Administration
Museum Director
Jon L. 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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Advancement Coordinator
Frank Niemeyer
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Collections and Exhibition Management
Museum Registrar and Exhibitions Director
Christine Saniat
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Collection Manager
Kim Sissons
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Design and Installation Specialist
Tim Fox
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Design and Installation Specialist
Walter Wilson
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Graduate Assistant Preparator
Rachel Gu
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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Community Engagement and Learning
Assistant Director of Community Engagement and Learning
Rachel Lauren Storm
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Assistant Curator, Community Engagement and Learning
Kamila Glowacki
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Education Coordinator
Ishita Dharap
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Graduate Assistants
Tim Abel
Eunhye “Grace” Bae (she/her)
Graduate Hourly Students
Gabriel Ibarra (they/them)
Evie McAllister (she/her)
Practicum Graduate Students
Lori Fuller (she/her)
Andres Martinez-Ruiz (he/him)
Marketing and Communications
Assistant Director for Marketing and Communications
Evelyn C. Shapiro
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Research and Academic Programs
Andean Arts Research
Corey Bowen | Archeology, University of Illinois Chicago | Lives in Fragments: Reassessing the KAM Andean Collection
Rebeca Escamilla | iSchool, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Rosa Varillas Palacios | Anthropology, University of Illinois Chicago | Weaving Object Histories: Andean Textile Research at KAM
Yolanda Rivera | iSchool, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ashley Vance | Anthropology/Archaeology, University of Illinois Chicago | Telling Stories with Seashells: Krannert Art Museum's Malacalogical Collections
African Arts Research
Navashni Naidoo | Anthropology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
European and American Arts Research
Yajie Hui | Art History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Operations
Senior Assistant Director of Operations and Strategy
Diane Gutenkauf
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Facilities and Security
Facilities and Security Supervisor
Shane Cook
Lead Guard
Jonathan Koshinski
Security Guard
Shelby Graham
Visitor Services
Customer Service Specialist
Bryan Engelbrecht
