Museum Studies Program
Program Coordinators
Advisory Board Members
Name Title / Affiliation E-mail Bettina Arnold Professor, UWM Department of Anthropology (voting, designated AY 2025-26) barnold@uwm.edu Aaron Atencio Research Coordinator, MPM (non-voting, designated AY 2025-26) atencioa@mpm.edu Lin Haggerty Student Representative, Student, (non-voting, designated AY 2025-26) mshgerty@uwm.edu Vacant Student Representative, UWM Student Museum Association for Undergraduates & Graduates (non-voting, designated AY 2024-25) Jennifer Haas Director of ARLC, Department of Anthropology (voting, non-designated, December 2022-25) haasjr@uwm.edu Calleigh Wondra Teaching Assistant – UWM Department of Anthropology (non-voting, designated AY 2024-25) crwondra@uwm.edu Nan Kim Associate Professor, UWM Department of History (voting, non-designated December 2024-27) ynkp@uwm.edu Arijit Sen Associate Professor and Director of Public History, UWM (voting, designated AY 2025-26) sena@uwm.edu David Pacifico Assistant Professor, UWM Department of Art History (voting, non-designated, December 2022-2025) pacifico@uwm.edu Dawn Scher Thomae Curator of Anthropology Collections, MPM (voting, non-designated, May 2025-28) thomae@mpm.edu Jackie Schweitzer History Collections Manager, MPM (non-voting, designated, AY 2025-26) schweitzer@mpm.edu R. Jason Sherman Professor, Chair of the Department of Anthropology (voting, designated AY 2025-26) shermanr@uwm.edu Hilary K. Snow Honors College Lecturer in Art History and Asian Studies, UWM, (voting, non-designated May 2024-27) snowh@uwm.edu W. Warner Wood Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, UWM Department of Anthropolgy (non-voting, designated, Chair AY 2025-26) woodw@uwm.edu Jennifer Zaspel VP and Academic Dean, MPM, (Voting, designated, 2024-25) zaspelj@mpm.edu
The responsibilities of the Program’s Advisory Board are described in section VII. B. 1-b of the Charter and Bylaws (see below). They are primarily advisory in nature and focused on program planning and assessment as well as on the governance of the board itself, including: 1) charter and bylaws amendment; 2) appointment/termination of non-designated board members and recommendation to appoint/terminate designated members; and 3) appointment of program affiliates.
The Advisory Board meets twice a year, generally in December and May. In compliance with UW system “Open Meetings Law,” the date, time, location, and agenda of Board meetings is filed with UWM News Services.
MSCP Charter Bylaws
Core Course Instructors
Program Teaching Assistant
Name Affiliation E-mail Calleigh Wondra UWM Department of Anthropology crwondra@umw.edu
Program Affiliates
Name Title / Affiliation E-mail Kal Applbaum Professor, UWM Department of Anthropology applbaum@uwm.edu Bettina Arnold Professor, UWM Department of Anthropology barnold@uwm.edu Aaron Atencio Research Coordinator, MPM atencioa@mpm.edu Ben Barbera Executive Director and Pres., Milwaukee County Historical Society BBarbera@milwaukeehistory.net Marcy Bidney Assistant Director of Libraries, UWM Golda Meir Library bidney@uwm.edu Simon Bronner Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Social Sciences, UWM bronners@uwm.edu Barry Cameron Associate Professor, UWM Department of Geosciences bcameron@uwm.edu Elisabetta Cova Associate Professor, Foreign Languages & Literature-General covae@uwm.edu Jennifer Haas Director of ARLC, UWM Department of Anthropology haasjr@uwm.edu Jean L. Hudson Associate Professor, UWM Department of Anthropology jhudson@uwm.edu Jennifer N. Johung Associate Professor, UWM Department of Art History johung@uwm.edu Ashley Lemke Associate Professor, UWM Department of Anthropology ashlemke@uwm.edu Nan Kim Associate Professor, UWM Department of History ynkp@uwm.edu Nicolette Meister James E. Lockwood Jr. Director, Logan Musuem of Anthropology, Beloit College meistern@beloit.edu Jessica Nelson Visiting Assistant Professor, UWM Department of History nelso878@uwm.edu David Pacifico Assistant Professor, UWM Department of Art History pacifico@uwm.edu Jackie Schweitzer History Collections Manager, MPM schweitzer@mpm.edu Dawn Scher Thomae Curator of Anthropology Collections, MPM thomae@uwm.edu Hillary K. Snow Honors College Faculty, UWM Honors College snowh@uwm.edu Kantara Souffrant Curator of Community Dialogue, Milwaukee Art Museum kantara.souffrant@mam.org W. Warner Wood Associate Professor, UWM Department of Anthropology woodw@uwm.edu Heather Winter Director of Knowledge Management & Digital Assets, Milwaukee Art Museum heather.winter@mam.org Max Yela Senior Academic Librarian, Golda Meir Library maxyela@uwm.edu