• Managed a six-person team for a diversity initiative, successfully securing $600,000 in grant funding and coordinating working groups among consortium members from seven major film institutions across the U.S., including the LOC and AFI.

• Enhanced the accessibility of the Academy Film Archive collections through identity-centered metadata, conducting extensive independent research and expanding records to encompass the intersections of ability, ethnicity, gender, race, sexual orientation, and other social and cultural identities.

• Researched, designed, and implemented a culturally responsive controlled vocabulary metadata schema, integrating recent developments in digital taxonomies with current best practices in reparative archival descriptions.

• Collaborated with the cataloging, preservation, and aquisitions departments to identify critical gaps in archival holdings and devise a strategic plan for diversifying the collection.

• Worked with the oral histories, social media, curatorial, and public programming departments to highlight and showcase underrepresented films and filmmakers.

• Coordinated working groups to redesign the project methodology, research an API strategy, and incorporate unique identifiers from EIDR and TMDB to streamline and automated steps in the data collection and review process.

• Led a comprehensive multi-phase data cleaning project, de-duping 38,000 records, reformatting the remaining 15,000, and standardizing the final citation metadata.

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• Managed the calendars and inboxes for the Executive Vice President of the Library, Archive, and Sci Tech as well as the six-person Cultural Equity and Inclusion team; coordinating schedules across international time zones, drafting internal and external memos, and setting priorities to ensure efficient workflow and timely responses.

  Researched and drafted cover copy for internal and external reports related to cultural equity, accessibility, inclusion, and diversity.

• Created presentations, compiled reports, and drafted speeches for internal and external audiences, including discreetly ghostwriting talks for film festival programs and crafting interview questions and responses for podcast hosts and guests.

• Coordinated domestic and international travel arrangements, processed expense reports, and organized a three-day symposium with 50+ attendees, managing panelists, designing programs, overseeing catering, and arranging tours and screenings.

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• Worked with the check-in, talent relations, and the accessibility teams for the Governor’s Awards, the Oscar Nominee Luncheon, and the red carpet and winner’s walk at the Academy Awards.

• Coordinated the arrivals processes for the Scientific and Technical Awards, assisting with talent, and managing a twelve-person check-in team.

Department of Modern and Medieval Languages

Thesis: Art, Desire, and the Female Gaze

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Student Film Grant 

Fall 2017 | 4 min | $750