Kathryn holds a BA in History, Archaeology, and Classics from Boston University. She is a graduate of the University College of London Conservation program, graduating in 2007. Kathryn was previously the Andrew W Mellon Fellow at the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Andrew W Mellon Advanced Fellow and the Andrew W Mellon Assistant Conservator at the Michael C Carlos Museum of Emory University. She is current the conservator for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, where she oversees the collections of 9 museums.