Most college students spend their time looking toward the future.
Emily, who earned both her bachelor s and master s degree in American Studies, spent her college years examining the past. Thanks to her work as a research intern in Washington, D.C., she became intimately acquainted with the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and the National Building Museum, spending her days in places most tourists never see. Closer to home, she organized a collection of 700 photographic glass plate negatives for the Cumberland County Historical Society. Her research led to a 12,000-mile odyssey that took her to 35 states to see for herself the many places that until then had only existed for her in the nation s attics. With a stint of substitute teaching under her belt, Emily decided she was ready to accept a position in the history department of her father s alma mater.