Emma Chandler Hale

EDUCATION
The University of Georgia, Foundation Fellow, Athens, GA May 2022
● Majors: B.A. in History, B.A. in Women’s’ Studies Summa Cum Laude with Highest Honors
● GPA: 3.98/4.00
● Undergraduate Thesis: “Drunk Women: The Invisible Victims of Intemperance in Victorian America”
under Dr. Stephen Berry
● Honors: Foundation Fellowship (Selected as one of 20 first year students of ~1200 applicants to receive
UGA’s foremost undergraduate merit scholarship), Presidential Award of Excellence (top 1% of
graduates in academics, community service, and leadership), Phi Beta Kappa, Blue Key Honor Society,
Tate Society (most prestigious UGA freshman honors society), Honors Program, CURO Research
Assistantship, Joe Brown Connally Award (outstanding junior who has demonstrated excellence in
history and whose interests include Georgia history)
Oxford University, Maymester, Oxford, England May 2018
● Course: British Literature to 1700
● GPA: 4.00/4.00
● Fully funded through Foundation Fellowship program; studied Shakespeare’s plays under Oxford faculty
SKILLS
Microsoft Office Package, Archivist Toolkit, Oral History Metadata Synchronizer, Conversational French
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Virginia Organizing, Treasurer, Charlottesville, VA Fall 2016 - Present
● Selected at age 16 to be one of 9 people on organization’s Board of Directors, the youngest member ever
chosen for this role
● Manages the organization’s employees, creating personnel policy and evaluating the Executive Director
● Makes financial, policy, and program decisions for statewide organization with 16 local chapters and a
budget of over $1.4 million
● Raised over $10,000 for the organization
Athens Prison Tutorial, Co-President, Athens, GA Fall 2018 – Present
● Tutors inmates at Athens-Clarke Correctional Institute and Divergent Center to get their GED
● Oversees 30 tutors and coordinates with prison officials
University Philharmonia, Violist, Athens, GA Fall 2018 – Present
● Plays viola in university orchestra
The Backpack Project, Director of Community Involvement, Athens, GA Spring 2019 - Spring 2021
● Provided backpacks with supplies to homeless people in Athens, Augusta, and Atlanta
● Delivered means and essential supplies to Athens homeless encampments
● Researched homeless services and solicited in-kind donations
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Special Collections Library, Student Assistant, Athens, GA Spring 2019 - Present
● Summarizes and indexes oral history interviews for the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library
● Analyzes and listens to interviews from the Athens Oral History Project, Ecological Society of America,
Georgia Library for Accessible Services, Richard B. Russell Library Oral History Document Collection,
Athens Music Project collections
Educational Specialist, Charlottesville, VA Summer 2020
● Oversaw the education of two fourth-graders
● Organized week-long camps on social justice, literature, and theater for four elementary school girls
● Managed online schooling and implemented additional curriculum
University of Georgia Department of History, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Athens, GA Fall 2019
● Studied Helen Dortch Longstreet’s relationship with progressivism and the myth of the Lost Cause under
Dr. John Inscoe