While this academic year has looked different with our students learning in an online environment and zooming in from different places, the Museology Graduate program and its students have worked to build community between students, faculty and staff. One of the ways that community is being built in the program is through our student groups. The Museology program currently has three active student groups: 2+1, Museologists for Climate Justice (MCJ), and Museologists for Dismantling Racism (MDR). Each of these groups…
Internship Spotlight – Glenys Ong Echavarri
This post is part of the Museology Paid Internship Program Spotlight series, which consists of short interviews with our students who have completed internship positions with a Museology Paid Internship partner. The interview reflects on what the student learned from the experience, the UW Museology internship program, and any advice they’d give to individuals looking for internships. Our next spotlight is with Glenys Ong Echavarri, a second year UW Museology Student. She interned at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) as…
Faculty Spotlight – Meena Selvakumar
This post is part of the Museology Faculty spotlight series, which consists of short interviews with our faculty to discuss and reflect on inclusive teaching, their learning outcomes, some of their course highlights, and what they’ve learned adjusting to teaching online through the pandemic. Our next spotlight is with Meena Selvakumar, who teaches the community engagement, grant writing, and careers and social capital courses, along with being one of the four thesis advisors of the masters program. Her responses are…
Faculty Spotlight – Regan Pro
This post is part of the Museology Faculty spotlight series, which consists of short interviews with our faculty to discuss and reflect on inclusive teaching, their learning outcomes, some of their course highlights, and what they’ve learned adjusting to teaching online through the pandemic. Our next spotlight is with Regan Pro, who teaches a course on models of museum interpretation. Her responses are below:
Group Fieldwork Internship
This past summer, the Museology Program piloted a new Group Fieldwork Internship Program for current Museology students, recent graduates, and local organizations to work in a problem space defined by the organization. The post below discusses how this pilot program came about in light of the coronavirus pandemic:
Angie Ong Faculty Spotlight
This is the first spotlight of the Museology Faculty spotlight series, which consists of short interviews with our faculty to discuss and reflect on inclusive teaching, their learning outcomes, some of their course highlights, and what they’ve learned adjusting to teaching online through the pandemic. Our first spotlight is with Angie Ong, who teaches the evaluation specialization, museum and technology course, and is one of our four thesis advisors. Her responses are below:
Mapping Truths: Reflecting a Community
Project by Siri Benn (2020)
Carrying on through the Covid Crisis: Talking Remote Internships with Sarah Huckaby
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the way that we work and learn. It has not, however, stopped our students from pursuing internships remotely and building their resumes in preparation for careers in museums, whatever they may look like moving forward. One such student is Sarah Huckaby (Class of 2021), who has been working as a development intern for the Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA). We asked her to reflect on her experience with her remote internship…
Creating a Culture of Evaluation – Sena Dawes (Alumni Spotlight)
Sena Dawes (Class of 2016) is the Manager of Institutional Evaluation at the Missouri Historical Society. Prior to taking on her current position, Sena had served as their Coordinator of Evaluation & Audience Development. As an exemplar of our specialization in evaluation, we reached out to Sena to learn more about the storied career she has built for herself and how her experiences in the UW Museology Graduate Program have helped her along the way. Sena was attracted to the…
By the Numbers: The Diverse Theses of the Class of 2020
Recently, our second-year students delivered short presentations on their thesis work for their peers and faculty, providing a glimpse into the awesome variety of research and projects our graduating students are undertaking. Not only do these presentations give insight into the breadth of topics our students undertake, but also showcases the tremendous work students has already undertaken in arriving at their research questions, narrowing their project scope, and re-thinking their data collection amidst a global pandemic (something we as staff…