Faculty Profile: Lisa Libby
Lisa
Libby is an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Anthropology. She is a specialist
in museum studies who completed her BA degree in anthropology and art history
at the State University of New York College at Oneonta and a master's degree in
History Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Until January
2007, Ms. Libby worked full-time as the Manager of Education/Public Programs at
Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York. At present, she works as a
consultant for museum exhibit design projects for such institutions as The
Farmers’ Museum, Fenimore Art Museum and the National Museum of Dance in
Saratoga Springs, New York. Since 2001, Ms. Libby has designed and
installed forty exhibits.
Ms. Libby has
taught courses in World Cultures and Visual Anthropology. Currently, she is
developing a course on cultural representation within museums. A sincere
interest in how specific cultures are portrayed in the museum environment led
her to create a class especially geared to explore such topics as “documenting
others.” It is her assertion that students will not only gain practical skills
related to exhibit design but also a sense of responsibility and reverence when
it comes to representing cultures other than their own.
Courses
taught by Ms. Libby:
ANTH 210
Anthropological Folklore
ANTH 312
Exhibiting Cultures in Museums
ANTH 390
Issues in Anthropology
E-Mail: Lisa.Libby@oneonta.edu