Academic Degrees

Master of Library & Information Science, St. John’s University, 2004

Master of Arts, History, Queens College, City University of New York, 2007. Thesis: “Reasons to Celebrate: New York and the Opening of the Erie Canal in 1825”

Master of Arts, English, Queens College, City University of New York, 2001. Thesis: “William Apess: Gaining New Ground for Native Americans through the Written Word”

Certifications & Professional Development

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research, IRB “Protecting Human Research Participants” training, 2010

St. John’s University, Online Pedagogy 1 Course, 2010

Certificate of completion, “Urban Genealogy: An Introduction to Researching Buildings in New York City,” 2008

New York State Professional Public Librarian’s Certificate, 2004