After Oswego

Oswego faculty and peers provided me with an opportunity to develop my sense of agency as a thinking person in the world. They both supported me and challenged me to carve out my own learning through internships, independent studies and a senior thesis. I still root my current work as a professor, scholar and community organizer in those experiences.

Oswego allowed me the opportunity to build intimate working relationships with professors who fostered academic investigation and personal reflection. After earning my Master’s, I spent the next eight years working in museum curation and administration for small to medium-sized institutions.

Studying history at Oswego shaped my attitude towards politics, community and life. It opened up opportunities for the study of and a career in public administration where I continued to develop the critical thinking, research and interpersonal skills I learned in the history program.

Oswego faculty provided me with endless support. They helped me obtain multiple museum internships, which in turn allowed me to attend UNC Greensboro to obtain my Master’s. As I begin my career as a museum curator, I continue to use all the skills I learned at Oswego.