Education

Boston University, Boston, MA • Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and French Literature, January 2017 • Focused on Modernism, French Modernism, and literary theory. Dean’s List 2016

Centre Universitaire d’Études Françaises, Grenoble, France • B2 Diplôme d’Études en Langue Française, December 2015 • Certifies a degree of fluency and spontaneity in regular interactions, an ability to construct arguments to defend an opinion, explain a viewpoint and negotiate in French.

Experience

Reference Specialist, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library at the George Washington University — August 2018 - present

  • Assisted library patrons with medical research using 124 online databases

  • Supported ten systematic reviews by optimizing search results and troubleshooting research strategy

  • Edited two case study articles to be submitted for publication

  • Updated and maintained two research guides about reference and access

  • Delivered seven in-depth tutorials on library databases, research guides, and resources

  • Consulted on APA and AMA citation styles

Library Operations Intern, Boston University Mugar Memorial Library — September 2016 - December 2016

  • Led acquisition of resources from start to finish for the University’s Open Access research repository

  • Coordinated with donors and collaborated on requirements documents for collections

  • Digitized resources and designed metadata scheme

  • Provided office support to three librarians in the Digital Scholarship Services group

Summer Associate, Terren Landscapes, Philadelphia — May 2014 - September 2014

  • Organized and compiled a database of 50 employees’ records, often using state databases to retrieve information

  • Efficiently processed immigration and vehicle registration as per institutional procedures

  • Developed a client database of over 200 active clients and managed a working list of job leads and task updates in Salesforce

Staff Assistant to the Assistant Deans and Director of Programs, Questrom School of Business, Boston University — September 2013 - May 2014

  • Maintained a faculty recruitment website using WordPress

  • Assisted in the facilitation and preparation of four faculty tenure cases

  • Filed, scanned and updated faculty records, and dealt professionally with sensitive information

  • Coordinated with other front office staff and assistants to ensure a productive work environment

  • Provided direct support to the Assistant Deans and the Director of Programs

Projects

  • “Op-Ed: What Libraries Should Become,” Advocacy statement for Boston University Mugar Memorial Library, 985 Words, 2016

  • “Le Budget Participatif à Grenoble,” Ethnographic research project analyzing the results of an informal study relating to Grenoble’s participatory democracy initiative, 2015

  • “Comparing French and English Modernism”, Independent Study (four credit course), Boston University, fall 2016

Skills

DublinCore Metadata Language, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Salesforce, Wordpress