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Renae Youngs: TRACES'
Executive Assistant: Education Ø
Bachelor of Arts in History,
Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA: May 2005. Ø
Grinnell-in-London study abroad
program, Fall 2003: lived independently in central London as full-time
student; coursework in contemporary literature and politics, philosophical
history Specific Academic
Highlights Ø
History Seminars: combined
in-depth analysis of scholarship and resources with two months of
independent research, ending in presentation of unique findings in a
publication-quality paper. Research
focused on placing material culture in a broader social history framework.
Topics of these courses and papers were “Nineteenth-Century
American Popular Culture” (coursework on several events and media with a
meta-analysis of popular culture, paper on portrait photography and social
control) and “The Civilizing Mission and its Discontents” (coursework
traced various reform movements in nineteenth-century Britain, paper on
non-normative gender roles/identities and the popular press). Ø
Museum Studies: holistic
overview of museums, including discussion of history, design, theory,
ethics, and practical management concerns.
Final project analyzed the ethical and practical drawbacks of
allowing outside “vested interest” parties to influence exhibition
design. Ø
Liberal arts curriculum (Transnationalism
and Public Culture, Ethical Theory, Statistics, Ethnography of
Communication): ongoing, self-directed exposure to and mastery of new
paradigms of analysis; constant practice at effective writing and speaking. Selected Previous
Experience Ø
Burling Library Student
Assistant (Grinnell College), 2001-2005 Managed time and
resources to assist three supervisors; carried out independent, long-term
projects including: ongoing and special database maintenance, preparation
for and return handling after off-site services, processing and shelving
duties, and office support tasks. Ø
Burling Library Cataloging
Assistant (Grinnell College), Summer 2004 Full time assistant to
five supervisors; performed daily updates, corrections and input to database
of 1,000,000+ items; took on expanded duties in handling items sent
off-site; carried out office support, item processing and shelving tasks
when required. Ø
Archivist, LaFollette High
School (Madison, WI), 2000-2001 Worked without
supervision to hand-catalog over 1000 donated items; created initial
computer database/catalog; researched storage and preservation options for
collection; independently designed storage and display facility (later
adopted and implemented virtually unchanged). Ø
Outreach and Leadership
Activities, LaFollette High School (Madison, WI), 1999-2001 Two-year presidencies
of: Class of 2001, Student Council, National Honor Society: demonstrated
skills in public speaking and community relations; regularly organized and
carried out formal meetings, worked independently and within teams to manage
time and resources; planned and coordinated successful public events. Other Skills Ø
Extensive computer/database
maintenance experience: proficient (and largely self-taught) at PC and
Macintosh operating systems; MS Office programs, Internet Explorer, Mozilla
Firefox; INNOPAC, Innovative Millennium, OCLC Passport, OCLC Connexion,
ProductManager database software. Ø Conversant/literate in Spanish |