Emma Kagan

emma.kagan28@gmail.com

Education

University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Master of Library and Information Science– School of Computing and Information Anticipated December 2022
School Library Certification Program
Elva S. Smith Scholarship: Endowed scholarship awarded to librarians passionate about working with youth

The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio

Bachelor of Arts in Public Management, Leadership and Policy – John Glenn College of Public Affairs 2019
Minors: Spanish and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies GPA: 3.9/4.0
University Honors Program, Morrill Scholarship Program

K-12 Work and Volunteer Experience

Falk Laboratory School. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

School Library Assistant August 2021 – Present
• Collaborate to provide library services to K-5 students through use of Follett Destiny online resources
• Assist with check-in/out, book shelving, processing new books to the collection, and assess books for weeding
• Create a welcoming environment in the library for students and help provide library resources to educators

Lippert/Smith Household Chicago, Illinois

Nanny January 2021 – June 2021
• Provided daily care and assistance with Chicago Public Schools e-learning to two children, ages 5 and 9
• Integrated literacy and outdoor activities into daily routines to promote healthy development

Columbus Metropolitan Library – Northern Lights Branch Columbus, Ohio

Homework Help Center Volunteer 2019
• Held tutoring sessions weekly with students in 1st through 10th grades to assist with homework assignments
• Worked with a team of tutors to build community inside the library for students and their families

El Centro de Apoyo Integral Tres Manuelas Quito, Ecuador

Programming Intern 2017
• Assisted in the development and implementation of an interactive curriculum about gender equality, fair treatment
and violence prevention which was presented to an average of 75 children each day
• Communicated with coworkers, supervisors and visitors to the center entirely in Spanish
The Effective Leadership Academy Cleveland, Ohio
Education Intern 2017
• Facilitated over 25 leadership programs in a variety of settings to students from 5th through 12th grade
• Organized and the prepared bins of curriculum materials for 7 different leadership camps throughout Cleveland

Advocacy and Administration

Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps Chicago, Illinois

Recruitment/Alumni Assistant February 2021 – July 2021
• Design 10+ outreach campaigns to different recruitment targets by building contact lists, writing messaging, and
using Constant Contact to reach goals of recruiting 100 new participants for the 2021-2022 Service Corps
• Use LinkedIn, Handshake, and Symplicity to contact prospective applicants and attend virtual career fairs
• Configure FormAssembly sign-ups for alumni events and enter engagement data into Salesforce database
The Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA) Chicago, Illinois
Field Organizer 2020
• Organized and recruited over 100 members to participate in 50 phone and text banks for the Illinois Fair Tax
Amendment using VAN Predictive Dialer and ThruText technology to identify 4,700 supporters in turf areas
• Planned and facilitated issue-based monthly committee meetings with a base of 40 members
• Supervised a part-time intern to support his workload and expand capacity to meet campaign goals
Avodah Community Organizer 2019-2020
• Had over 75 one-on-one meetings with new and existing members to build relationships and identify self-interest
• Created a new system to track member outreach and planned a new member orientation for over 40 people
• Lead base building efforts with JCUA members in Chicago’s 43rd, 44th, and 50th wards by coordinating member
participation in meetings, actions, and phone banks
The Ohio State University Office of Student Life Columbus, Ohio
Student Project Lead – Leadership Programs 2018 – 2019
• Managed a resource request form to assess needs of organizations and match them with 30+ trained facilitators
• Certified to lead over 35 leadership trainings regarding group dynamics, conflict management and values
• Coordinate long-term and day-of logistics for a student cohort and campus events, including Leadership Awards
The National Partnership for Women & Families Washington D.C.
Workplace Programs Advocacy Intern 2018
• Researched and tracked legislation related to paid family and medical leave policies at the state and federal levels
• Collaborated to create an engagement strategy for equal pay days in 2019 and produced a fact sheet with key data
points that highlight the impacts of the wage gap throughout the course of women’s lives