Graduate Student Contributors

Leslie Meyer

Leslie Meyer assisted with the IME's web portal evaluation by researching current practices, developing an annotated bibliography, and creating an evaluation feedback form. After graduating with a B.A. in History from Rice University in 2003, she enrolled in the Seton Hall University Museum Professions program, focusing on Museum Registration and Collection Management, in 2006. Her thesis topic is Under Construction: Registration Practice during Museum Building and Construction. Originally from Texas, Leslie intends to pursue her museum career there.

Erin Peters

Erin Peters contributed reviews to this web portal. She is a graduate student in the Exhibition Management track of the Museum Professions program at Seton Hall University. After graduating from Arizona State University in 2003 with a B.A. in Art History, Erin received an M.A. in Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology from the University of Memphis' Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology in 2007. She is excited to be involved with the new Institute of Museum Ethics at Seton Hall.

Mark B. Schlemmer

As part of the evaluation team of the IME, Mark B. Schlemmer conducted research on the creation, management and evaluation of virtual communities to assess and advise on the new web portal.
Mark will finish his M.A. in Museum Professions at Seton Hall University in May of 2008. His interests include time-based media and the documentation of contemporary art. He intends to pursue a museum career in the New York City area.

Heather Hope Stephens

Heather Hope Stephens contributed to the annotated bibliography. She will complete her M.A. in Museum Professions at Seton Hall University in 2008, and will continue her education this fall at DePaul University College of Law (Chicago, IL). Previously, Heather Hope received her B.A. in Art History from Douglass College (New Brunswick, NJ) in 2002, and a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Art History from SACI (Florence, Italy) in 2005. As an undergraduate, she also took part in the Semester at Sea program, visiting nine countries during the 100-day voyage. She is particularly interested in the legal issues confronting museums and private collectors, and hopes to work as general counsel to a museum upon completion of her J.D. in 2011.

Maria Silvestri

Maria Silvestri has helped coordinate the inaugural IME conference. She is in her second year of the Exhibitions Development track in the Museum Professions program. Her undergraduate degree is also from Seton Hall, where she majored in Art History and Italian. She has interned at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and at the International Center of Photography in New York City, and has conducted research in and about museums in eastern Slovakia. As a result of her involvement with the Institute of Museum Ethics, Maria has been exposed to ethics-related issues in museums and plans to carry this knowledge into her professional career.