Graduate Practica

Students complete their practica with a written reflective paper that allows students to consider the relationship of theory to practice based on the entirety of the MSP experience—readings, class discussions, site visits, guest lectures, public presentations, class assignments, etc. Though not every MSP student seeks employment in the museum field, those who do often find the practicum a point of entry into the professional world of museums.

2011


Joseph Cialdella

Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Gardens, Washington, DC

Sarah Gothie

Green Gables House, Canada

Andrew Gurstelle

University of Michigan Museum of Art, MI

Lydia Herring-Harrington

Boston Museum of Fine Art, MA

KeunYoung Kim

Seattle Art Museum, WA

K.T. Lowe

Detroit Institute of Arts, MI

Emma Sachs

J. Paul Getty Museum, CA



2010


Lea Bullard

North Carolina Aquarium, NC

Clara Cahill

The Franklin Institute, PA

Lisa Cakmak

Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA

Morgan Daniels

University of Michigan Museum of Art, MI

Kelly Fayard

Poarch Band of Creek Indians Museum and Elcome Center, AL

Heloise Finch-Boyer

National Maritime Museum, United Kingdom

Mei-Chen Pan

National Taiwan Museum, Taiwan

Ricardo Punzalan

University of Michican Museum of Anthropology, MI

J. Amadeaus Scott

Toledo Museum of Art, OH

Alison Vacca

Royal Ontario Museum, Canada

Elizabeth Vandermark

University of Michigan Museum of Art, MI

Emma Wolman

University of Michigan Museum of Art, MI



2009


Luciana Aenasoaie

History and Archaeology Museum , Neamt, Romania

Donald Buaku

Fort Douglas Military Museum, UT

Tiffany Chao

Chicago History Museum, IL

Christine Efta

Oriental Institute Museum, IL

Monica Huerta

Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Kelly Kirby

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, MI

Marc Levitt

Center for Legislative Archives, Washington, D.C.

Andrea McDonnell

Gallery Project, MI

Aimee VonBokel

Lower East Side Tenement Museum, NY

Bea Zengotitabengoa

Detroit Institute of Arts, MI



2008


Christopher Berk

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australia

Jennifer Beyer

Museum in Docklands, United Kingdom, Homol'ovi Ruins State Park, AZ and U-M Museum of Anthropology

Alison Byrnes

The Getty Foundation, CA

Helen Dixon

Archaeology Museum of the American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Lizzie Ehrenhalt

Walker Art Center, MN

Alice Goff

U-M Office of the Provost, MI

Hima Mallampati

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Jason Nargis

Chicago History Museum, IL

Lindsay Stern

Walker Art Center, MN

Medha Tare

Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, MI

Kathy Zarur

Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, Israel



2007


Mya Gosling

Somdet Phra Phanwassa Museum, Thailand

Ksenya Gurshtein

Guelman Gallery, Russia

Leilah Lyons

Exploratorium, CA

Tamara Shreiner

The Henry Ford, MI



2006


Christine DeLisle

Field Museum of Natural History, IL

Chris Dempsey

The Henry Ford, MI

Olga Khroustalvea

District Six Museum, South Africa

John Low

Homol'ovi Ruins State Park, AZ and U-M Museum of Anthropology

Leah Niederstadt

Fowler Museum, CA

Katie Raff

Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Kathryn Stine

New York Public Library, NY



2005


Michael Andre

Stiftung Weimarer Klassik und Kunstsammlungen, Germany

Henrike Florusbosch

Musee National du Mali, Mali

Deirdre Hennebury

Cranbrook Art Museum, MI

Ipek Kaynar

Yale Center for British Art, CT

Erica Lehrer

Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Poland

Diana Mankowski

Experience Music Project, WA

Jennifer Zee

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Oceanographic Institute, CA



2004


David Choberka

Detroit Institute of Arts, MI

Leilani Dawson

Franklin Furnace Archives, NY

Meghan Glass

Valentine Richmond History Center, VA

Catherine Lyon

Detroit Institute of Arts, MI

Renee Miller

Randi Korn & Associates,VA

Nicole Sielken

Brookfield Zoo, IL

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