The Master of Arts in Museology requires that students complete a thesis. They may choose either a research or project thesis. We’re talking with some of our second-year students who are deep in thesis work right now to get their perspectives on what they are learning. Museology Communications and Marketing Assistant Xavier Lucas-Cooper (’27) spoke with Grayson McKinnerney (’26) about his thesis work. How did you arrive at your thesis topic and how much did it change over time? Before…
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Thesis Diaries – EJ Klein
The Master of Arts in Museology requires that students complete a thesis. They may choose either a research or project thesis. We’re talking with some of our second-year students who are deep in thesis work right now to get their perspectives on what they are learning. Museology Communications and Marketing Assistant Xavier Lucas-Cooper (’27) spoke with EJ Klein (’26) about her thesis work with the Shoreline Historical Museum. What attracted you to your project and how do you think it…
Work study spotlight – Lesley Tetlalco
Museology Communications and Marketing Assistant Xavier Lucas-Cooper (’27) spoke with Lesley Tetlalco (’27) about her work study experience at the Burke Museum. What is your academic background and how did that draw you to your position in the Burke? My academic background is in art history and museum studies, focusing on Chicanx and Latinx art practices and Indigenous material culture/contemporary art from the Americas. At the Burke Museum, I work in the Heritage: Arts and Culture department as a collections…
Internship spotlight – Anya Lord
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, we spoke with Anya Lord (’26) about her internship experience at the Holocaust Center for Humanity. My name is Anya Lord, and I use she/her pronouns. I have my bachelor’s in Art History with minors in History and Educational Studies from Carleton College, and I am originally from the East Coast. I am now in my second year of the Museology program and completing the Evaluation Specialization! Earlier this…
Work study spotlight – Evelyn Manchester
Museology Communications and Marketing Assistant Xavier Lucas-Cooper (’27) spoke with Evelyn Manchester (’27) about her work study experience at the Burke Museum. What is your academic background and how did that draw you to your position in the Burke? I wanted to work at the Burke because I love collections work and wanted to gain experience with a new type of collection! My academic background is in anthropology collections, primarily arts and culture, meaning this is the first time that I’ve worked…
Work study spotlight – Aidan Sweeney
Museology Communications and Marketing Assistant Xavier Lucas-Cooper (’27) spoke with Aidan Sweeney (’27) about her work study experience at the Burke Museum. What is your academic background and how did that draw you to your position in the Burke? One of the main reasons I wanted to work at the Burke was their paleontological collections! My background is in invertebrate paleontology, and I’d just wrapped up a program in paleobotany before starting at UW. The opportunity to work in collections…
Internship spotlight – Zhiyue Chen
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, we spoke with Zhiyue Chen (’26) about her internship experience at the Woodland Park Zoo. When I first joined Woodland Park Zoo as a data collector, I didn’t imagine that holding an iPad in the summer sun could teach me so much about empathy, evaluation, and people. As a second-year Museology student passionate about evaluation, I’ve always been fascinated by how museums and cultural spaces can collect meaningful…
Work study spotlight – Mitch Cook-Graver
Museology Communications and Marketing Assistant Xavier Lucas-Cooper (’27) spoke with Mitch Cook-Graver (’27) about his work study experience at the Burke Museum. What is your academic background and how did that draw you to your position in the Burke? My undergraduate education was in Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. With this degree, I got an archaeology job with the Forest Service near Mount Rainier and soon got involved with Greg Wilson-Mantilla’s lab on my weekend trips up…
Internship spotlight – Abigail Watson
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, Abigail Watson (’26) tells us about her internship experience at the Edmonds Historical Museum. The Vastness of Small Museums I am a second year Museology student at the University of Washington, and I recently completed my internship at the Edmonds Historical Museum. I sought out an internship with Edmonds for a few reasons; I wanted to get hands-on experience working in a museum’s collection space, I wanted to…
Internship spotlight – Grace Vallecillo-Drews
This post is part of our Internship Spotlight series. For this installment, we spoke with Grace Vallecillo-Drews (’26) about her internship experience at the Gallery B612. What organization are you interning with and what do you do in your internship? I have been interning at Gallery B612 since January of this year! I started doing mostly education and program/workshop planning along with some registrar duties. However, it’s a very small team, so my role also encompasses everything from curation &…