Olivia (she/her) first joined the Center for Popular Music as a graduate assistant in August 2013. Olivia processes and maintains the special collections and provides reference services to students and other researchers locally and remotely. Olivia is a Certified Archivist and a member of The Academy of Certified Archivists and Society of American Archivists, serves on the  International Country Music Conference Chairing Committee, and is an ex-officio board member of the Inter-Museum Council of Nashville.

Her personal research interests include country music history, especially the mid-to late-twentieth century outlaw movement and southern rock, the red dirt music scene of Oklahoma and Texas, auto racing and music relationships, as well as fan interaction and experiences with music in general. Outside of work, Olivia enjoys watching local racing at the Historic Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway and other local tracks. She loves shelter dogs and collects kitschy salt and pepper shakers and cookie jars.

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