Sidney assists with the physical care of the fossils and provides support for collections access and processing. She is part of the team that is inventorying and reorganizing the Paleobiology collections storage spaces to increase access to the collections. She works with specimens across the whole department, including Vertebrate Paleontology, Invertebrate Paleontology, and Paleobotany. Sidney has previously supported collections care and access in other departments of the museum.
M.A. Museum Studies (Collections Management), The George Washington University, 2020
B.A. History, University of California at Santa Barbara, 2018
Affiliations
The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)
Research Interests
Sidney's research interests center on the long-term preservation and stewardship of natural history collections. She has participated in archaeological field work but is passionate about what happens to the specimens afterwards, from its arrival at the museum to how it's integrated into the collection and accessed by the public.
