MSMCC Alumni

Omar Eaton-Martinez

Department: American Studies
Practicum Title/Topic: Afro Latinx Identity Tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Practicum Institution: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Joel Carlson

Department: History
Practicum Title/Topic: Building the “Model T of the Air”: Engineering and Research Corporation’s Revolution in Air Transportation
Practicum Institution: College Park Aviation Museum

Danielle Moler

Department: iSchool
Practicum Title/Topic: Adapting Through Displacement: Museums, Programming, and the Virtual Third Place
Practicum Institution: Poster House, New York

Allison Hedges

Department: Theater and Performance Studies
Practicum Title/Topic: Triumph of Isabella: Exploring Performance through Art
Practicum Institution: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

Kevin Kim

Department: American Studies
Practicum Title/Topic: Food, Trauma, and Immigration at the National Museum of American History
Practicum Institution: Smithsonian National Museum of American History

K. Sarah Ostrach

Department: iSchool
Practicum Title/Topic: National Gallery digital archives of Chinese materials (held by University of Michigan)
Practicum Institution: National Gallery of Art

Elizabeth Reilly

Department: iSchool
Practicum Title/Topic: Mission, Metrics, and Metadata in Museum Practice
Practicum Institution: Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens

Martha Schmidt

Department: History
Practicum Title/Topic: A Collection of Depth & Length: Reassembling the 30,000 Volume Library of Antonio Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro at the Library of Congress
Practicum Institution: Library of Congress

Sarah Downard

Department: Anthropology
Practicum Title/Topic: Archaeological Field Schools as Community Heritage Engagement: How Participants Perceive their Place within the Project and Community
Practicum Institution: Arendus’s Gotland Archaeology Field School (Sweden)

Julia Folk

Department: iSchool
Practicum Title/Topic: Cataloguing of Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel photographic collection
Practicum Institution: Maryland State Archives

Kevin Macdonald

Department: Anthropology
Practicum Title/Topic: Fire-spitting Masks and Yoruba Twin Magic: Interpreting African Objects in Art and Anthropology Museum Collections
Practicum Institution: Driskell Center for African American Art

Sarah Hartge

Department: Anthropology
Practicum Title/Topic: Sandy Spring Mutual Improvement Association 1857-1907 Women’s Association records organized for digital accessibility
Practicum Institution: Sandy Spring Museum

Leah Bush

Department: American Studies
Practicum Title/Topic: Beyond Representation: Performance Ethnography and the Research and Presentation of Cultures at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Practicum Institution: Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Sarah Janesko 

Department: Anthropology
Practicum Title/Topic: A review of the Mount Calvert Historical and Archaeological Park and Museum
Practicum Institution: Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission, Prince George’s County Parks and Recreation, Archaeology Program

Philip Byrd

Department: American Studies
Practicum Title/Topic: Walter Olencz: A Journey Through the Merchant Marine During WWII
Practicum Institution: S.S. John W. Brown Liberty Ship

Greg Kenyon

Department: History
Practicum Title/Topic: From Publications to Exhibitions: The Changing Role of the Museum in the 20th Century
Practicum Institution: National Museum of American History

Patricia Markert

Department: Anthropology, Archaeology
Practicum Title/Topic: The Role of Collaboration in Museum Scholarship: Exploring Themes of History, Memory, Family, and Place at Timbuctoo, New Jersey
Practicum Institution: Timbuctoo Community

Aaron Bryant

Department: American Studies
Practicum Title/Topic: World War II and the Resonant Cavity Magnetron
Practicum Institution:

Jennie Terman

Department: Music, Ethnomusicology
Practicum Title/Topic: Carrying the Load: Children’s Involvement in Festival Music and Dance in Japan’s Aging Society
Practicum Institution: National Museum of Natural History and Smithsonian’s Museum Support Center

Ennis Barbery

Department: Anthropology
Practicum Title/Topic: Cultural Landscapes of Greenbelt: Telling Stories of Community and Division in a Local Museum
Practicum Institution: Greenbelt Museum

Nathaniel Kramer Reul

Department: History
Practicum Title/Topic: The Mobilization of the Museum: The Smithsonian Institution and the Great War
Practicum Institution: Smithsonian Institution

Tom Hardej

Department: Historic Preservation
Practicum Title/Topic: Cultural Landscape: A Reinterpretation of the 20th Century DuPont Landscape at James Madison’s Montpelier
Practicum Institution: James Madison’s Montpelier

Shane Walsh

Department: American Studies
Practicum Title/Topic: Athletic Philanthropy, History, and Trends in Black Athletes “Helping Others”
Practicum Institution: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Molly Russell

Department: Anthropology
Practicum Title/Topic: Understanding Identity Through Collection Practices
Practicum Institution: National Museum of American History

Jenna Zimmerman

Department: Anthropology
Practicum Title/Topic: The Rosewell Plantation Artifact Collection at the NMAH
Practicum Institution: National Museum of American History

Amy Carattini

Department: Anthropology
Practicum Title/Topic: To Belong: Life Histories of Immigrants in Prince George's County
Practicum Institution: Prince George's County Museum of the Immigrant

Anna Doorenbos

Department: History Library of Science
Practicum Title/Topic: Docent Guide To Be Called To Serve: Representations of Women in the NMAH’s Price of Freedom Exhibit
Practicum Institution: National Museum of American History

Helena Iles

Department: History Library of Science
Practicum Title/Topic: Nordic Ware: American Business, Domesticity, and Ethnic Stories
Practicum Institution: National Museum of American History

Emily Jin Unrue
Department: History
Practicum Title/Topic: A Case of Mistaken Identity: One Object’s Journey from Antiquity to the Present
Practicum Institution: Smithsonian Institution Offsite Storage, Suitland

Robb Hernandez

Department: American Studies
Practicum Title/Topic: unknown
Practicum Institution: Stamp Student Union Gallery

Teresa Moyer

Department: American Studies
Practicum Title/Topic: Walking Tour Mount Clare and Georgia in Carroll Park, Baltimore
Practicum Institution: Mount Clare Historic Site, Baltimore

Amelia Wong

Department: American Studies
Practicum Title/Topic: Online Museums: Discovering Their Variety, Significance, and Potential
Practicum Institution: Center for History and New Media, GMU

Jaime Layne

Department: History
Practicum Title/Topic: Child’s Play: The Evolution of Children’s Toys and Games from Antiquity to the Modern Era
Practicum Institution: Amazement Square in Lynchburg

Anne Grulich

Department: American Studies
Practicum Title/Topic: Charles Ball’s Narrative of Life as a Slave and The Sukeek’s Cabin Site
Practicum Institution: Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum

Rob Williams

Department: History
Practicum Title/Topic: Reconstructing the Interlocking Block Tower at the Bowie Railroad Museum
Practicum Institution: Bowie Railroad Museum

Melinda Snarr
Department: History