{"id":13842,"date":"2022-04-18T11:24:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T15:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/?p=13842"},"modified":"2022-04-18T12:36:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T16:36:28","slug":"samantha-talbot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/samantha-talbot\/","title":{"rendered":"Samantha Talbot \u201922 on Exploring Interests Hands-on"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not everyone gets to spend the spring semester of their senior year \u2013 of only their third year in college \u2013 exploring their passion for museum work and collection management through a hands-on internship experience, but Samantha Talbot \u201922 has found it to be the icing on the cake of a great college run. \u201cI have learned how to properly handle belongings, how to properly store them, how to catalog them, and all the basics of collections work,\u201d she says of her internship at the Tomaquag Museum<\/a> in Exeter, RI. \u201cI have been able to learn the histories behind all of the belongings I have worked with, which is my favorite part. It really is an extraordinary experience to work so closely with belongings that are so significant to the Narragansett tribe and other indigenous cultures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Talbot \u2013 who says she immediately \u201cfelt very comfortable and welcome on campus\u201d when touring URI for the first time \u2013 enrolled as an anthropology<\/a> major planning to do archaeology work. Connections with professors in various departments inspired her to add the second major in history<\/a> and minor in classical civilizations<\/a>. \u201cI have met the most wonderful professors and peers,\u201d she says of her time at URI. \u201cEveryone is so supportive and wants to see you succeed.\u201d From writing a senior capstone on \u201cQueenship During the 12th<\/sup> Century\u201d to honing her Latin skills to doing the collections internship, Talbot has certainly succeeded. She mentions Professors Jo\u00eblle Rollo-Koster<\/a> and James Ward<\/a> in the Department of History and Professor Daniel Carpenter<\/a> in Classics as being particularly integral to her experience, noting how they helped her polish her writing and research skills, teach interesting and engaging courses, and cultivate incredibly welcoming environments in their respective departments. \u201cI highly recommend taking classes in any of these departments if you are even a little bit interested,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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Talbot takes a picture of a strawberry basket for the museum\u2019s inventory project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Up next, Talbot is headed to Tufts University for a master\u2019s degree in history and museum studies. She hopes to pursue a career in museum curation and collections management. As for fellow students interested in these degree paths, she has this advice: \u201cPick something that interests you, whether that be cultural anthropology, linguistics, underwater archaeology, Greek mythology, the Roman Empire, gender and women\u2019s studies. There are so many options! If you\u2019re curious about majoring, email a professor, talk to a peer. Anything to dip your toes in the water. I think exploring your interests is always a good idea and I think these departments are some of the most welcoming and supportive at URI.\u201d<\/p>\n

-By Anna Gray<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Samantha Talbot \u201922 is double majoring in anthropology and history and minoring in classical civilizations. This semester she’s been an intern at the Tomaquag Museum in Exeter, RI, honing her passion for museum curation before embarking on a master\u2019s degree in history and museum studies at Tufts University. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1089,"featured_media":13845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1089"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13842"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13850,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13842\/revisions\/13850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}