Sorry, but I have only just picked up this on my return from holiday.

Are you restricting your search to the USA or would you consider England?

We have here in the Department of Arts Policy and Management at City over
15 years' experience of high level research work in audience
research and evaluation, and have several PhDs in progress that may
complement your are of interest (eg. evaluation of museum-based
multi-media education initiatives), and all three museum and gallery
specialists in our academic staff of eight have education
qualifications and extensive professional experience.

Our more than 30 PhD students can also participate in our MA programme
modules (eg. in this case eg. "Education and Museums and Galleries" or "Arts
Audiences" specialist option modules for our MA in Museum and Gallery
Management and MA in Arts Management degrees).

You can find out more about our Department and programmes on our Web site:

        http://www.city.ac.uk/artspol/index.html

Elsewhere in London, King's College, University of London, has graduated
several PhDs in this sort of area in recent years, especially in
relation to science museum learning and evaluation.

Patrick J. Boylan  (Professor of Arts Policy and Management)

City University, Frobisher Crescent, Barbican, London EC2Y 8HB, UK;
phone: +44-171-477.8750, fax:+44-171-477.8887; e-mail: [log in to unmask]
World Wide Web site: http://www.city.ac.uk/artspol/index.html

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On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, JCA Boeyens wrote:

> Hi there
>
> I have had some very useful advice re my search for a PhD programme
> in the US. What it has mainly shown me is that I was asking the wrong
> question so I am going to try again.
>
> My background is in archaeology and especially in paleoanthropology
> and human biology. My postgraduate work has focused on museum
> education, attitudes to museums and the image of museums in society.
> My subsequent research experience has dealt with adult education,
> evaluation of museum programmes and attracting new audeinces to
> museums.
>
> My question: Can anyone point to faculties or individuals in
> archaeology/anthropology or education who are interested in evaluation
> of education in museums and possibly more broadly.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Kathryn Mathers
> Pretoria
>