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Camellia Sanford cas77@pitt.edu LRDC, 1st floor |
Graduate Student Researcher, UPCLOSE
Research Fellow, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh, candidate for Ph.D. in Cognitive Studies, 2004-present
Junior Research Assistant, Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz 2003-2004
B.A., Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2003
B.A., Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2003
Media Arts Intern, Capital Children's Museum, 2002
For the past few years, my research has focused on the ways in which families can engage in meaningful conversation within informal settings. I am currently investigating whether older adults and their grandchildren use learning environments such as museums and the web as spaces where they can learn and talk together. I hope that this research strand will help me to identify the unique properties of different learning environments as well as be able to see how these settings can work in conjunction with one another.
I am also involved in exhibit prototyping and evaluation at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. My work at the museum has allowed me to begin to form a shared dialogue with museum staff about the messages that museums send visitors, the types of disciplinary content that are or are not discussed at exhibits, and the ways in which museums can foster meaningful experiences for their audience.
Sanford, C., Knutson, K., & Crowley, K. (in press). "We always spend time together on Sundays": How grandparents and their grandchildren think about and use informal spaces. Visitor Studies.
Sanford, C. (2007, April). How Grandparents and Their Grandchildren Think About and Use Informal Spaces. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Sanford, C. (2006, April). Web and Museum: Intergenerational Learning in Two Informal Settings. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
