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Karen Knutson knutson@pitt.edu LRDC 819 |
Associate Director, UPCLOSE
Director of Research & Evaluation, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Ph.D. Curriculum Studies 2000, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
M.A. Art History 1995, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
B.A. (hons.) Art History 1992, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
Invited speaker to Future of Libraries and Museums in the 21st Century Meeting at the National Academies July 7-8, 2008.
Board Member, Visitor Studies Association
Invited speaker to Learning Science in Informal Environments committee of the National Academy of Sciences. (September, 2006).
Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Award, Association of Science and Technology Centers, 2005, for the UPCLOSE partnership with the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh.
Program Chair, Visitor Studies Association Conference, 2006.
Attended the Museum Leadership Institute Program at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, July 9-29, 2005.
Met Life Promising Practice award from the Association of Children's Museums, awarded to the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh and UPCLOSE, 2004.
Named as a collaborator on a G-Mark Good Design Award, Special Prize of the Chairman Jury that was given to NHK and the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan, 2004
Heinz Endowments, Creating a Place for Family Learning: The Transformation of a Children's Museum, 2003-2006, Werner, Knutson, & Crowley, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh and UPCLOSE.
Karen's research is focused on visitor learning and organizational practices in museums. She has worked with museums on curatorial and curriculum development projects, and conducted a large scale nation-wide study of visitor learning in museums.
Knutson, K. (2008, July). Expertise and experience: Museums, a place for talk. Position Paper for the National Academies: Future of Libraries and Museums in the 21st Century, Washington DC., 7-8 July 2008.
Sanford, C., Knutson, K., & Crowley, K. (2007). We Always Spend Time Together on Sundays: Grandparents and informal learning. Visitor Studies, 10(2), 136-151.
Leinhardt, G. & Knutson, K. (2006). Grandparents speak: Museum conversations across the generations. Curator, 49(2), 235-252.
Knutson, K. & Crowley, K. (2005). Museum as learning laboratory: Developing and using a practical theory of informal learning. Hand to Hand, 18(4), 4-5.
Crowley, K. & Knutson, K (2005). Museum as learning laboratory: Bringing research and practice together. Hand to Hand, 19(1), 3-6.
Leinhardt, G. & Knutson, K. (2004). Listening in on Museum Conversations. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press.
Knutson, K. & Crowley, K. (2004). Review of “Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum.” Science Education, 88 (2), 297-300.
Leinhardt, G., Knutson, K., Crowley, K. (2003). Museum Learning Collaborative redux. Journal of Museum Education, 28(1), 23-31.
Knutson, K. (2002). Creating a space for Learning: Curators, educators and the implied audience. In Leinhardt, G., Crowley, K., & Knutson, K. (Eds.). Learning Conversations in Museums. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Leinhardt, G., Crowley, K., & Knutson, K. (Eds.). (2002). Learning Conversations in Museums. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Leinhardt, G., Tittle, C., & Knutson, K. (2002). Talking to oneself: Diaries of museum visits. In G. Leinhardt, K. Crowley, & K. Knutson (Eds.), Learning conversations in museums (pp. 103 - 132). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
