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Museology Community Building

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: