Experience
Education
2018 University of California- Riverside, Ph.D. in Native American Studies, Advisor Clifford Trafzer.
2015 University of California-Riverside, M.A. in Public History, Advisor Clifford Trafzer.
2013 California State University- San Bernardino, B.A. in History.
Academic Appointments
2023 Visiting Professor, Art History Department, Pomona College, Claremont, California (upcoming).
2017 Summer Teaching Assistant, History Department-Twentieth Century World History, University of California, Riverside.
2016 Teaching Assistant, History Department-Twentieth Century World History (Writing Intensive), University of California, Riverside.
2015 Teaching Assistant, History Department-Prehistory to 1600 World History, University of California, Riverside.
2014 Teaching Assistant, History Department-Twentieth Century World History, University of California, Riverside.
Professional Experience
2023 Curating exhibition titled Continuity: Cahuilla Basket Weavers and their Legacies at the Benton Museum of Art, Claremont, CA.
2023 Guest Curator, Still We Smile: Humor as Correction and Joy, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA. (Opening June 2023).
2023 Co-Director of “Surviving the Long Wars: Veteran Art Summit/Exhibition,” Chicago, IL.
2022 Independent Museum Consultant.
2021 Education Manager, Museum of Us, San Diego, California
2020 Native American Collection Consultant, Benton Art Museum, Pomona, California.
2018 Post-Doctorate Fellow (Native American Hall), Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois.
2016 Native American Fellowship with Exhibition Research and Publications team, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.
2016 Graduate Student Guest Curator, Unruly Bodies: Dismantling Larry Clark’s Tulsa, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California.
2016 History Department Graduate Student Representative for Graduate Student Association, University of California, Riverside.
2015 Internship with Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Riverside Metropolitan Museum, Riverside, California.
2014 Internship with Education Department, Mission Inn Museum Riverside, California.
2013 Curatorial Assistant, Museum of History and Art Ontario, California.
Conferences
2021 Panelist at “Unsettled: Indigenous Representation in Colonial Institutions."
2021 Panelist at “What are we Conserving? Reflections on Colonial Practices in Conservation.''
2021 Speaker for Tedx NorthwesternU.
2021 Moderator at “Centering Indigenous Voices in Historic House Museums.”
2021 Panelist at “National Council on Public History,” Online.
2020 Organizer and Panelist: “Indigenous Interventions: Reshaping Archives, Libraries, and Museums.”
2020 Panelist: “We Are All on Native Land: A Conversation about Land Acknowledgements.”
2019 Panelist at “Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums,” Temecula, California.
Guest Speaker
2021 Invited Speaker, American Indian/Alaska Native Working Group Lead, NASA Science Mission Directorate.
2021 Invited Speaker, Museum Studies Course at University of California, Riverside.
2020 Harvard Indigenous Design Collective, “Acknowledging Land with Dr. Meranda Roberts.”
2020 Cultural Heritage Resources and Services Dominican University, River Forest, IL.
2020 Rethinking Museums, Arrupe College of Loyola University, Chicago, IL
2020 Art Therapy Course, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL.
2020 Global Women’s Issues Course, Adelphi University, Garden City, Virginia.
2019 Invited Speaker, Center for American Indian Studies Programs at Newberry Library, Chicago, IL.
2017 Invited Speaker, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Massachusetts.