel.
- Collaborated with Special Collections to created digital exhibitions and blogs for an ongoing history project.
- Presented on critical web development, minimal computing, and digital scholarship at academic conferences.
- Prepared and proofread English and Russian texts for digital annotation and publication.
Digital Scholarship Summer Fellow
Library and Information Technology Services, Bryn Mawr College
May 2022–August 2022
- Designed and deployed four websites in ten weeks, managing multiple concurrent projects and conducting user research and testing.
- Participated in workshops on web design, GIS, accessibility, digital preservation, and project management.
Digital Projects
- Paul Thomas Annotated: In the Margins, a digital collection of annotated film screenshots (ptannotated.com)
- The Encyclopedia of the Dog, a bilingual, annotated digital edition of a Russian novel, launched November 2023 (encyclopediaofthedog.com)
- The Reactor Room: An Immersive Chornobyl Exhibition, (digitalscholarship.brynmawr.edu/reactor-room/)
- Who Built Bryn Mawr?: Disoriented, a digital exhibition and blog focused on Asian histories at Bryn Mawr College (wbbm.digitalprojects.brynmawr.edu)
- Critical Web Design Toolkit, a resource for sustainable and accessible web design (digbmc.github.io/cwd-toolkit/)
- Philadelphia the Global City: The Italian Legacy across Time, a digital map and collection of photos and essays (digbmc.github.io/philly-global-city)
- Germantown YWCA: A Social History of a Building, a digital exhibition and primary source collection (digbmc.github.io/germantown-y)
Presentations
- “Using Static IIIF for Digital Scholarship: the Paul Thomas Annotated Project,” code{4}lib, March 2026
- “Intro to Static Sites: Sustainable web design with Jekyll,” Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship (ILiADS), June 2025
- “Critical Digital Editions,” Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) Conference, June 2023
- “Slavic DH Workshop: Doing Digital Editions,” ASEEES, January 2023
- “Building a Critical Web Design Toolkit,” Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Conference, October 2022
Trainings & Certifications
- AI Ready: Hyper Personalized Learning with AI, The Council of Independent Colleges, February 2026
- AI Ready: Administrative Use, The Council of Independent Colleges, January 2026
- AI Ready: AI Pedagogy and AI in the Curriculum, The Council of Independent Colleges, October 2025
- Pub101: Open Textbook Publishing, Open Education Network, April–May 2025
- IIIF Training, IIIF Consortium, December 2024
- Oral Histories Training, Science History Institute, May 2024
- Communications Certification, Communications Academy at Woodstown High School, June 2019
Skills
- Digital Scholarship & AI: AI bot construction, AI ethics, digital accessibility, digital publishing, digital exhibits, text analysis, metadata, digital preservation, open educational resources, data visualization, GIS, project management, copyright
- Natural Languages: English (native), Russian (advanced)
- Computer Languages: Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Liquid
- Platforms & Tools: Moodle, Omeka, Scalar, GitHub, CollectionBuilder, IIIF, Adobe Creative Suite, Reclaim, Domain of One’s Own, TimelineJS, Zotero, Photoshop, Audacity, OpenRefine
Awards & Honors
- Elinor Nahm Prize in Russian Literature and Culture, Bryn Mawr College, May 2023