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Katherine C. Grier |
Katherine C. (Kasey) Grier is director of the Museum Studies Program and Professor in the Department of History. She is a graduate of Princeton University (1975), the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Historical Museum Studies (1980) and the American Civilization Program of the department of History at the University of Delaware (1988). An expert in material culture studies, Kasey’s career has included employment in museums and historic sites as well as universities, and she remains an active volunteer and consultant to small museums and historic houses. Her most recent book is Pets in America: A History (University of North Carolina Press, 2006 and Harvest Books, 2007). Kasey also served as guest curator for an exhibition on the history of petkeeping in the United States that toured seven venues in the United States between December 2005 and January 2009. (See petsinamerica.org for an online version of the exhibition.) Email Professor Grier
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Janet Broske |
Janet (Jan) Broske is Curator of University Museums, University of Delaware, and is the Director of the Undergraduate Curatorial Apprenticeship Program. Having a secondary appointment as assistant professor in Museum Studies, Jan teaches Curatorship and Collections Management, in addition to providing object resources for numerous courses and for individual student instruction and research. Jan is an instructor in the School of Education, teaching Aesthetics in Education. She holds a BA in Art History from the University of Toledo/Toledo Museum of Art, where she was a W. Sinclair Walbridge Fellow, a MA in Art History, University of Delaware, and has been a museum professional for over 20 years. Email Professor Broske
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Pauline Eversmann |
Pauline Eversmann retired in 2007 from Winterthur Museum as Director of Academic Programs. She was also the former Deputy Director of Public Programs. In these capacities, she taught in the Winterthur Program for American Material Culture and the Museum Studies Program at the University of Delaware. In the course of her Winterthur tenure, she served in many capacities including head of guide training, director of an NEH grant to write a Handbook for Winterthur Interpreters, a faculty and Executive Committee member of the WPAMC program, and author of several Winterthur publications, including Early American Decorative Arts, with Rosemary Krill and Recognizing Style in Your Collection from the Winterthur Decorative Arts series. In addition, she authored the guide book for Winterthur, emphasizing its history as an American country estate. She remains active in the museum field, serving on the board of the Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT) for AAM, as an IMLS reviewer, and NEH grant consultant. In addition, she continues to enjoy her favorite “role,” namely mentoring young museum professionals. Pauline has a Bachelor of Science in history from the University of Wisconsin, a Masters of Art in history from University of California, Berkeley and a Masters of Philosophy in history from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Email Professor Eversmann
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Tim Goecke |
Tim Goecke is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts with an MFA in Performing Arts Design & Technology. He is currently an exhibit designer at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park. In the past, Tim has designed exhibitions for the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore, the Rock and Soul Museum in Memphis and many museums and galleries throughout the east coast. Tim has also worked on event design with Coca-Cola, the US Olympics Organizing Committee, Major League Baseball, and Hasbro/Kenner New York Toyfair. His performing arts credits include work with American Ballet Theatre, HBO Productions, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, He is currently teaching Museums and Modern Technology which focuses on the use of computers in museum exhibitions and off-site learning. Email Professor Goecke
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Rosemary Troy Krill
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Working toward excellent interpretation of Winterthur Museum & Country Estate and its collections has inspired Rosemary’s projects in education and public program since 1988. Projects have included a wide range of interpretive and visitor service activities, from developing elementary school programs, to leading visitor service operations, to reinvigorating training for Winterthur’s large corps of museum interpreters. Since receiving a master’s degree in American history and museum studies certification at the University of Delaware as a Hagley Fellow, Rosemary led education and interpretive efforts at the Monmouth County (NJ) Historical Association and the Hagley Museum in Wilmington, Delaware. She is the author, with Pauline K. Eversmann, of Early American Decorative Arts, 1620-1860: A Handbook for Interpreters (American Association for State and Local History/Winterthur, 2000). She is a member of the American Association of Museums (serving as co-chair of its Visitor Service Professional Interest Group, 2005-2008,) the American Association for State and Local History, and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums. She is a board member of the Tri-State Coalition of Historic Places in the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware region. Since 2006, she has been an adjunct lecturer in the Museum Studies Program at the University of Delaware. Email Professor Krill
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Terry Snyder |
Theresa R. (Terry) Snyder is Deputy Director, Library Administration at the Hagley Museum and Library. In her role at Hagley, Dr. Snyder is responsible for the Library’s long-range planning, personnel management, budget preparation and management, conservation and preservation, grant solicitation and administration, collections management, records management, oversight of library automation systems, exhibit planning, library publications, and scholarly outreach programs. Before coming to Hagley, she served as Associate Director of the University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Management Department and as an adjunct faculty member (American material culture).
Dr. Snyder has lectured extensively on archival and library management and on topics of her research interests, largely focusing on American history and culture during the latter half of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. She has published articles on her research interests and is working on a book related to Philadelphia retirement communities from 1870 to 1930.
Dr. Snyder’s undergraduate degree comes from Rosemont College (1982). She holds a Masters of Arts in History and a Certificate in Archives, Museum and Editing Studies from Duquesne University (1984), a Masters of Science in Information Science from Drexel University (1988), and a Masters of Arts (1994) and a Ph.D. (2002) in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. |
Tracy Hill Jentzsch
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Tracy Jentzsch is a recent addition to the Museum Studies program, as staff assistant. She continues to hold a dual position, also serving as the secretary/media specialist in the History Media Center of UD. Tracy received her undergraduate degree in Mass Communications from The College of Notre Dame of Maryland, and has completed her course work for her M.A. in Liberal Studies, along with the certificate in Museum Studies, from the University of Delaware. Before coming to the University, she previously worked for Trade & Culture Magazine as the assistant publisher. Email Tracy Hill Jentzsch |
Hillary Mohaupt |
Hillary Mohaupt is a second year Master’s student in history and has been named the Museum Studies graduate assistant for 2009-2010. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, in history, French, and American Studies. She recently completed an internship at Glessner House Museum in Chicago, IL. Email Hillary Mohaupt |
