Here are some alumni accomplishments that we learned about throughout this summer/fall: John Low (MSP05) was awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies at Ohio State University. John is also an Affiliated Faculty in American Indian Studies, and...
Launched in 2003, our interdisciplinary graduate certificate program allows students to engage intellectually, professionally, and interpersonally with the world of museums. Our practicum opportunities allow students to integrate their classroom training with museum work at sites across the globe. Our program now has over...
Kudos to… Caroline Braden (MSP13), in addition to her work as the Guests Accessibility/Special Needs Coordinator at The Henry Ford, also chairs a consortium, the Michigan Alliance for Cultural Accessibility. The consortium shares resources and best practices in order to enhance the accessibility of...
Kudos to… Monica Patterson (MSP07) who just began a new position directing the Curatorial Studies Program at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Also, in September Monica will be presenting a paper entitled “Not Just Something to Celebrate: Reading the Spaces Between in MOSAÏCANADA150/GATINEAU 2017”...
The Jim Crow Museum is the nation’s largest publicly accessible collection of racist artifacts. Located on the campus of Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan, the museum houses more than 12,000 objects—primarily, but not exclusively, segregation era artifacts and everyday anti-black caricatured objects....
Kudos to… MSP alumni Caroline Braden (MSP13) and David Choberka (MSP03) who recently presented at the annual Michigan Museums Association conference. Caroline co-presented a session called “Accessibility Collaborations: Working Within and Across Communities” and David participated in a session titled “Museum Cross-Training: How to...
