Abaigeal Duda Email & Phone Number

Northampton, MA

Instructor for "Seeing the Art in History" and "Integrating the Visual Arts into the Classroom" courses for middle and high school teachers (graduate credit or PDPs).

Brought in to manage grant-driven documentary project examining North Shore immigrant population. Oversaw team of teenage interns to produce film, "Old Places, New Faces: Immigrant Experiences Shaping Boston's North Shore," which premiered in January 2008.

• Managed a team of curators, educators, and consultants to develop a new interactive, technology-based gallery education program to be gallery-tested.
• Was instrumental in selecting and coordinating with an outside evaluator.

• Museum Educator at Peabody Essex Museum for Salem in History.
• Manager, Researcher, Instructor for $900,000 grant program awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to the Salem Public School System in partnership with the Peabody Essex Museum, National Park Service, and Salem.
• Participants deepened their understanding of American History and acquired the skills and materials necessary to teach national themes through local primary sources.
• Created companion website and an Educators' Guide to the Peabody Essex Museum's American Collections.

Grant-writer and Development Consultant for nonprofit organizations. Researched grant opportunities, prepared grant proposals, and created reports and summaries for funders and donors.

• Instructor for History of Art I and History of Art II coursesCommittee member, Writing Across Campus Initiative, fall 2002Prepared a portfolio of changes in teaching methodology, materials, and assignments based on.
• Committee member for pilot web-portal program
• Created website for class including assignments, study images, and syllabi
• Initiated use of electronic slides for art history classroom instruction at Berklee

Instructor in art history for pre-college program.

• Exhibition Consultant for the exhibition, The Sculpture Path, September 15, 2001 – October 28, 2002, which featured 25 works of contemporary sculpture in an outdoor installation.
• Also offered services in public relations, fundraising, and educational programming

Exhibition Administrator for 10,000 square-foot exhibitions, American Folk (April 8, 2001 – August 5, 2001) and Dangerous Curves: Art of the Guitar (November 5, 2000 – February 25, 2001). Previously held additional positions, including work in the Interpretation Division of the Education and Public Programs Department and in External Relations working in.

A.B.D., American Studies

Returned to program in 2008 and expect to complete Ph.D. dissertation in 2010.

B.A., American Studies