Nichole Nance
Owings Mills
Summary
Detail-oriented museum professional with experience in exhibition maintenance, collections management, archival research, and visitor services. Skilled in developing educational programs, creating interpretive materials, and facilitating guided tours for diverse audiences, and event planning. Completed an M.A. in African American Studies with a Certificate in Museum Studies (May 2025), combining curatorial knowledge with cultural heritage preservation expertise. Brings over a decade of experience in education, program coordination, and community engagement. Dedicated to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in museums through accessible, engaging, and historically grounded exhibits.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Graduate Assistant
African American and African Diaspora Studies Program
10.2024 - Current
- Research as needed.
- Complete special projects as given.
- Event organization.
- Administrative duties.
Graduate Assistant/Museum Docent
Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum
Baltimore
01.2024 - 11.2025
- Maintain exhibition and gallery spaces.
- Create SOPs for gathering and maintaining visitor and business information.
- As a docent, facilitate large and small group tours.
- Design educational materials.
- Research various items in and outside of the museum.
- Complete special projects as given.
Museum Docent
Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum
Baltimore
10.2023 - 01.2024
- Exhibition and Gallery Assistance
- Visitor Services- Docent
- Educational Programing
- Administrative Support
- Research
- Special Projects
- Partnered with peers and leadership to accomplish shared objectives.
Retired
Baltimore City Public Schools
06.2018 - Current
- Medical Disability
Instructional Paraeducator
Baltimore City Public Schools
10.2007 - 06.2018
- Assisted the IEP Chair.
- Scheduled all meetings and maintained all IEP folders.
- Communicated and coordinated with parents, teachers, and other staff.
- Teacher duties for Language Arts (6th and 8th grades), created and implemented lesson plans, kept students engaged in the learning process, and composed and maintained student grades using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (2010-2012).
- Organized and planned school activities and trips outside of the school building (2010-2012).
- Provided daily assistance to the classroom teacher and students.
- Contacted and conferred with parents concerning students’ progress both orally and in writing.
- Conducted small group sessions with children below grade level.
- Substitute as needed.
Education
M.A. - African American Studies, certificate in Museum Studies
Morgan State University
05.2025
B.S. - Family and Consumer Sciences
Morgan State University
05.2022
A.A. - Elementary Education
Community College Baltimore County
05.2016
Skills
- Team collaboration
- Effective communication
- Analytical problem solving
- Rapid learning
- Optimistic mindset
- Independent work
Affiliations
- Alliance of HBCU Museums & Galleries SIP-C art conservation internship, Winterthur Museum and the Atlanta Art Conservation Center, 06/2025-07/2025
- Alliance of HBCU Museums & Galleries SMITAH technical art history internship, Yale University, 07/2025
- Baltimore’s Lady of the Law: An Analysis of the Life and Career of Juanita Jackson-Mitchell, Presenter, National Council of Black Studies Conference, Cincinnati, OH, 03/2025
- Woodson Ambassador, Association for the Study of African American Life and History Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 09/2024
- Curating Progress: The Role of HBCUs in Museum Studies, Association of African American Museums Conference, Presenter, Baltimore, MD, 08/2024
Accomplishments
- African American and African Diaspora Studies Club, President, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, 05/2025-present
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Graduate Assistant
African American and African Diaspora Studies Program
10.2024 - Current
Graduate Assistant/Museum Docent
Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum
01.2024 - 11.2025
Museum Docent
Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum
10.2023 - 01.2024
Retired
Baltimore City Public Schools
06.2018 - Current
Instructional Paraeducator
Baltimore City Public Schools
10.2007 - 06.2018
M.A. - African American Studies, certificate in Museum Studies
Morgan State University
B.S. - Family and Consumer Sciences
Morgan State University
A.A. - Elementary Education
Community College Baltimore County
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