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Areas of Interest
Understanding how people connect with museums, what they take away from the experience, and how that experience affects them over time are of great interest to me. A generalist, I am drawn to a range of areas for evaluation and research - from particular audiences (teens, young children), programs (out-of-school-time, community clubs, family events), and the methodologies best suited for use with those audiences and programs to building community partnerships. Perhaps my deepest interest is promoting evaluation as a useful exercise for planning and acting.
Current Projects
- Long Island Children's Museum - Be Together, Learn Together
- Maine Historical Society - Maine Community Heritage Project
- American Museum of Natural History - Human Bulletins
- Science Museum of Minnesota - IDEA Cooperative
Recent Published & Presented Work
Luke, J. J., J. Stein, C. Kessler, & L. D. Dierking, L.D. (2007, in press). Making a Difference in the Lives of Youth: Connecting the Impacts of Museum Programs to the 'Six Cs' of Positive Youth Development. Curator: The Museum Journal 50:4.
Kessler, C. "Learning by Doing: Service-learning in Museums." Informal Learning Review; Washington, D.C. (November/December 2004).
Education:
- M.A., Museums Studies, 2002, John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley, CA.
- B.A., Anthropology, 2000, University of California, Davis, CA.
Emphasis: Archaeology. Minor: American Studies.
Professional Affiliations
- Visitor Studies Association
- Workshop and Session Presenter, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Professional Development Committee, Vice Chair
- Pre-Conference Workshop Chair
- Guest presenter:
- Museum Studies: a career path for the art educator. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,VA (Spring 2007).
- Visitor Perspectives in Exhibition Development. George Washington University, Washington, DC. (Spring 2006)
- 3rd Annual Service-Learning & the Arts Conference, Sarasota, FL. Session presenter, 2005.
- American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference, Atlanta, GA. Roundtable presenter, 2004.
- Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) Conference, San Jose, CA. Panel presenter, 2004.
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