Hello!
My name is Lauren N. Johnson, I’m from Tacoma, Washington. I have a Masters degree in Archives and Records Administration from San José State University and a B.A. in Cinema from San Francisco State University.
I’m passionate about history & historic preservation, genealogy, education, and the arts. I enjoy photography, photo and video editing, 60s British Invasion music, and researching random topics that interest me.
See my LinkedIn profile here, or continue scrolling to learn about my educational and work history.
Educational Background
- San José State University
Master of Archives and Records Administration
January 2022 – December 2024
Records retention, disposition, archival standards and best practices, information security and governance, information privacy, data laws and regulations, enterprise content management, diversity in archives, information accessibility and retrieval, digital collections, metadata and metadata schemas, digitization, preservation, etc.
See my ePortfolio here [laurennjohnsonmaraportfolio.wordpress.com]
- San Francisco State University
Bachelor of Arts – Cinema
August 2013 – May 2015
Sound design and recording, film and video editing (Adobe Premiere), shooting with 16mm film, the history of cinema and filmmaking, historical filmmaking methods and techniques, international cinema, etc.
- Washington State University
Major: Communications – Broadcast Production
Minor: Psychology
August 2010-December 2011
Television production for news, journalistic writing (AP) style, sound recording, sound editing, ethical journalism practices, the history of media, developmental psychology, personality psychology, the psychology of drugs and alcohol, women’s psychology, abnormal psychology
- Tacoma Community College
Associate of Arts
September 2008 – June 2010
Psychology, Geology, Biology, Political Science, English, Mathematics, Musical Performance, Philosophy, Word Civilizations
Work History
- YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties
Morgan Family YMCA
Tacoma, WA
Member Services Representative
April 2016 – November 2022
Customer point-of-contact – sold memberships, processed payments, registered members for classes, gave facility tours, checked out sports equipment, provided general customer service, fixed printer jams, performed data entry tasks, etc.