Education
University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX
August 2019 – May 2022 (expected)
Master of Arts | English
Master of Science | Information Studies
Honors/Awards:
The Julie Hallmark Honorary Graduate Fellowship Fall 2020 & 2021 ($2500 each year for academic achievement)
2020 UT Student Government and University Co-op Rebecca Carreon Boot Scholarship Fund ($1000 for academic achievement and community involvement)
2022 Bowden Capstone Scholar ($1500 to complete professional experience project with US Embassy in Italy)
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
August 2014 – May 2018
Bachelor of Arts | Majors: History, English
Honors/Awards:
University Scholars (scholar program for undergraduate research)
Dean’s List Spring 2016 & 2018
Phi Alpha Theta (History National Honor Society)
Sigma Tau Delta (English National Honor Society)
Fulbright Alternate 2019
Professional Experience
Capstone Project, Intern
January 2022 – May 2022
Worked with two American Corners Programs in Italy to develop book club programming, promote library materials, identify potential new acquisitions related to race and disability for young readers, and engage in discussions with Italian students.
Texas Digital Library, Consultant
August 2021 – September 2021
Migrated conference files to DSpace for public viewing.
Information & Culture Journal, Editorial Fellow
June 2021 – Present
Correspond with publishers and reviewers to ensure delivery of review materials and copyedit review submissions.
Conduct regular social media posting for journal (Information & Culture was #4 in growth of Twitter followers for social science journals for September 2021 according to the Observatory of International Research).
Pilot article outreach to conference presenters (148 solicitations sent).
Atlas of a Medieval Life, Collaborator
January 2021 – May 2021
Refine and clean metadata about a medieval figure for use in data visualization projects.
Queer & Trans Voices, Assistant Editor
September 2020 – Present
Prepared and published three online issues of QT Voices (fourth issue in the works). Tasks include communication with contributors, preparation of content on Wordpress, and deadline management.
Harry Ransom Center, Graduate Research Assistant
September 2020 – Present
Support Harry Ransom Center public services team, including answering dozens research queries, consistently staffing library service points, and teaching classroom presentations about American and British literature in collections and primary source analysis (1 in Spring 2021, 3 in Fall 2021, and 3 in Spring 2022).
Supervise Spring 2022 Data & Assessment undergraduate intern to develop digital humanities project related to diversity of collection material used in instruction.
Updating Television & Film Research Guide and creating finding aid for collection about The Writer on Her Work.
Participate in Diversity & Inclusion committee, leading Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon in Summer 2021 focusing on HRC collections by/about racially marginalized contributors and compiling feedback about HRC’s Diversity Action Plan to share with all staff.
Collaborate with film curator on developing early career of Robert De Niro exhibit.
Center for Transportation Research Library, Student Technician
June 2020 – May 2021
Assisted with enhancement of library’s digital assets for accessibility compliance and metadata cleanup (500+ catalog item updates).
Assisted with local name authority file (800+ names) and controlled vocabulary (450+ subject terms) conversion projects.
University of Texas-Austin Instructional Technology Services, Student Technician
June 2020 – August 2020
Supported faculty member of introductory English course through course consultation, set-up, and design best practices.
Supported multiple faculty in their use of online tools, including Zoom, Remote Studio, and Canvas.
University of Texas-Austin English Department, Teaching Assistant
August 2019 – May 2020
Enhanced student knowledge of introductory English course material weekly in two 25-student discussion sections .
Engaged with students in office hours and evaluated student performance.
University of Texas-Austin Digital Writing & Research Lab, Graduate Research Assistant
August 2019 – May 2020
Managed lab classrooms and offered technological assistance to faculty members and students.
Began individual digital project: Creating a digital edition of The Damnation of Theron Ware with the Versioning Machine.
Hershey Story Museum, Chocolate Lab Associate
May 2018 – August 2019
Taught classes about history of chocolate that included hands-on and presentation components.
Hershey Story Museum, Visitor Experience Associate
August 2011 – August 2019
Contributed to educational and creative programming at museum, including providing feedback about special exhibit on early twentieth-century factory workers.
Informed guests about museum and town, assisted them in purchases at museum, and problem-solved situational issues.
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF), Junior Fellow
August 2018 – May 2019
Provided administrative and programming support for Center, including assisting with weekly events, running front office, managing office data, and helping to improve CURF materials and services .
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF), Office Assistant
August 2014 – May 2018
Aided students who visit the office by setting up appointments with CURF staff, contact advisors, and finding other resources.
Assisted staff in preparing for and executing events, working with students, and performing long-term projects such as maintaining the center’s new website and various directories.
Early Novels Database Project, Summer Intern
. May 2017 – August 2017
Created metadata for library records by cataloging novels from the 1790s.
Developed and presented an independent project about the paratext of novels.
