Open Access Training Tools and Workshops
As a graduate research assistant at UMass Amherst, I created an 8 part series that teach oral history methodology, from project planning to preservation. These efforts were part of a collaboration between the UMass Oral History Lab, Dr. Emily T. Hamilton, Dr. Samuel J. Redman, and Dr. Ashley Woodman. The teaching tools were funded by a UMass Five College Consortium Grant, which enabled us to make them open access.
I have also been an instructor of several oral history workshops. In March of 2020, I taught the “Neighborhood Voices Oral History Workshop,” sponsored by Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative and Mass Humanities, in Roxbury, MA. As an affiliate of the UMass Oral History Lab, I also co-instructed several one day “crash courses” in oral history, intended to provide an overview of oral history best practices. I specialize in the ethical concerns of doing oral history with survivors of trauma.
Service
I have been an active member of the Oral History Association since attending the 2016 conference in Long Beach, CA. I currently serve on the OHA Publications Committee (2025-28). From 2018-21, I also served on the OHA Teaching Award Selection Committee.
