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EDUCATION

Certificate, Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY
Independent Study Project: Memory Labs as Participatory Archival Spaces: A Feminist Perspective
Workshop and digital resource 

Master of Arts, Media Studies
CUNY Queens College, New York, NY
Thesis: Queer Personal Digital Archiving: A Reader
publication forthcoming

Bachelor of Arts, Gender Studies
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Minor: Politics
Internships: Pioneer Valley Workers’ Center, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Prescott Park Arts Festival
Activities: Gender Studies Department Liaison, Moneta Literary Magazine, WMHC Radio, Building Bridges: Trans and Queer People of Color Speaker Series

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Multimedia Storytelling                          Digital Pedagogy

Counter-Archives                                 NYC Queer History, 1960s-Present

Public Memory                                    Digitization Practices

Professional Experience

Manager of Archives and Programs, June 2023-Present
Previously: Archives and Special Projects Coordinator, May 2022-May 2023
The Feminist Institute
Hybrid- based in New York, NY
-Curate, catalog, edit and preserve digital multimedia objects in TFI’s digital archive.
-Design and execute TFI’s annual Pop-Up Memory Lab, where over 3200  materials have been digitized to date. 
-Produce events to highlight creative uses of archival materials; most recently, a showcase evening of four short films.
-Develop educational materials on personal digital archiving, feminist legacy building, and best digitization practices. 
-Create strategic, mission-aligned digital content and blog series in collaboration with the communications team.

Archival Producer, March 2025-June 2025
The New Yorker
Hybrid- based in New York, NY
-Performing digital archival research to locate and verify materials for Notice of Use forms. Compiling and organizing licensing logistics.
-Maintaining and regularly updating the cue sheet to reflect rights status and ongoing communications. Ensuring accuracy in all archival credit lines.

Salesforce Associate, March 2024-Present; previously, September 2021-May 2022
Bob Woodruff Foundation
Remote
-Leveraging data visualization to support effective grantmaking, fundraising, and organizational strategy.
-Supporting adoption and customization of new instances through UAT testing.
-Designing internal support systems for staff; day-to-day troubleshooting.

Project Administrator, February 2022-October 2022
Previously: Archives and Programs Intern, September 2021-August 2022
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (LLMA)
Hybrid- based in New York, NY
-Conducted archival research for the exhibition, Images on which to build. Built content databases to track key releases. 
-Acted as liaison for Spring 2022 LLMA Artist Fellows. Held virtual dress rehearsals with fellows and workshopped presentations. Hosted fellowship multimedia presentations via Zoom to large audiences. Organized and preserved recordings of presentations.
-Updated and created accessibility materials, such as audio guides, transcriptions, and alt-text.
-Created social media content through collaborating with associated artists. 

Non-Teaching Adjunct, Workshop Facilitator, September 2021-May 2022
CUNY Queens College
Hybrid- based in New York, NY
-Facilitated monthly workshop, Living History, on archival skills for first-year undergraduate students through interactive research activities using the CUNY Digital History Archive. “
-Adapted the existing curriculum to student needs and interests.

Gallery Assistant, November 2020-December 2021
Olympia Arts 
New York, NY
-Researched and curated bookstore selection, including zines and prints. Updated online store and shipped items. Managed inventory and artist invoices.
-Created and maintained gallery archive.
-Executed installs and deinstalls of rotating exhibitions.

Donations Development Coordinator, Fashion, January 2019-April 2020
Housing Works
New York, NY
-Utilized Salesforce to create targeted reports to grow donor-base and secure merchandise for large-scale fundraising events.
-Administrated mass email marketing campaigns for annual events and fundraising campaigns.
-Secured over $1,000,000 worth of products for the yearly fundraiser.

workshops

Ethical Digitization Considerations Workshop with Archivists Roundtable.Pen and Brush, New York, NY. June 2024.

Attention Collectors: Wikimedia Commons Needs You. TFI and Art+Feminism. Virtual. May 2024

TFI Pop-Up Memory Lab: Digitizing VHS, Hi8, and MiniDV Tapes. Pen and Brush, New York, NY, March 2024.

Memory Labs as Participatory Archival Spaces: A Feminist Perspective. Counter-Archive, Virtual, November 2023.

TFI Teaches: Personal Digital Archiving with XFR Collective. Pen and Brush, New York, NY, June 2023.

TFI Teaches: Ethical Digitization Considerations with Addresses Project. Pen and Brush, New York, NY, June 2023.

PRESENTATIONS, CONFERENCES AND LECTURE

Memory Labs as Participatory Archival Spaces: A Feminist Perspective. Presentation for the Global Audiovisual Archiving Conference, co-hosted by Counter-Archive, the Eye Filmmuseum, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Toronto, CA. July 2024.

Feminist Art and Archives. Class talk, in collaboration with Pen and Brush, on feminist art and archives. Art and Social Justice, FIT, New York, NY, November 2023, Spring and Fall 2024. 

Using Archives in Research: ACT UP. Class talk about using archival materials in research through the lens of ACT UP. First Year Seminar, Queens College, Flushing, NY, October 2022.

RESEDENCIES

Research Residency Grant, Women’s Studio Workshop, September 2024.
Culmination: Women’s Studio Workshop Capsule Collection, TFI Digital Archive.

Writing

Elliott, Allison. TFI Teaches: Personal Digital Archiving Basics. 2023. Digital Zine. 

Elliott, Allison. TFI Teaches: Considering Ethical Digitization Practices. 2023. Digital Zine. 

Elliott, Allison. TFI Teaches: Building a Feminist Legacy. 2023. Digital Zine.

Skills

Project Management: Airtable, Asana, Github, Google Drive, Notion, Sharepoint, Slack, Trello, Zapier

Web: HTML/CSS, Squarespace, Economy, WordPress, Manifold, Omeka

Creative: Adobe Bridge, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Audacity, Canva, Figma

DAM/CMS: ArchivesSpace, CollectiveAccess, Salesforce, NeonCRM, Classy

Social Platforms: Substack, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit

Data Cleanup: Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, OpenRefine

Preservation Tools: Archivematica, Archive Web.Page

Digitization: Magnetic Media (VHS, Hi8, MiniDV, Audiocassette), Optical Media (CD-R-DVD-R), Slide Photographs, 35mm and Medium Format Negatives, Floppy Discs, Paper Materials