Extracurricular & Leadership Activities
University of Toronto iSchool Knowledge Equity and Justice Spring Seminar
May 2022
Worked with two American Corners Programs in Italy to develop book club programming, promote library materials, identify potential new acquisitions related to race and disability for young readers, and engage in discussions with Italian students.
Association of Computers and Humanities Inaugural Mentoring Program
November 2020 – July 2021
Develop ideas for ACH graduate mentoring to present at ACH annual conference.
University of Texas-Austin Digital Humanities Working Group
September 2020 – May 2021
Hosted and facilitated workshops for attendees to learn about the digital humanities and share their research.
University Service Work
University of Texas-Austin Digital Scholars Lab Advisory Group, Graduate Student Consultant
April 2022 – Present
Provide graduate student perspective for advisory group working on creating a digital scholars lab in UT Libraries.
E3W Review of Books, Section Editor
January 2021 – May 2021
Solicited and proofread reviews and wrote section introduction for publication.
iSchool BIPOC Scholarship Fund, Student Consultant
September 2020 – Present
Provide student perspective and insight in creation and maintenance of iSchool BIPOC scholarship.
Collaborated on fundraising efforts to surpass scholarship goal of $50,000.
School of Information Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Member
September 2020 – May 2021
Served as student consultant for school-wide diversity assessment.
Organized virtual Black Austin Tour for iSchool students.
English Graduate Group, Graduate Program Committee Representative
January 2020 – December 2020
Served as graduate student representative on department graduate program committee, where course and departmental policy decisions are made.
English Graduate Climate Committee, Co-Director
September 2019 – Present
Serve on finance and labor subcommittee to investigate funding options and job realities for graduate students in the English Department and create a guide to securing on-campus jobs.
Create virtual modes of engagement for graduate students in the English department.
Student Association of the School of Information, Co-Director
September 2019 – Present
Develop programming to support iSchool students, including organizing a mental health workshop in Spring 2021.
Represent student needs in monthly communication with departmental leadership.
Host monthly social gatherings for iSchool students.
Current & Pending Publications
Hetrick, E. Article: “Making collections more accessible and inclusive digitally during COVID-19.”
Journal of Digital Media Management. Henry Stewart Publications. Expected Summer 2022.
Hetrick, E. Book Review: The Editor Function: Literary Publishing in Postwar America.
College & Research Libraries Journal. Expected Summer 2022.
Hetrick, E. Book Review: The Lost Books of Jane Austen.
E3W Review of Books. University of Texas-Austin. Spring 2022
Hetrick, E. Blog Post: “Bishops’ Registers and Biography and DH: Oh my! Or, The Uses and Limitations of Bishops Registers in Biographical Exploration Using Digital Humanities Methods.”
Atlas of a Medieval Life: The Itineraries of Roger de Breynton Blog. Spring 2021.
Hetrick, E. Film Review: Antebellum.
E3W Review of Books. University of Texas-Austin. Spring 2021.
Hetrick, E. Film Review: Get Out.
E3W Review of Books. University of Texas-Austin. Spring 2020.
Conferences
Workshop: “Bias in Online Library Collections Searches.”
Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. Hosted by Texas Digital Library. Spring 2022.
Paper: “Casting Nineteenth-Century Black Britons.”
The Dickens Universe. Graduate Winter Conference. Spring 2022.
Paper: “Beyond the Reading Room: Virtual Archival Engagement with Interactive Visualizations.”
Digital Library Forum. Fall 2021.
Discussion section co-facilitator.
The Dickens Universe. Hosted by The University of California, Santa Cruz. Summer 2021.
Panel presentation: "Envisioning a Future for DH Mentorship."
ACH Conference. Hosted by The Association for Computers and the Humanities. Summer 2021.
Lightning talk: “Beyond the Reading Room: Virtual Archival Engagement with Interactive Visualizations.”
Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. Hosted by Texas Digital Library. Spring 2021.
Panel presentation: “Into the Unknown: Rethinking Access, Pedagogy, Labor, and Agency in the Archive during COVID-19 and Beyond.”
Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting. Hosted by Louisiana State University. Spring 2021.
Paper: ““A Dimension as Vast as Space and as Timeless as Infinity”: The Museum, White Liberalism, and Black Futurity in Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone.”
Sequels: Everyday Anarchy. Hosted by Ethnics and Third World Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. Spring 2021.
Co-Organizer. Article discussion: “Markup Bodies Black [Life] Studies and Slavery [Death] Studies at the Digital Crossroads” by Jessica Marie Johnson.
Day of Digital Humanities. Hosted by University of Texas-Austin Libraries. Fall 2020.
Poster presentation: “The Reprinting of 19th-century British Literature in America.”
Ivy League Undergraduate Research Symposium. Hosted by the University of Pennsylvania. Fall 2017.
Grants
"Humanist-in-the-Loop: Responsible Data Operations and Workforce Development in Libraries, Archives, and Museums."
University of Texas at Austin, Good Systems.
Collaborated with grant-writing team to seek external funding through additional NEH and IMLS grant applications.