Administration
Museum Director
Jon Seydl
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Senior Assistant Director, Operations and Strategy
Diane Gutenkauf
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Accounting Specialist
Stacie Stewart
Advancement
Senior Director of Advancement
Krannert Art Museum | School of Art + Design | Japan House
Brenda Nardi
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Collections & Exhibition Management
Museum Registrar and Exhibitions Director
Christine Saniat
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Collection Manager
Kim Sissons
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Design & Installation Specialist
Tim Fox
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Design & Installation Specialist
Walter Wilson
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Graduate Assistant Preparator
Rachel Gu
Collections Intern (Summer 2023)
Markus McLaughlin
Curatorial Department
Senior Curator and Curator of Global African Art
Allyson Purpura
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Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Amy L. Powell
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Curator of European and American Art
Maureen Warren
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Assistant Curator and Publications Specialist
Kathryn Koca Polite
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Education Department
Assistant Director of Community Engagement and Learning
Rachel Lauren Storm
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Interim Manager of Education
Kamila Glowacki
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Education Coordinator, Giertz Education Center
Ishita Dharap
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Graduate Assistants
Tim Abel
Eunhye Bae
Marketing and Communications
Assistant Director for Marketing & Communications
Julia Nucci Kelly
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Marketing Assistants
Samantha Solis
Cha-Aim Bisalputra
Nicole Doty, Designer in Residence
Research and Academic Programs
Andean Arts Research
Kainen Bell | iSchool, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Corey Bowen | Archeology, University of Illinois Chicago | Lives in Fragments: Reassessing the KAM Andean Collection
Val Arboniés Flores | iSchool, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yolanda Rivera | iSchool, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Rosa Varillas Palacios | Anthropology, University of Illinois Chicago | Weaving Object Histories: Andean Textile Research at KAM
Ashley Vance | Anthropology/Archaeology, University of Illinois Chicago | Telling Stories with Seashells: Krannert Art Museum's Malacalogical Collections
Larry Washington | Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Esther Whang | Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
African Arts Research
Molly (Henry) Fox | Art History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Beads that Speak: Women Language of Ndebele Beadwork from the Krannert Art Museum Collection
Bethany Johnson | History, Art History, Swahili Language, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | U of I Alum Bethany Johnson Earns Position as DEAI Coordinator at Field Museum
Navashni Naidoo | Anthropology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jenny Peruski | Art History & African Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Students at KAM: Jenny Peruski and Swahili Arts Research
European & American Arts Research
Ivan Cherniakov | Art History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sophia Mendocino | Graphic Design, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Lost in the Landscape: Curatorial Research and Emily Groom's Winter Stream
20th Century Arts Research
Rachel Gu | Art Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Students at KAM: Blending Ceramics and Art Education with Rachel Gu
Tara Leininger | History & Classics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Modern & Contemporary Arts Research
Lukas Angelus | English, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hannah Brown | Art History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sharayah Cochran | Art History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Brittney Leatherman | Art History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jo Urban | Studio Art, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Savannah Wills | Art History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Operations
Senior Assistant Director of Operations and Strategy
Diane Gutenkauf
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Security Staff
Lead Guard
Jonathan Koshinski
Security Guard
Shelby Graham
Visitor Services
Customer Service Specialist
Bryan Englebrecht
Docent
John Bennett
