During her time at OHMA, Meave Warnock Sheehan has curated an audio exhibit on a maritime history topic, using audio recordings and transcribed interviews from archived collections at the Brooklyn Historical Society and the Hoboken Historical Museum. Meave first learned about oral history in 2013 when she was enrolled in a master’s degree program in Liberal Studies.

Meave's previous jobs have been in local journalism, education, and government. In Summer 2019, she was selected for and attended a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) workshop for educators to study the early railroad system in the U.S.

Recently, Meave joined the Hudson County (NJ) Genealogical and Historical Society and the Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York. As the result of her beginning attempts to trace her genealogy, Meave has located the grave of her Civil War ancestor, a Union soldier who served in the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment.

Meave continues to learn about audio editing and archival practices and hopes to use solid audio skills, strong narrative choices and a highly developed appreciation for language to further ‘‘activate the archives.’’ Her research interests include local history, labor history, radio history, and podcasting.