Engagement and Access

Juilee Decker is an associate professor of Museum Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) where she teaches courses focusing on museums and technology so as to bring theory and praxis together in the classroom environment. Decker earned her Ph. D. from Case Western Reserve University. Her research interests and curation include the construction of public and private collections as well as the subjects of public art commemoration and memory. Decker's recent curatorial activity includes A Passionate Pursuit: The Milward Collection an exhibition addressing the formation of a private collection of more than 1000 works of art (2012); Reflections on a Louisville Landmark a juried show and an exhibition of historic maps photographs and texts for the Louisville Visual Art Association; and Virginia Woolf and the Natural World an international exhibition to coincide with the 20th annual Wolf conference (2010). She has worked as a public art consultant and advisor for more than 15 years and has managed several public and private collections of public art. Since 2008 she has served as editor of Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals a peer-reviewed journal published by Rowman and Littlefield. Language: English