Jessica Grace Sparks: Experience

Professional Portfolio
Resumé: Jessica Sparks Resume
CV: Coming Soon!

Education:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Bachelor’s Degree, English and Renaissance Studies
with an Early Modern Specialization
2014 – 2016

Palomar College
Associates Degree, General Studies: Emphasis in Arts &
Humanities Associates Degree, University Studies - Humanities
2011 - 2014

Research Experience:

April 2016 – June 2016
Research Assistant, English Broadside Ballad Archive
Professor & Director of EBBA: Patricia Fumerton
Project Manager: Rachel Levinson-Emily
UC Santa Barbara

April 2015 – June 2015
Research Assistant, English Broadside Ballad Archive
Professor & Director of EBBA: Patricia Fumerton
Project Manager: Kristen McCants
UC Santa Barbara

Fall 2014 - Spring 2016
Arnhold Undergraduate Research Fellow & Mentor
Arnhold Undergraduate Research Program
Arnhold Graduate Fellow: Elizabeth Allen (2014-2015), Baron Haber (2015-2016)
Mentors: James Kearney, Patricia Fumerton, Megan Palmer-Browne

Projects:

Reading Between the Lines: Broadside Ballads & Tune Notations English Broadside Ballad Archive, FRAP Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Patricia Fumerton

➥Examining the music notations, or tune notations, on 4 different printings of the same broadside ballad.

Come Live With Me: Living the History of a Ballad
Arnhold Undergraduate Research Program, English Broadside Ballad Archive
Mentors: Dr. James Kearney, Dr. Patricia Fumerton

View a site presentation.

➥Come Live With Me is an interactive multimedia research tool intended to facilitate the study of both the poem and the broadside ballad of Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” through a wide range of offerings, including interactive timelines, other multimedia recourses, side by side transcriptions of the various versions of the poem with annotations, mini-essays accompanying information on the printing and publication history, analysis, the broadside ballad, as well as detailed information on the many replies, responses, and parodies of the work. The site will be live in June 2016.