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H. Mitch Cook-Graver

he/him

Class of 2027

Email: hcookg@uw.edu

 

EducationMitch Cook-Graver

BA, Evolutionary Anthropology, Minor Museum Studies, University of New Mexico, 2022

Certificate in Honors Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts, UNM Honors College

MA Museology, 蘑菇视频, 2027

Biography

Mitch is a graduate student at the 蘑菇视频 pursing his M.A. in Museology. Born and raised in a southwestern suburb of Chicago, he spent two years volunteering as a docent at the Field Museum of Natural History. This experience, among many others, led Mitch to further pursue museum evaluation, education, and interpretation at 蘑菇视频. Right now, outside of coursework, he is an employee of the Wilson-Mantilla Paleontology lab. At work, he trains new lab members in screen-washing and sorting fossiliferous sediment from the Hell Creek formation in Montana. This hands-on experience uniquely positions Mitch between the visitor-facing and the inward-facing (collections) side of museums. Mitch envisions a future where science literacy reaches an all-time high through effective museum interpretation. He wants to make the world a better place by spreading the good word of evolution and science.

Areas of Interest

Interpretation

Evaluation

Natural history

Projects, Publications and Presentations

Presentation: “Before We Were Us: Explaining Change Over Time to Anyone,” at American Association of Biological Anthropologists 2024 (AABA), (part of workshop “Up Goer Five: Communicating Biological Anthropology Using English鈥檚 Ten Hundred Most Common Words”)

Poster: UNM Anthropology Honors Thesis, AABA 2023