Who We Are
Development Team
American Anthropological Association
Ed Liebow
Executive Director
Daniel Ginsberg
Director of Education and Professional Practice
Palmyra Jackson
Education Research Coordinator
Nell Koneczny
Accessibility & Meetings Coordinator
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
James Deutsch
Curator
Sojin Kim
Curator
Michael Atwood Mason
Director
Meghan Ussing
Research Intern
Erin Younger
Research Associate
American Library Association
Lainie Castle-Cimfel
Project Director
Melanie Welch
Project Director
Smithsonian Exhibits
Paula Millet
Exhibit Designer
John Powell
Exhibit Developer / Writer
Seth Waite
Project Manager
Advisory Board
Leo Chavez
University of California-Irvine
Matthew Durington
Towson University
Judith Freidenberg
University of Maryland
Sarah Green
University of Helsinki
William H. Heaney
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Monica Heller
University of Toronto
Laurel Kendall
American Museum of Natural History
Louise Lamphere
University of New Mexico
Miguel Vilar
National Geographic Society
Funders
The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
Office of the Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
American Anthropological Association
Special thanks go to the following individuals and institutions who contributed immensely to this project:
District of Columbia Public Libraries
Leslie Walker