Kaari Newman, Ph.D.

Hello! I am Dr. Kaari Newman, a transatlantic print and material culture scholar and museums professional specializing in women's print culture of the long nineteenth century, feminist history, and local history/public humanities. My forthcoming publications include a material cultural history of the Cook-Simms House in Delaware History and a book chapter on the ways fin de siècle farming periodicals of Minnesota and the Upper Midwest cultivated regional identity through problematic myths of manifest destiny. If you really want to get me talking, though, ask me about Victorian aunting or Mary Shelley's fiction after Frankenstein.

In addition to my graduate work, I earned my Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies in 2025. I have extensive archival and curatorial experience working with historic books, manuscripts, photographs, material objects/artifacts, and print ephemera. My expertise includes:

• Archival processing, arrangement, and description (including DACS, Dublin Core, and MARC)

• Exhibition design, curation, and development

• Cataloging and collections management

• • Content strategy and website design

• Social media marketing and engagement

  • Professional copywriting/editing and blogging

• Search engine optimization (SEO)

• Nonprofit development and grant writing

I currently implement these skills as the Digital Content Manager for the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals and as a freelance museums and marketing specialist. Whether you need assistance processing your archival backlog or with content marketing, I am ready to help you!