Academic, Research Training, Internship Appointments, and Fellowships 



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Katherine Lenore Touw BA Duke University 5/30/00 to 8/1/00 



Intern will assist student services coordinator in managing the program. This includes making 

 arrangements for the Brown Bag lunch series and other intern activities. In addition, intern will 

 work on the Exploring Planet program and coordinating Family Day activities. 



Eric Vobonl 



Clare Wysocki 



MA George Washington University 1/ 18/00 to 4/11/00 



Working with discovery carts in air transportation gallery. Helping develop family exhibit labels 

 for air transportation gallery. Working with family programs and "Flights of Fancy" story-telling 

 program. 



BA University of Wisconsin 5/30/00 to 8/4/00 



Intern will work with rhe preservation and conservation of artifacts including cataloguing and 

 treatment of artifacts and basic research. 



National Museum of African Art 



Micol Carmignani 



Julia Day 



Michelle LeAnne 

 Edwards 



Vanessa Jones 

 Julia Young Kim 



MA School of Oriental and African 3/20/00 to 5/31/00 



Working on the African Art Index Project — an ongoing projecr to determine authoritative 

 terminology for indexing and cataloging African Art. 



BA Portland State University 9/11/00 to 1 1/6/00 



Condition reports, assisting conservator on objects collections, studying museum environment and 

 African arr history. 



MA University of Kansas 6/5/00 ro 8/11/00 



Updating and annotating a bibliography on the arts and material culture of Lusaphone Africa. 



MA George Washington University 1/18/00 to 5/4/00 



Give tours; rewrite teacher slide packet; other general activities; research and write focus object. 



BA Candidate Johns Hopkins University 6/5/00 ro 8/25/00 



I will assist Dr. Veronika Jenke in developing an exhibition in the Point of View Gallery that will 

 focus on a single object from the museum's collection. I will do research on the concept of the 

 exhibition as well as the work of art. In addition, I will work on ongoing departmental programs 

 and tasks. 



William Lommel 



Grerchen Metzler 



Josh Ruthnick 



MA Candidate George Washington University 9/25/00 to 12/31/00 



The primary project of the internship is to digital photograph more than 1,000 objects in the 

 storage areas of the National Museum of African Art. The intern will be responsible for 

 downloading and processing the images to the computer network, converting the images and 

 entering data needed to link the images to the database records, and keeping accurate records of the 

 project. 



BA Candidate University of Wisconsin 6/5/00 to 8/9/00 



I will participate in the department's physical inventory of accessioned collections, numbering 

 approximately 7,200 objects. I will work with other registration department staff members to 

 verify object locations in storage and exhibition areas, record the results, and resolve discrepancies. 



BA University of California-Davis 9/20/00 to 12/31/00 



Assist the exhibition and design department in the set-up of artists' shows; responsible for all 

 graphic elements of museum, including signs, invitations, etc. 



National Museum of American History 



James Allen, Jr. 



BA Appalachian State University 6/26/00 to 7/14/00 



Working in the photo archiving area of the NMAH, researching and cataloguing the Scurlock 

 collection. 



