Maxwell Cloe

C O N TA C T E D U C AT I O N
mmcloe@email.wm.edu C O L L E G E O F W I L L I A M & M A RY A U G U S T 2 0 1 6 - M AY 2 0 2 0

(804) 218-9751 B.A. in American Studies and English

Graduated summa cum laude with Highest Honors in Research
SKILLS Extracurriculars: The Gallery Literary Magazine, Appalachian Music
Ensemble (violin), UndocuTribe, Media Council Ethics Committee
Graphic Design
• InDesign/Scribus
WO R K E X P E R I E N C E
• Canva
E D I T O R - I N - C H I E F / T H E G A L L E R Y L I T E R A R Y M AG A Z I N E
Web Design
A U G U S T 2 0 1 8 - M AY 2 0 2 0
• WordPress
• Lead weekly meetings, direct layout of the magazine using InDesign, and
• Issuu
negotiate prices and printing specifications with publisher
• MDID
• Established digitization campaign, worked with Swem Library’s Special
Transcription
Collections to digitize and upload 30 years of past magazines onto Issuu
• Audacity
• oTranscribe L G B T Q H E R I TAG E I N T E R N / D E P T. O F H I S T O R I C R E S O U R C E S
SUMMER 2020
Languages
• Develop state of the field documents for National Register nominations
• English (native)
highlighting LGBTQ heritage themes
• French (advanced)
• Write historic highway marker text for significant LGBTQ individuals and
HONORS events in Virginia’s history
• Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Chapter– Nation’s oldest
H O N O R S T H E S I S / W & M A M E R I C A N S T U D I E S D E P T.
and most prestigious honor M AY 2 0 1 9 - M AY 2 0 2 0
society, joined May 2020
• Conduct oral history interviews with LGBTQ+ artists, archivists, and
• John E. Selby Award–
activists across central Appalachia
Award for outstanding
• Analyze oral histories alongside other primary sources and scholarly
American Studies
literature on LGBTQ+ communities in rural areas
research and community
engagement, May 2020
F R E S H M A N S U M M E R R E S E A R C H / W & M E N G L I S H D E P T.
• Lang Legacy Award– SUMMER 2017

Award from W&M English • Research the art, philosophy, and legacy of the Vorticist art movement
Dept. for excellence in • Interpret poems, short stories, paintings, and sculptures using secondary
writing, November 2019 sources, compile research in a 20-page final paper and presentation poster