Program Faculty Advisory Committee

The Museum Studies program is administered by the director in consultation with a faculty advisory committee.  The Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Museum Studies program is composed of representatives from each of  the Museum Studies academic “track” departments; the director of a campus museum; and the president of the Museum Studies Student Organization.  Members of the FAC are appointed by the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in consultation with the Museum Studies director and the Graduate School.  The FAC advises the director regarding program policies, academic quality of the program, admissions standards, and budgetary and curricular issues.  Each track department’s representatives on the FAC are also responsible for advising MUSE students about course selection in that track.

Program Director

Marjorie Swann, D.Phil., Oxford University
Associate Professor and Conger-Gabel Teaching Professor, English
(785) 864-2570
mswann@ku.edu

American Studies track advisor

Dennis Domer, Ph.D., University of Kansas
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Historic Preservation (University of Kentucky)
Acting Director of Graduate Studies, American Studies Program
(785) 864-2305
domer@ku.edu

Anthropology track advisor

John M. Janzen, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Professor, Anthropology
(785) 864-2642
jjanzen @ku.edu

Geology track advisor

Bruce Lieberman, Ph.D., Columbia University
Professor, Geology
(785) 864-2741
blieber@ku.edu

History track advisor

Jeffrey Moran, Ph.D, Harvard University
Associate Professor, History
(785) 864-9461
jefmoran@ku.edu

Natural History track advisor

Deborah Smith, Ph.D., Cornell University
Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
(785) 864-4340
debsmith@ku.edu

KU Museums Representative

Saralyn Reece Hardy, M.A., University of Kansas
Director, Spencer Museum of Art
(785) 864-4710
srh@ku.edu

Museum Students Organization President

Rachel Harris
Museum Studies graduate student
rmharris@ku.edu