Experience

Northwestern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Museum Studies Certificate Program

  • 2003 - Present

  Northwestern University 2003- • Teach Museum Origins and Missions and Learning in Museums in the Museum Studies Certificate Program, SCS (classroom and on-line). Courses include discussion of the contemporary issues and ethical challenges facing museums today. • Designed and teach annual 2-day Summer Symposium The Exhibit: from Concept to Opening and Beyond • Recipient of Distinguished Teaching Award • Chaired Session on Historic Houses as Community Anchors, AMM Annual Conference • Digital Poster Presenter at TEACHx Show less



The University of New Mexico

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Faculty

  • 2020 - Present

  • Teaching Collections Management and Museum Interpretation in the Museum Studies BA/MA • Presenter on Aging Well at MPMA 2019 Conference: Community and Empathy • Teaching Collections Management and Museum Interpretation in the Museum Studies BA/MA • Presenter on Aging Well at MPMA 2019 Conference: Community and Empathy



University of Oklahoma

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Faculty

  • 2007 - Present

  University of Oklahoma, School of Professional Studies 2007- • Teaching Collections Management, in the Museum Studies MA Program(on-line) • Course design and instruction of The House Museum, in the Museum Studies MA Program(on-line) • Teaching Collections Management, in the Museum Studies MA Program(on-line) • Recipient of Superior Teaching Award • Chair, Final Exams Committees • Presenter, Teaching Scholars Initiative, Center for Teaching Excellence University of Oklahoma, School of Professional Studies 2007- • Teaching Collections Management, in the Museum Studies MA Program(on-line) • Course design and instruction of The House Museum, in the Museum Studies MA Program(on-line) • Teaching Collections Management, in the Museum Studies MA Program(on-line) • Recipient of Superior Teaching Award • Chair, Final Exams Committees • Presenter, Teaching Scholars Initiative, Center for Teaching Excellence



University of Illinois Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Faculty

  • 2004 - 2008

  Taught History of Fashion, 1500-1900 Taught History of Fashion, 1500-1900



The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Curator

  • 1986 - 1992

  • Curated the major exhibit From Queen to Empress; Victorian Dress 1837-77, seen by over 200,000 visitors and wrote the accompanying book and audio guide; headed a team of 32 curatorial and conservation staff, volunteers and interns, and negotiated international loans. • Taught the 19th century segments of the Costume History MA for New York University • Voted a “Foreign Woman of Distinction in the Liberal Arts”, by the Cosmopolitan Club, NY • Curated the major exhibit From Queen to Empress; Victorian Dress 1837-77, seen by over 200,000 visitors and wrote the accompanying book and audio guide; headed a team of 32 curatorial and conservation staff, volunteers and interns, and negotiated international loans. • Taught the 19th century segments of the Costume History MA for New York University • Voted a “Foreign Woman of Distinction in the Liberal Arts”, by the Cosmopolitan Club, NY