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Director of Library Program and Information Resources, Friends Academy (July 2022-Present)

Manage a team of librarians, assistants, and volunteers across campus. Direct information and knowledge management services. Currently overseeing coordinators of school’s yearlong celebration of its 150th anniversary. Coordinated celebration of 300th anniversary for Long Island’s Quaker community. Helped lead renovation of 22,000+ sq. ft. campus building and transformed this building into a vibrant hub.

Librarian | Archivist, Friends Academy (August 2015-June 2022)

Designed and implemented information research curriculum. Coordinated library systems and digital services. Curated school archives including 300+ years of historical records. Secured ongoing financial support of archival program through major gifts.

Soundview Media Partners and Publisher (November 2021-January 2023)

Wrote articles for The Sound View: Independent Film Digest.

Writing Instructor, Seton Hall University (July 2013-June 2015)

Taught English. Curated data for Verizon grant project.

Education:

Master of Library Science, Queens College, 2019.
Concentrations: Archives, Human-Computer Interaction, Metadata, Digital Humanities

Master of Arts in English and Literature, Seton Hall University, 2015.
Concentrations: 19th-Century British Literature, Jane Austen, British Romanticism, Victorian science
Thesis: “Refiguring George MacDonald: Science and the Realist Novel”

Bachelor of Arts in English, Le Moyne College, 2012.
Concentrations: Philosophy, Theology, Irish Literature

Publications, Presentations, and Workshops:

  • Hoenzsch, Karl (2018) ““A Great Machine”: George MacDonald and Popular Science,” North Wind: A Journal of George MacDonald Studies: Vol. 37 , Article 1.
  • “Digital Literacy: Fake News, Data Privacy, and Social Media in the Classroom,” Teaching and Learning Conference 2018, Friends Academy
  • “Gender Performativity and the Shortcomings of Gender Identities in Troilus and Cresida,” Conference on Women and Gender 2014, Seton Hall University
  • “Alice’s Adventures in Letterland,” New Jersey College English Association 2014, Seton Hall University

Expertise:

  • Writing
  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Web Development
  • UI/UX Design
  • Multimedia Design

Technical Skills:

  • XML/XSLT
  • HTML/CSS
  • RDA/EAD/EAC-CPF/MARC/MARCXML/MODS
  • PHP