Mary Beth Sullivan
Internet Historian and Public Historian
Email for details and references
sullivan@nyhistory.com

EDUCATION:
State University of New York, University at Albany (SUNYA):

Master of Arts and Certificate of Advanced Study, Public History, in progress
IFW Presidential Scholarship
Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology and History COURSEWORK: Graduate classes in Museum Studies, United States History, and Information Science
Undergraduate classes in Cultural Anthropology and American Social History SPECIAL SKILLS: Grantwriting workshops with the Office for Research, University at Albany, 1995 and 1999

Videomagic, a seminar in the educational uses of video production with the Greater Capital Region Teacher Center, 1996

Internet and software experience with Win 3.1, WIN 95, WIN 98, HTML (text and WYSIWYG editors), Adobe PhotoShop, Corel PhotoPaint, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Office, Corel Word Perfect, Xerox Text Bridge Pro, Kurzweil Dragon Dictate, IBM Via Voice, VAX, IBM, UNIX, Netscape Communicator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Lynx, Telnet, FTP, Gopher, Usenet, Listserv, and Majordomo

 CURRENT POSITIONS:

LIBRARIAN / ARCHIVES MANAGER, The Albany Academy

ASSISTANT EDITOR, The Encyclopedia of New York State

PROJECT TEAM, New York History Net

 PAST EXPERIENCES: WEBMASTER, Conference on New York State History

INTERNET HISTORIAN, New York State Museum, Colonial Albany Social History Project

GRADUATE ASSISTANT , SUNYA, Dean of Undergraduate Studies

EDUCATOR, The Junior Museum

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Association of Museums

National Council on Public History

American Association for History and Computing

Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference

New York State Council for the Social Studies

 CONFERENCE INVOLVEMENT: Researching New York: Perspectives on Empire State History 1999, Meet the People of Colonial Albany: Innovative Approaches to Community History

Computers in the History Classroom 1999, Meet the People of Colonial Albany: Innovative Approaches to Community History

Conference on New York State History 1999, New Media and New York History at the University at Albany

AAHC 1999, The Internet Historian

New York State Social Studies Teachers' Conference 1996, Education at the Albany Visitors' Center

 VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES: Leader, Girl Scouts of America, Hudson Valley Girl Scout Council

Webmaster, Helderberg Neighborhood Association

Web advisor, Eighth Step Coffeehouse and Eighth Step Upstairs

Museum Ambassador and Historic Trolley Guide, Albany Urban Cultural Park

Research Associate, Colonial Albany Social History Project

Member, Honest Weight Food Coop