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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE (continued)

MA Museum Studies Public Programs Volunteer at Florida Museum of
BFA Photography & BA Anthropology Natural History
University of Florida May – December 2017 – Gainesville, FL
CERTIFICATIONS ● Researched & designed Museum for Me Morning, an
accessibility program for visitors of all ages with Autism
Project Management for History Professionals Spectrum Disorder & their caretakers
American Association for State & Local History
● Introduced the use of sensory museum maps and
Business Communications & Digital Humanities accessibility tip sheets for visitors
University of Florida
Managing Archives & Historical Records Public Relations & Marketing Graduate Assistant
Florida Dept. of State Division of Library & Info. Services at University of Florida College of the Arts
January 2016 - December 2017 — Gainesville, FL
EXPERIENCE ● Assisted training & supervising interns with researching,
Lifelong Learning Instructor at Flagler College writing, & editing news stories
October 2022 – Present — St. Augustine, FL ● Coordinated Pop-Up Culture, a university-wide, annual
● Develops & teaches lifelong learning courses & seminars program celebrating National Arts & Humanities Month
● Cultivated & sustained relationships with students, faculty,
Director of Communications at UpBeat GNV & alumni in writing news stories, publishing weekly
August 2020 – Present — Gainesville, FL e-newsletters, & creating content for social media
● Manages communications strategy to raise mental wellness
awareness in local music community Volunteer at Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
● Ensures consistency of messaging & branding, utilizing best August - December 2017 — Gainesville, FL
practices in design & accessibility ● Assisted in teaching art during public programs, such as
● Collaborates with volunteers & community partners to Family Days and Tot Times
promote programs & resources Intern at Marco Island Historical Society
Governor’s House Library Collections Assistant at May - August 2017 — Marco Island, FL
● Co-curated the museum’s first temporary exhibit
University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
● Cataloged & rehoused archaeological materials as part of a
January 2020 – Present — St. Augustine, FL
National Endowment for the Humanities project
● Builds a network of cross-sector partners working to
● Redesigned a driving tour of landmarks across Marco Island
enhance & share local history in coordinating St. Augustine
& 6,000 years of history
Archival Society
● Connects library resources with researchers & community Digital Collections Volunteer at United States
members via public programming & collaborations, such as Holocaust Memorial Museum
Resilience: Black Heritage In St. Augustine, Resilience Family July 2016 - August 2017 — Washington, D.C.
Fest, Washing Away History, & Color Struck: A Play Written ● Created searchable oral history transcripts for the digital
by Zora Neale Hurston asset management system, Resource Space
● Shares diverse stories & increases visibility of St.
Augustine’s built heritage through exhibits, social media, & Intern at Southeastern Museum Conference (SEMC)
other digital projects July - August 2016 — Atlanta, GA
● Supports management of physical & digital archives ● Aided in composing annual meeting program
Curator at Florida Maritime Museum Graduate Resident at Museum of Contemporary
December 2017 - December 2019 — Cortez, FL Art of Georgia (MOCA GA)
● Collaborated with colleagues in growing collection May - August 2016 — Atlanta, GA
management procedures & exhibit development processes ● Organized & prepared archival collections
● Spearheaded the research, processing, organization, & ● Participated in exhibit planning, preparing gallery spaces, &
digitization of museum archives & collections installing & de-installing art exhibits
● Trained & supervised volunteers & interns in collections ● Prepared a traveling exhibit program, including a
management projects promotional plan, supporting documents, & workflow
● Translated maritime heritage into engaging subjects in
developing, writing, & designing temporary exhibits
● Worked with a diverse range of community members to re-
imagine the museum’s vision, including permanent exhibits
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Arts on Douglas Gallery Intern at Atlantic Center Freelance Art Educator
for the Arts August 2013 - February 2014 — Gainesville, FL
May 2016 — New Smyrna Beach, FL ● Designed individual learning plans focused on different
● Oversaw gift shop inventory & sales artistic practices for elementary aged students
● Helped install & deinstall art exhibitions
Photographer at University of Florida Center for
Seasonal Food Service Worker at Universal Studios Precollegiate Education Training (UF CPET)
November 2009 - January 2016 — Orlando, FL May - August 2013 — Gainesville, FL
● Expanded interpersonal & professional communication ● Photographed summer programs & edited photographs in
skills through serving customers, working with peers, & support of updating UF CPET’s website & social media
following the directions of supervisors & managers
