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Museum Consultant 1998 to present
- Knock Knock Children's Museum: Baton Rouge, LA: Museum Master Plan (new museum)
- National Museum of Aruba: Aruba: Archaeology Museum: Family Experience Specialist (expanded museum)
- Kansas Discovery Center: Topeka, KS: Museum Master Plan (new museum)
- Healthy Kids Initiative: Children’s Discovery Museum,
Normal, IL (Exhibit Master Plan)
- Imaginosity!, Dublin, Ireland: Museum Master Plan (new museum)
- Nevada Discovery Museum, Reno, NV: Exhibit Master Plan; Design Phase Content Specialist (new museum)
- Guangdong Science Center: Children’s WonderLand, Guangzhou, China: content development (new museum)
- The New Children’s Museum of Tampa, FL: Exhibit Master Plan (museum expansion)
- McKenna Children's Museum, New Braunfels, TX: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum)
- Children's Museum of Naples, FL: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum)
- Peoria Playhouse Children's Museum, IL: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum)
- Children's Museum of Iredell County (NC): Exhibit Master Plan (new museum)
- Children's Museum of Central New Jersey: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum)
- Phoenix Family Museum: Content Specialist (new museum)
- Mid-Michigan Children's Museum: Exhibit Master Plan, Exhibit Design Phase Content Specialist (new museum)
- Austin Children's Museum: Exhibit Developer, Freeman Foundation Asian Initiative; Exhibit Developer, Rising Star Ranch (Infant-Toddler Area); Exhibit Planning, 'Growing Up', NSF-funded exhibit
- Madison Children's Museum: Museum Expansion Preliminary Plan; First Feats Exhibit Developer
(*exhibit was winner of Metropolitan Life-AYM Innovative Practices Award)
- Winston-Salem Children's Museum: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum)
- Kohl Children's Museum: Museum Expansion Exhibit Master Plan, Content Specialist Exhibit Design Phase
- Kohl/McCormick Teaching Awards Story Bus Moveable Museum: Exhibit Master Plan; Project Management
- Children's Museum of Brownsville, Texas: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum); Project Management
- 1913 Schoolhouse Museum, Boynton Beach, Florida: Museum conceptual plan
- Louisiana Children's Museum: Exhibit development
Director of Exhibits: Kohl Children's Museum
1992 to 1998
- 1998: The Shoes We Use. 1000 square feet; budget $125,000
- 1997: Mighty Maze. 800 square feet; budget $10,000
- 1997: StarMax Technology Center. 800 square feet; $110,000
- 1996: Chagall for Children. 1300 square feet; budget $220,000
- 1996: Election '96. 600 square feet; budget $20,000
- 1995: Construction Zone. 1,000 square feet; budget $125,000
- 1995: H20: 500 square feet; budget $105,000
- 1994: People: 1,200 square feet; budget $250,000
- 1994: All Aboard: 1,000 square feet; budget $45,000
- 1993: Recycle: 1,000 square feet; budget $30,000
- 1993: Traveling Recycle House; budget $25,000
- 1993: Art and Technology Center: 1,200 square feet; $15,000
- 1992: Election ë92: 500 square feet; budget $5,000
- 1992: State of Illinois Daycare Center Playroom: budget $10,000
Publications
- 2005: Applying Research to Children’s Museum Exhibits. Hand to Hand, Quarterly Journal Association of Children’s Museums
- 2001: The Story Song lyrics; music by Ella Jenkins
- 1999: The Play's the Thing: Parent's Guide to Children's Media.
- 1998: What is a Good Toy? Parent's Guide to Children's Media
- 1998: Designing for Play. Hand to Hand, Quarterly Journal Association of Children’s Museums
- 1997: Computer Connections: Using Computers to Bring People Together. Hand to Hand, Quarterly Journal Association of Children’s Museums
- 1996: The Adult’s Role in Children’s Museums. Hand to Hand Quarterly Journal Association of Children’s Museums
- 1993: Children’s Concept of Play: A Study in Four Countries. Women Researching Play: Sweden
- 1993: Toys and Play. Toy Manufacturers of America: New York.
- 1993: Play and the growth of competence. In C. Schaefer (Ed.),
The Therapeutic Powers of Play.Northvale, NJ: Aronson.
- 1990: Play is For All: Toy Libraries in an International Perspective. Women Researching Play: Sweden
- 1988: Come Play With Us. Parent booklet on play and toys. McKids Children’s Stores: Chicago.
- 1984-1990:“Toybox” column in Childsplay, newsletter of the U.S. Toy Library Association.
- 1986: Toys for Growing: Choosing Toys That Develop Skills. Chicago: Yearbook Medical Publishers.
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