Catherine Roberts Shteynberg

Email: cshteynberg@gmail.com Phone: 202.341.1488 Blog: catherineshteynberg.tumblr.com CURATOR. EDITOR. CONTENT CREATOR. RESEARCHER. DIGITAL STRATEGIST.

Profile Education

Eight years of experience in curatorial, web & new media, research, editing, outreach strategy, and social media positions for some of the top university and public museums in the US. Oxford University Oxford, England M.Sc. Material Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Dissertation with Distinction Dartmouth College Hanover, NH B.A. Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Study Abroad in Fez, Morocco; Anthropological Fieldwork Kayap Reserve, Brazilian Amazon

Experience

McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture at the University of Tennessee| Assistant Curator / Web & New Media Coordinator | Knoxville, TN September 2012Present: Plans and manages curatorial content for temporary exhibits. Responsible for strategic planning, editorial direction, and execution of online content, including overseeing the museums website (mcclungmuseum.utk.edu), monthly newsletters, social media, and emerging technology initiatives. Heads up all press and marketing. Identifies and implements digital strategies to connect with the museum's audiences and enhance learning in galleries and online.

Smithsonian Institution Archives | Web, New Media, & Outreach Coordinator | Washington, DC

May 2010August 2012: Created online content about the Archives collections with the web & new media team. Implemented and helped manage community outreach and crowdsourcing projects using historic collection images on platforms including the Flickr Commons and Historypin. Edited and managed the Archives blog, The Bigger Picture, and managed all social media. Developed original web metrics/outreach template to analyze and monitor web activity, using tools including Google Analytics, which was used as a model in pan-Smithsonian planning.

Smithsonian Photography Initiative | Curatorial Assistant | Washington, DC

20082010: Curatorial assistant for online exhibition click! photography changes everything (curator, Marvin Heiferman). Founding assistant editor and writer for The Bigger Picture blog formulated blog strategy and best practices. The Photography Initiative merged with Smithsonian Institution Archives in 2010. National Museum of Women in the Arts | Curatorial Assistant | Washington, DC 20072008: Curatorial and exhibition assistant for Role Models: Feminine Identity in Contemporary American Photography. Completed exhibition checklists, loan letters, catalogue editing and writing, and image permissions. In-house editor for book, A Museum of Their Own. Maintained inhouse image archive and copyright records. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College | Curatorial Assistant | Hanover, NH 2005 and 20062007: Curatorial assistant for exhibitions, American Art at Dartmouth and Black Womanhood: Images, Icons and Ideologies of the Black Female Body. Curatorial Assistant to Fred Wilson, installation artist, for his 2005 exhibition, So Much Trouble in the WorldBelieve it or Not! Curator and co-curator, respectively, for Insatiable Appetites: Curiosity, Consumption and the Traveler in Historic Japan, and collectanea: the museum as hunter and gatherer. Skills -Microsoft Office -Adobe Photoshop and Image Scanning -Blogging, and blog platforms (Wordpress, Tumblr, etc.) -Extensive research, writing, and editing -Museum labels, brochures, and catalogues -Writing press/social media releases -Fluency in social media management -Content Management Systems (Drupal, Wordpress)