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Kathleen Obrer

Undergraduate Student

Future Archaeologist

Education

Florida International University
August 2019 - May 2022

Miami-Dade College
August 2016 - August 2019

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology

Second Major in History

Certificate in Pre-Modern Cultures

Affiliations:

Honors College​

History Honor Society

Associate in Arts

Dual Enrollment

Experience

Research Fellow
January 2022 - Present

Student Assistant
July 2021 - Present

Peer Advisor
January 2020 - January 2022

Museum Studies Intern
August 2021 - November 2021

Florida International University

  • “Places Lost and Found: 1950s Havana as a Case Study in Experiential History”

  • Conducts research using FIU’s scholarly resources

  • Aids with the digital construction of an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) experience of Havana’s Malecón esplanade in the 1950s

FIU Orientation and Family Programs

  • Troubleshoots issues that students and families have about Orientation through phone calls, emails, and live chat

  • Informs students and families in need of information about Orientation and family programs

FIU Orientation and Family Programs

  • Helped students through FIU’s Freshman and Transfer Orientations by facilitating activities via Zoom and in-person

  • Functioned as an FIU resource and guide for students being admitted

The Wolfsonian-FIU

  • Collaborated with multiple departments within the museum

  • Researched objects within the museum’s collection

  • Authored a blog post of the museum’s Front Lines

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