Therese Quinn
Professor and Director of Program in Museum and Exhibition Studies
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About
Therese Quinn, Director of Museum and Exhibition Studies and Affiliated Faculty with Gender & Women’s Studies and Curriculum Studies, has worked as an exhibit researcher, developer, and evaluator for the Field Museum of Natural History, the Chicago Children’s Museum, the California Academy of the Sciences, and other cultural institutions. She received National Endowment for the Humanities (2018, 2017) and Fulbright (Finland, 2009) awards; and is a founding member of the Illinois Deaths in Custody Project (IDCP), Chicagoland Researchers and Advocates for Transformative Education (CReATE), and Teachers Against Militarized Education (TAME). Her most recent books are Surviving the Long Wars: Creative Rebellion at the Ends of Empire (2025, Bridge Books, co-edited with Aaron Hughes, Ronak K. Kapadia, Meranda Roberts, and Amber Zora) and School: Questions About Museums, Culture and Justice to Explore in Your Classroom (2020, Teachers College Press), and she has published articles and other writings widely, including in American Quarterly, the Journal of Critical Military Studies, the Journal of Museum Education, the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education, and Rethinking Schools.
Education
PhD, Curriculum Studies, University of Illinois Chicago