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Robin Van Auken Resume
600 East Mountain Avenue, South Williamsport, PA 17702
Home: (570) 326-7872, Mobile: (570) 916-0026, E-mail:
RobinVanAuken@gmail.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
Historical Consultant 5/2005—Present
Muncy Historical Society and Museum of History, 40 N.
Main St., Muncy, PA, 17756
• Advise MHS as it develops the Muncy Canal Heritage
Park and Nature Trail
• Conduct Lycoming College archaeology field school
at Muncy Canal
• Supervise public archaeology digs throughout
the summer and fall
• Instruct adult and youth about hands-on history
and archaeological procedure
• Supervise archaeology laboratory and instruct
volunteers
• Develop exhibits and interpretive panels for
Heritage Park
• Assist the society by researching and writing
grant applications
• Write articles for historical society’s
journal
• Write press releases for upcoming events, handle
media relations
• Design and maintain historical society’s
Web site
• Author postcard history book, “Muncy,”
as a fundraiser for the organization
More information about the Heritage Park project is
available online at www.MuncyHistoricalSociety.org.
Contact: William Poulton, (570) 546-5917.
Instructor, Program Director January 2003—Present
Lycoming College, 700 College Place, Williamsport, PA,
17701
• Instructor, teaching historical archaeology
and communications
• Develop course syllabus and overall structure,
administer grades
• Direct the organization’s youth summer
program, Lycoming College for Kids and Teens
• Create and schedule hands-on science and art
classes
• Hire and train teachers and support staff.
More information about Lycoming College is available
online at www.Lycoming.edu. Contact: Dr. John Piper,
(570) 321-4000.
Historical Consultant, Writer/Editor 6/2001—Present
Self-employed, 600 E. Mountain Ave., S. Williamsport,
PA, 17702
• Teach historical archaeology and communications
at the college level
• Qualified writer/editor and author of nine books
(nonfiction regional history)
• More than 20 years journalism experience as
both a fulltime and freelance
• Skillful with computers, most major software,
and emerging technology
• Design and maintain Web sites for corporate,
private, and non-profit organizations
• Independent consultant for municipalities, businesses,
non-profits, and individuals
• Experienced in developing public, corporate,
and personal histories
• Proficient in media and public relations, have
taught subject at college level
• Writer of newspaper and magazine articles, newsletters,
and eBooks
• Extensive experience scanning and enhancing
digital images for historic projects
• Designed promotional booklets, brochures, Internet
sites and exhibits
• Conduct primary and secondary research adhering
to high standards of historical practice
• Write and edit technical monographs, manage
publications, produce reports
• Organize and produce written documents as both
Web-based and traditional publications
• Create multi-media presentations and videos
More information about my services is available online
at www.RobinVanAuken.com. Client references furnished
upon request.
Writer/Editor 6/2003—3/2004
Webb Communications Weekly, One Maynard St., Williamsport,
PA, 17701
• Served as interim editor for this new, weekly
newspaper, circulation 50,000
• Following temporary role as editor, served as
copy editor, writer and Web designer
• Duties included editing and writing newspaper
copy, assigning stories and photographs
• Managed correspondent and artistic production
staff
More information about Webb Weekly is available online
at www.WebbWeekly.com. Contact: Mark Lundberg, (570)
326-9322.
Writer/Editor 3/1996—6/2001 (Present)
Williamsport Sun Gazette, 252 W. Fourth St., Williamsport,
PA, 17701
• Entertainment editor and assistant Lifestyles
editor for daily newspaper, circulation 35,000
• Duties included editing, writing, and paginating
the daily newspaper
• Assigned stories and photographs, managed a
correspondent staff
• Interviewed celebrities, took photographs, and
wrote feature articles
• Covered local government and school boards
• Coordinated and designed special publications
and inserts for the newspaper
• Continue to correspond for this newspaper
• Authored three books for the newspaper in celebration
of the city’s bicentennial
• Currently authoring a fourth book on “Grit,”
the former national newspaper
More information about the Williamsport Sun-Gazette
is available online at www.SunGazette.com. Contact:
Dave Troisi, (570) 326-1551.
