Steering Committee

Kerstin Barndt

Associate Professor and Chair, Germanic Languages and Literatures

Paroma Chatterjee

Professor and Chair, History of Art

David Choberka

Andrew W. Mellon Manager of Academic Outreach and Teaching, UM Museum of Art

Joseph Cialdella

Assistant Director, Professional Development and Engagement, Rackham Graduate School

Patricia Garcia

Assistant Professor, School of Information

Deirdre Hennebury

Associate Director, Museum Studies Program; Lecturer, History of Art

Lucie Howell

Director, UM Museum of Natural History

Jennifer Kirker

Associate Director, UM Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Anthony Kolenic

Director, UM Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

Bryan Miller

Assistant Curator, UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology; Assistant Professor, History of Art

Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo

Professor, STAMPS School of Art and Design

Ekaterina Olson-Shipyatsky

PhD candidate, Political Science; Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies

Gregory Parker

Director, Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory

Ricky Punzalan

Director, Museum Studies Program; Associate Professor, School of Information

Alison Rivett

Associate Director, UM Arts Initiative

Catherine Sanok

Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Initiatives, Rackham Graduate School; Professor of English Language and Literature, and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies