MaryKate Smolenski
Operations Director
MaryKate earned a BA in Anthropology and History from the George Washington University and a MA in History and Museum Studies from Tufts University. Some of MaryKate’s past positions include working with the Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport Historical Society, and History Cambridge. She is currently a PhD Student in the American and New England Studies Program at Boston University.
Research interests include: early American and British Atlantic history, American Revolution-era Loyalist women, public history, interpretation, exhibition development, collections management, and curation.