Instructor/Curator 8/1991—2/1996
Science Center of Pinellas County, 7701 22nd Ave. N.,
St. Petersburg, FL, 33710
• Served as museum curator and instructor
• Designed and maintained museum exhibits
• Created promotional publications and brochures
• Assisted Education Director in developing classroom
extension programs
• Delivered "hands-on” science programs
with mobile outreach program
• Developed and taught hands-on educational classes
and weekend workshops
• Researched and wrote grant applications for
new exhibits
• Created laser music concerts
• Serviced and repaired laser equipment when required
• Installed and repaired computers and tutored
others in using new software
• Maintained computers in the laboratories and
the office computer network
• Assisted animal curator in the feeding and care
of zoo animals
• Established and supervised weekend volunteer
workshops
• Introduced a university-associated archaeology
excavation
More information about the Science Center of Pinellas
County is available online at www.ScienceCenterOfPinellas.com.
Contact: Susan Gordon, retired, (727) 384-0027.
EDUCATION
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL US
Master's Degree - 1/2002
Major: Anthropology
Graduate Thesis, “The East Blockhouse at Fort
Mackinac, Michigan,” 2002
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL US
Bachelor's Degree - 8/1990
Major: Anthropology
Academic Honors: Pi Gamma Mu, International Social Science
Honor Society, 1990
Anthropology Honors Program: Undergraduate Honors Thesis,
“Slave Sites Archaeology”
St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, FL US
Associate Degree - 12/1987
Major: Mass Communications
Academic Awards: First Place for In-Depth Reporting,
Florida Junior Colleges, 1983
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Register of Professional Archaeologists
Society for Historical Archaeology
Society for PA Archaeology
Northcentral Chapter/PA Archaeology
American Association of State and Local History
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS
Van Auken, Lance and Robin
“Play Ball! The Story of Little League Baseball,”
Penn State University Press, 2001.
Van Auken, Robin
“The Little League World Series,” Arcadia,
2002.
Van Auken, Robin and Louis E. Hunsinger, Jr.
“Williamsport: Boomtown on the Susquehanna,”
Arcadia, 2003.
Van Auken, Robin and Louis E. Hunsinger, Jr.
“Williamsport: The Grit Photograph Collection,”
Arcadia, 2004.
Van Auken, Robin and Louis E. Hunsinger, Jr.
“Lycoming County’s Industrial Heritage,”
Arcadia, 2005.
Van Auken, Robin and Louis E. Hunsinger, Jr.
“Williamsport Sun-Gazette: A Pictorial History,
1806-1916,” Williamsport Sun-Gazette, 2006.
Van Auken, Robin and Louis E. Hunsinger, Jr.
“Williamsport Sun-Gazette: A Pictorial History,
1917-1956,” Williamsport Sun-Gazette, 2006.
Van Auken, Robin and Louis E. Hunsinger, Jr.
“Williamsport Sun-Gazette: A Pictorial History,
1957-2006,” Williamsport Sun-Gazette, 2006.
Van Auken, Robin
“Muncy: Postcard History,” Arcadia, 2006.
Van Auken, Robin
"Williamsport's Grit: A Newspaper Legacy,”
Ogden Publishing Co., 2008.
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS: MAGAZINE, JOURNAL
ARTICLES
Van Auken, Robin
“Origin of Little League Baseball,” Pennsylvania
Legacies, semi-annual magazine of
the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, May 2007.
Van Auken, Robin
Long Reach: The Updegraff Homestead and the Thomas Lightfoot
Inn. Journal of the
Lycoming County Historical Society, 2007.
Van Auken, Robin
“International Competition Is Nothing New to Little
League,” Memories and Dreams, National
Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Summer 2006.
Van Auken, Robin
“The Little League Uniform: A Lifetime of Memories,”
Memories and Dreams, National
Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Summer 2004.
COMPUTER SKILLS
MAC and IBM: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Quark
XPress, PageMaker, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator,
Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks, MS FrontPage,
Pinnacle Studio Video, IE and Outlook.
REFERENCES
Dr. John Piper
Lycoming College, Academic Dean
Phone Number: (570) 321-4000
Email: Piper@Lycoming.edu
Janice Ogurcak
Little League Baseball, Museum Director
Phone Number: (570) 326-1921
Email: Jogurcak@LittleLeague.org
William Poulton
Muncy Historical Society, President
Phone Number: (570) 546-5917
Email: MuncyHistorical@aol.com
John Yahner
Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Publisher
Phone Number: (570) 326-1921
Email: JYahner@SunGazette.com
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