● Followed approved procedures, cleaned, & sanitized work Health Science Center Library Student Assistant at
area, equipment, utensils, & dishes University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
● Maintained a positive & productive environment for both August 2010 - May 2011 — Gainesville, FL
customers & coworkers ● Provided support for library services, including monitoring
library environment & resources
Visual Resource Center Graduate Assistant at
University of Florida School of Art & Art History Volunteer Teaching Assistant at Mt. Dora Center
August - December 2015 — Gainesville, FL for the Arts
● Applied creative strategies for repurposing a deaccessioned June 2007 - June 2010 — Mt. Dora, FL
collection of 35 mm slides into a temporary exhibit ● Assisted in leading art lessons for elementary age students
featuring local artists during summer camps
Volunteer Photographer & Social Media Content
SKILLS
Creator at ArtWalk Gainesville
March - August 2015 — Gainesville, FL Proficient & experienced in:
● Photographed events, galleries, & art exhibitions ● Adobe Creative Cloud (Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign,
● Wrote monthly social media posts promoting artists, Photoshop, Premier)
venues, & events ● Content Management Systems (Scalar, Weebly, Wordpress)
● Customer Relationship Management Software (Salesforce)
Pre-College Advisor at Santa Fe College
● Digital Collection Management Systems (The Museum
September 2014 - July 2015 — Gainesville, FL
System, PastPerfect)
● Increased prospective student database & expanded
● GIS Software (Esri ArcGIS tools)
distribution of recruitment materials
● Social Media Management Tools (Canva, Hootsuite, Later)
● Led & coordinated daily presentations & tours
● Video Conferencing Platforms (Zoom, MS Teams)
Curatorial Intern & Museum University Student ● Word Processing Apps (Google, Microsoft)
Educator Intern at Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art PUBLICATIONS
May - December 2014 — Gainesville, FL
Wooster, Casey, & Laura Marion. “Resilience: A Community’s
● Assisted the Curator of Photography in researching,
Efforts to Center Black Heritage in St. Augustine, Florida.”
planning, & writing of exhibits
Cases on Establishing Effective Collaborations in
● Mentored student volunteers as they developed collections Academic Libraries, edited by Mary E. Piorun & Regina
related activities for Museum Nights Fisher, IGI Publishers of Timely Knowledge, 2022.
Wooster, Casey & Laura Marion. “Resilience: Centering Black
Intern at F.L.A. Gallery Heritage In St. Augustine.” SOURCE: The Magazine Of The
May - October 2014 — Gainesville, FL University Of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, Vol. 4
● Helped with daily operations, including conducting sales & No. 1, 2021.
engaging with visitors Wooster, Casey & Laura Marion. “Building Heritage & The
● Assisted in the installing & deinstalling art exhibits Digital World: Documenting The Evolution Of St.
Digitization Intern & Volunteer Blogger for the Augustine’s Built Environment.” SOURCE: The Magazine
Of The University Of Florida George A. Smathers
Panama Canal Museum Collection at University of Libraries, Vol. 3 No. 2, 2021.
Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
May 2013 - August 2014 — Gainesville, FL
● Digitized & recorded metadata for 200+ stereographs
● Composed daily blog posts centered around collections for
the Panama Canal Museum Collection Blog
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (continued)
Posters Sessions (continued)
Wooster, Casey, Kimberlyn Elliott, Laura Douglass Marion, Wooster, Casey, Kate Meyers Emery, Libby Jones, Kelsy
Beth Maycumber, “The Resilience Project: Centering Edgerton, Amy Hondsmerk, Colin Brooks, Kikhil Trivedi,
Black Heritage in St. Augustine, Florida.” National & Seema Rao. “All It Takes is Staff Time: A Lightning
Council On Public History Annual Meeting, Virtual, May Round of Low-to-No Budget Projects.” Museum
4-6, 2022. Computer Network, Virtual, October-November 2021.
Wooster, Casey, Kimberlyn Elliott, Laura Douglass Marion, Wooster, Casey, & Laura Marion. “Building Heritage: Using
Beth Maycumber, & Jeanette Viogliotti. “The Resilience ArcGIS StoryMaps to Document the Evolution of St.
Project: Centering St. Augustine’s Black Heritage Augustine's Built Environment.” Upper Midwest Digital
Online.” Society of Florida Archivists Annual Meeting, Collections Conference & Minnesota Digital Library
Orlando, Florida, May 12, 2022. 2nd Annual Florida Annual Meeting, November 5-6, 2020.
Digital Humanities Consortium, St. Augustine, Florida Wooster, Casey, Tracy Cala, & Katie Nickel. “Historytelling:
April 2, 2022. Creating Story-based Visitor Guides to Bring History to
Wooster, Casey, & Laura Douglass Marion. “The Making of Life.” Florida Association of Museums: 2019 Annual
Historic St. Augustine: Building A Story Map.” American Conference & Exposition, Orlando, Florida, September
Alliance of Museums 2021 Annual Meeting, Virtual, 15-18, 2019.
May 24, June 7-9, 2021. Wooster, Casey, & Annemarie Nichols. “Timeline JS.”
Wooster, Casey. “The Making of Historic St. Augustine: Digital THATCamp Gainesville 2017, Gainesville, Florida, April
Storytelling with Governor's House Library.” National 21, 2017.
