Dr. Jen Thum is Associate Director of Academic & Campus Partnerships and a Research Curator at the Harvard Art Museums. In these roles she oversees university-level interdisciplinary learning; directs a gallery-teaching training program for graduate students across Harvard; facilitates object-based learning workshops for faculty and students; teaches the museums’ medical humanities programs; and works on research, teaching, and curatorial projects related to her expertise in ancient Egyptian art. Jen holds a Ph.D. in Archaeology and the Ancient World from Brown University and an M.Phil. in Egyptology from the University of Oxford. She is the author/editor of multiple publications at the intersection of Egyptology and museum pedagogy, including Teaching Ancient Egypt in Museums: Pedagogies in Practice; Teaching about the Ancient World in Museums: Pedagogies in Practice; and Objects of Inquiry: A Field Guide to Interdisciplinary Learning in Art Museums. Jen currently serves as the Archaeological Institute of America’s Vice President for Outreach and Education.
Associate Director of Academic & Campus Partnerships and Research Curator, Harvard Art Museums