Melissa Quarles

Work and Research Experience

 

• Graduate Assistant – FSU Special Collections & Archives (Aug. 2018-pres.)

         Duties include: 

                 conducting audio/video preservation survey

                 processing manuscript collections

                 curating and installing heritage exhibit 

                 developing digital collections (through FSU's Digital Library and the SSDN)

                 manning the service desk

                 participating in outreach

                 facilitating departmental instruction sessions (for academic courses)

                 serving rare materials to patrons

                 guiding patrons in proper handling and photographing procedures

                 collecting statistics on reading room use      

                 answering phone

                 answering reference questions 

                 re-shelving items

• Library Assistant – Warren D. Allen Music Library (March 2017-Nov. 2018)

       Duties include:

              checking in/out items

              assisting patrons

              answering phone

              shelf-reading and shelving items

              assisting full-time staff librarians

• Teaching Assistantship – Florida State University (Aug. 2016-Aug. 2018)

       Online courses:

              Music Appreciation

              World Music

              Social History of American Popular Music 

       Duties include:

              grading papers and other assignments

              assisting professor with email correspondence

• Teaching Assistant – University of Tennessee (Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2016)

      Courses:

              History of Rock

              Introduction to Western Music History

       Duties include:

              grading assignments and entering grades

              assisting professor with classroom activities such as handouts and taking attendance

              addressing student concerns through both email and face-to-face interaction

              proctoring and grading tests

• Research Assistant

       Position 1, paid assistantship, (Aug. 2017-present): Assisting Dr. Meg Jackson in musicology research. 

       Position 2, paid (June 2013-2016, mostly summers): Transcribing audio interviews for Dr. Leslie Gay of the University of Tennessee musicology department

       Position 3, volunteer (June 2013-Dec. 2014): Collecting observation data for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Music and Wellness Program (in collaboration with the University of Tennessee Cancer Institute).