Historic Preservation

JENNIE ALKIRE

**** ***** ***., #*** ******, Texas 75247

(940) 465 – 3090 ac2zp6@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Texas Woman’s University (TWU)

PhD Candidate., Sociology, Urban Sociolog. G.P.A.: 3.4, 2009-2011.

University of North Carolina – Greensboro (UNCG)

M.S., School of Human Environmental Sciences, Interior Architecture; Concentration: Historic Preservation. G.P.A.: 3.48, December, 2008.

University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UN-L)

B.S., Human Resources and Family Science, Textiles, Clothing, and Design; Option: Interior Design. G.P.A.: 3.246, May, 1994.

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

UNCG – Emphasis on Historic Preservation practice, theory, law and research. Selected additional classes in Communication and Activism, Arts and Activism, Archeology, and Simple Living in a Complex World

UN-L – Specialized classes in Interior Design (design, form, and color theory); also Housing and Society, Introduction to Economics, and Home Economics Seminar (research writing).

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

UNCG – Graduate Design Studio involved developing plans for rehabilitation of a 1925 brick school building into a four-year residence program to help assist victims of domestic violence and their dependents; utilizing research conducted for Communication and Activism paper titled “Feminism : Communication, Policies, and Justice.”

ACADEMIC RESEARCH

UNCG –Thesis: “REPLACEMENT WINDOWS IN HISTORIC HOMES: A STUDY

OF THE COLLEGE HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.”

EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed 1999 to 2008: Interiors and Space Planning & Design Studio. Responsible for conceptualizing and implementing designs to suit clients needs. Developed budgets, worked with specialty contractors, ordered and received goods and materials as required for projects completion.

SKILLS

Research, Website management, Power Point, Word, Excel, Quick Books; experience with Photoshop and AutoCad.

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