Engineering Research

Shearon Donaldson Vaughn

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Phoenix, Arizona 85033-3143

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www.chartroom.wordpress.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

. Skills to create camera-ready research illustrations, including maps,

charts, artifact drawings, and diagrams for academic and engineering

professionals over 10-plus years

. Ability to listen to and efficiently communicate with clients to

create effective illustrations that illuminate, enhance, and clarify

specific subject matter

. Ability to gather research materials from a variety of sources, and to

organize the resources into functional and accessible categories

. Self-motivation to accomplish tasks in a timely manner to meet

publication deadlines, and persistence to ensure the work is not only

accurate, but also attractive and eye-catching

. Facility in use of MapInfo, Adobe Illustrator and ACD Canvas, on both

Mac and PC, as well as with Photoshop Elements, Microsoft Access and

Word, and scanning programs

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Chart Room Graphics (self-employed), 2000 to present

Created camera-ready maps, charts and other research illustrations on

computer or by hand, for anthropological publications and environmental

engineering reports. Custom illustration includes detailed artifact

drawings for archaeological reports, and specialized cartographic projects

to suit individual research areas

. Organized clients' rough ideas and developed them into informative

maps and illustrations

. Conducted research on the internet and in a variety of libraries and

archives, to track down contributive base maps that helped clarify

ideas and relationships, and gave visual reference to written material

. Communicated effectively, both verbally and in writing

. Worked closely with clients through entire creative process to make

revisions and adjustments to achieve best possible result

. Gathered and organized information from the State Historic

Preservation Office, now online at AZSite, and at Bureau of Land

Management, as background for new projects

. Managed updates to environmental databases from online sources, and

searched them to provide information for reports

EDUCATION:

Cooperstown Graduate Program, Cooperstown, New York. Master of Arts in

History Museum Administration; Thesis title: Water-Powered Industry on Fly

Creek: a Survey of Archaeological Sites. Studies also included historical

and folk life research methods, American architecture, exhibit preparation.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Bachelor of Arts in Classical

Archaeology. Studies also included cultural and archaeological

anthropology, geology, French, American history, cartography and

architectural drafting.

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