Northern Illinois University

Museum Studies

Faculty & Staff

  • Peter Van Ael, www.petervanael.com, Chair, Museum Studies Committee; Coordinator, Olson Gallery, M.A., Museum Science, Texas Tech University; M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago; M.A., Art History, Webster University

  • Diana Arntzen, Coordinator of Marketing and Education, NIU Art Museum, Museum Studies Certificate, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • J.D. Bowers, Director of Secondary Teacher Certification, History and Social Sciences, and Assistant Professor, History, Ph.D., Indiana University
  • Josephine Burke, Director, NIU Art Museum, M.A., Northern Illinois University
  • Becky Butler, Associate Professor, ETRA, College of Education, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Barbara Jaffee, Associate Professor, Art History, Ph.D. University of Chicago
  • David E. Kyvig, Presidential Research Professor, History, Ph.D., Northwestern University
  • Amy K. Levin, Professor, Women's Studies & English, Ph.D., City University of New York
  • Eric Mogren, Associate Professor, History, Ph.D., University of Michigan; J.D., University of Colorado
  • Helen Nagata, Assistant Professor, Art History, Ph.D., Stanford University
  • Peter Olson, Curator & Collections Manager, NIU Art Museum, M.F.A., Northern Illinois University
  • Catherine Raymond, Associate Professor, Art History; Director, Center of Burma Studies, Ph.D., La Sorbonne Paris
  • Amy Rose, Professor, CAHE, College of Education, Ed.D., Columbia University Teachers College
  • William E. Tolhurst, Associate Professor, Philosophy, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
  • Lucy Townsend, Curator, Blackwell History of Education Museum; Professor, LEPF, College of Education; Ph.D., Loyola University
  • Ann Wright-Parsons, Director, NIU Anthropology Museum, M.A., Northern Illinois University

Visiting Faculty