Elizabeth Kryder-Reid - Director of Museum Studies, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Museum Studies, IU School of Liberal Arts. With a background in Anthropology, Art History, and Public History, Dr. Kryder-Reid works across disciplines and collaborates with a variety of community partners. She directs the Museum Studies undergraduate and graduate programs and supervises the internship program, and teaches "Introduction to Museum Studies" and "Museum Methods," as well as courses in archaeology. Active in museum associations and area museums, Dr. Kryder-Reid serves on the Eiteljorg Museum Program Council, the Indianapolis Museum of Art Oldfields Committee, and the Morris Butler House Advisory Committee . Dr. Kryder-Reid's research interests are in landscape archaeology and history and the public presentation of the past at historic sites. Her current work is on the California missions and their landscapes.

Jennifer Mikulay - Public Scholar of Visual Culture, Assistant Professor, Museum Studies and Herron School of Art, Department of Fine Art.
Dr. Mikulay received her Ph.D. in Visual Culture Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison where she wrote her dissertation "The Public's Art: Participatory Gestures and Contemporary Practice." She brings to the position a depth of experience in community-based public art projects, including an internet photography archive of images of Alexander Calder's "La Grande Vitesse", and experience in teaching visual culture and public art. As Public Scholar of Visual Culture, Dr. Mikulay will be working with students and with a variety of community partners to develop curatorial and educational projects related to public art and visual culture.

Matthew Groshek - Public Scholar of Exhibit Planning and Design, Assistant Professor, Museum Studies and Herron School of Art, Department of Visual Communication.
After being the principal of his own interpretive design firm for fifteen years, Professor Groshek joined the faculty to develop an integrated curriculum in exhibit planning and design. He teaches the core exhibits course, as well as “Museums and Technology” and a series of project-based classes in exhibit design. Professor Groshek’s research interests are in the politics and aesthetics of display, and in interpreting sustainable practice in local, place-based structures. He is currently working on the Indianapolis Green Map Project and develops projects with community partners on an on-going basis.

Modupe  joined the faculty in August, 2007. She comes to the Museum Studies Program after having worked as the Chief Historian at the Colorado Historical Society, where her responsibilities included developing exhibition interpretation, supervising the historical marker program, and working with volunteers and community groups.  She earned her doctorate in history, and taught African history and women’s history for several years. Dr. Labode’s research interests include interpretation of African American and African Diaspora history in museums and historic sites.  She teaches courses in the History Department, the Museum Studies Program, and the African American and African Diaspora Studies Programs.

Elizabeth (Elee) Wood - Public Scholar of Museums, Families and Learning, Assistant Professor Museum Studies and Teacher Education . Dr. Wood joined the Museum Studies program in fall 2005. As both practitioner in the field of non-formal learning in museums and theatre, Dr. Wood’s academic interests include the role of objects in learning and human development, play as learning, learning experiences in community-based settings, and critical reflection in teaching youth and adults. Prior to joining the faculty at IUPUI she spent five years as director of the MN Youth Work Institute at the University of Minnesota and faculty in the Youth Development Leadership program. She spent six years at the Minnesota Children’s Museum, St. Paul, MN creating unique learning environments and programs for children and families. She has worked with children and youth for over 15 years in a variety of non-formal learning settings. Dr. Wood has ten years experience directing youth theatre programs and is the author of five musical theatre play scripts for children.

Larry J. Zimmerman - Larry J. Zimmerman: Public Scholar of Native American Representation, Professor, Museum Studies and Anthropology, IU School of Liberal Arts.
An anthropologist specializing in the archaeology of the Great Plains and Midwest, Dr. Zimmerman is Public Scholar of Native American Representation. His position is partly supported by the Eiteljorg Museum where he works with the curators and other staff members on a wide range of American Indian issues. Dr. Zimmerman is active in a number of organizations. He is now Vice-President of the World Archaeological Congress and an elected member of the Ethics Committee for the American Anthropological Association, as well as chair of the Register of Professional Archaeologists’ Nominations Committee. He has served as chair of the Ethics Committee for the Society for American Archaeology and chair of that organization’s Native American Scholarship Committee. He is author or editor of twenty books and more than 200 articles, chapters, reviews, and technical reports. He teaches several courses in anthropology and museums studies related to Native Americans, as well as Museum Collections. His research interests include Plains/Midwest archaeology, ethics in archaeology, relationships between indigenous people, museums and archaeology, and public archaeology. He has recently started a project on the archaeology of homelessness.