Council On Public History Annual Meeting, Virtual, Wooster, Casey, Eric Segal, Dulce Roman, & James Perran
March 8-27, 2021. Ross. “Engaging Community Voices in Exhibition and
Wooster, Casey, Austin J. Bell, Katie Romey, Rosemarie Fusco, Content Development.” Florida Association of
Morgan Andrews, Kristin Conwill, & Mara Reynolds. Museums: 2016 Annual Conference & Exposition,
“Rehabilitation of the Marco Island Historical Society’s Pensacola, Florida, September 18-2, 2016.
Archaeological Collections: A National Endowment for Webinars
the Humanities Project to Curate Recent Collections
Wooster, Casey, Kimberlyn Elliott, Laura Douglass Marion,
from Now-Legendary Sites in Southwest Florida.”
Beth Maycumber, & Jeanette Viogliotti. “The Resilience
Florida Anthropological Society 71st Annual Meeting
Project: Centering Black Heritage.” Florida Association of
and Conference, Crystal River, Florida, May 10-12, 2019.
Museums. February 8, 2023.
Wooster, Casey, & Kristin Conwill. “Where did all the history
go?” Mapping the narratives of a forgotten past.” South Working Groups
Eastern Museum Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, Wooster, Casey, Erin Battat, Rebecca Amato, Alima
September 11-13, 2017. Bacciantini, Jennifer Gunter, Lisa A. Manter, Yujay Masah,
Wooster, Casey. “Why so linear?: Museum Exhibitions Casey Moore, Heather River, & Jessica Shainker.
Online.” American Alliance of Museums 2017 Annual “Facilitating Difficult Conversations in an Age of Political
Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, May 6-10, 2017. Polarization.” National Council on Public History Annual
Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, April 12-15, 2023.
Sessions
Wooster, Casey, & Deborah Dickey. “It Takes A Village, GRANTS
Bringing Zora Neale Hurston Home.” Marjorie Kinnan
Rawlings Society 35th Annual Conference, Mt. Dora, State of the Arts (SOTA) Grant
Florida, May 3-4, 2024. St. Johns Cultural Council - October 2021
Wooster, Casey, Alex Barr, & Nicole Nicole Diehm. “The Hat Awarded $1,000 to organize a community Black history
Rack: A Conversation on Careers in G.L.A.M.” Northeast month celebration, Resilience Family Fest, in West
Florida Library Information Network Hot Topics Augustine, Florida.
Conference 2024, Gainesville, Florida, April 26, 2024.
Wooster, Casey, Laura Marion, Laura Nemmers, Madeline EXHIBITS
Sweeney, & Stephanie Herpert. “Managing the Afterlife
Curator
of a Collection.” New England Museum Association,
November 15-19, 2021. Southeastern Museum Pics: Photographs from UFHSA Governor’s House
Conference, October 24-27, 2021. Library at Governor’s House Cultural Center &
Museum
Opening May 2024 — St. Augustine, FL

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EXHIBITS (continued) EXHIBITS (continued)
Co-Curator Co-Curator
The Making of Historic St. Augustine at University I Remember Marco at Marco Island Historical
of Florida’s Architecture & Fine Arts Library Museum
September 27 – December 4, 2023 — Gainesville, FL June 5 – October 4, 2018 — Marco Island, FL
Curator Awards Honorable Mention Award for 2019 South
Zora Neale Hurston’s St. Augustine at University of Eastern Museum Conference’s Excellence
Florida George A. Smathers Libraries in Exhibitions Competition
Published May 2023 — Online Co-Curator
Co-Curator Florida Tourism: Sunshine and Shadows at
On The Map: Florida’s Territorial Period at University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
Governor’s House Cultural Center & Museum October 13 – December 13, 2017 — Gainesville, FL
May 2023 - April 2024 — St. Augustine, FL Curator
Co-Curator False Negative at Superfun!
Presence/Erasure: Black History in St. Augustine at January 23, 2016 — Gainesville, FL
Governor’s House Cultural Center & Museum
February – May 2023 — St. Augustine, FL
Presence/Erasure: Black History in St. Augustine at
University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
July 15 – August 31, 2022 — Gainesville, FL
Co-Curator
First Day of Issue: St. Augustine’s Quadricentennial
Stamp at Governor’s House Cultural Center &
Museum
May 2022 – January 2023 — St. Augustine, FL
Curator
The Making of Historic St. Augustine: An
introduction to the Historic St. Augustine
Preservation Board for Governor’s House Library
Published October 15, 2020 — Online
Curator
Caught in the Storm: 100 Years of Florida
Hurricanes at Florida Maritime Museum
Opened January 5, 2021 — Cortez, FL
Curator
Images from the Gulf at Florida Maritime Museum
March 6 – June 6, 2019 — Cortez, FL
Curator
Always Ready: United States Coast Guard in Florida
at Florida Maritime Museum
February 22, 2019 – March 13, 2020 — Cortez, FL
Curator
The Meaning Behind Maritime at Florida Maritime
Museum
June 7 - July 19, 2018 — Cortez, FL

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