A lecturer and researcher at Johns Hopkins University, Advanced Academic Programs in Museum Studies, Laura-Edythe S. Coleman, Ph.D., recently published Understanding and Implementing Inclusion in Museums, a theoretical guidebook for museum professionals, theorists, professors, and researchers.

As part of Rowman & Littlefield’s professional series for the American Alliance of Museums, Understanding and Implementing Inclusion in Museums seeks to define the idea of “inclusion,” work that Coleman says has been scarcely done. The book is the pioneer text to focus exclusively on “inclusion” in museums with such a strong focus on American institutions and is intended to guide professionals to understanding, implementing, and evaluating inclusion in museums to prompt social change.

Coleman holds a Ph.D. in Information Science and a Masters of Library and Information Studies from FSU’s School of Information. She resides in Tallahassee and is an adjunct professor in the iSchool at FSU and lecturer for Johns Hopkins University online. Coleman considers herself a Museum Informaticist, working at the apex of museums, information, people, and technology. To learn more about her work, please visit her website.

The book will debut at the American Alliance of Museums’ 2018 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo in Phoenix, Arizona, in early May. To purchase a copy of Understanding and Implementing Inclusion in Museums, click here.