<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> Public History Sample Resume
 

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Template for a Resume for a Graduating Public History Student
 

 

Name
Postal Address
Phone (make sure your message sounds professional)
E-mail (make sure your e-mail name is professional)

 

 

Education

Master of Arts in Public History, University of South Carolina, expected December 2007. Concentration: Historic Preservation.

Certificate in Museum Management, University of South Carolina, May 2006.

Bachelor of Arts, University of Virginia, May 2003. Major: History.

Professional Experience

Include your graduate assistantship, internship, and any work experience connected to your professional goals. Do not include work unrelated to your professional goals, just to demonstrate that you worked hard to put yourself though college.

Publications and Public History Reports

Include articles under submission, National Register nominations, co-authored group projects, products of your assistantship and internship, as appropriate. Sample citational formats:

Camden African-American Heritage Project. Prepared for the City of Camden and the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, June 2006. Co-author. Winner of the 2007 Project Award given by the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission.

University Neighborhood Historic District, Columbia, South Carolina. Nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. 160 contributing properties. Prepared for the University Neighborhood Association, May 2004. Co-author.

The Slave Quarters, Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site, Beech Island, South Carolina: Historic Structures Report. Prepared for the South Carolina State Park Service, May 2002. Co-author.

Conference and Workshop Presentations

“Race in New Deal South Carolina.” Paper delivered at the South Carolina Historical Association, Columbia, 4 March 2006.

Membership in Professional Societies

List in alphabetical order:
National Council on Public History
South Carolina Federation of Museums
Vernacular Architecture Forum

Relevant Coursework

List in order of relevance to the position you are seeking:
Introduction to Historic Preservation
Historic Preservation Practicum
Charleston Preservation Field School
Introduction to Material Culture
Historical Research Methods


Awards and Honors

Recipient of the “Darrick Hart Award for Excellence in Public History” for 2006, given by the Public History Program, University of South Carolina.

Co-recipient of the “Student Project Award” for 2000 given by the National Council on Public History to recognize The Kiplin Hall Conservation Plan, a management plan written for a 300-year-old English country estate, site of the University of South Carolina field school in the United Kingdom.

References

This is an optional category. Instead of using this category, you can say in your cover letter that references are available on request. This gives you the ability to use different references depending on the position description.

 

1/28/07
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