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SUMMARY

I am passionate about museums as spaces for collaboration. Because I have one foot in conservation biology and another in art, I am especially interested in bringing artists and scientists together to generate new, integrative knowledge.

GOALS

  • Connect people through nature
  • Inspire wonder and curiosity about the natural world
  • Develop interpretation and programs that include, engage, and welcome all audiences
  • Work collaboratively in response to climate change and biodiversity loss
  • Be part of a team committed to showing interconnections between people and nature
For an example of what this could look like, see Naturehood.

EXPERTISE

  • Citizen science​ (participatory science)
  • Science outreach
  • Urban ecology, especially of birds
  • Conservation biology & natural history​
  • Environmentally-engaged and social art practices

EXPERIENCE

  • Gallery assistant at the Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2018
  • Ornithology Collections Intern at Bell Museum of Natural History, May-October 2016
  • Education staff at Walker Art Center, September 2008-November 2014

EDUCATION

  • MS in Conservation Biology, minor in Museum Studies, University of Minnesota, 2018
  • BA in Biology and Fine Art, St. Olaf College, 1999​

COURSEWORK

Examples:
  • Museum History & Philosophy (MST 5011): Term paper examined how citizen science participants construct meaning through doing and social interactions, as well as roles museums can play in this
  • Museum Practices (MST 5012): Term paper on environmentally-engaged transformative learning
  • Quest for an Environmental Ethic (EEB 8990): Reviewed literature on childhood development of moral identity as it pertains to the environment, and the importance of safe access to nature
Copyright Abigail Woods Anderson, 2019
Bird favicon by Ho Ching of the Noun Project