Emily Potter-Ndiaye leads museum programs that leverage history, art, and cultural heritage to spark and contextualize meaningful contemporary dialogue. Currently the Dwight and Kirsten Poler & Andrew W. Mellon Head of Education and Curator of Academic Programs at the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, she oversees student and faculty engagement through class visits, student employment/internship/mentoring, public programs, and inclusive interpretation. Her programmatic focus is on shared authority practice in museums, and bridging the divide between emerging scholarship and public humanities/cultural experiences through curricula, student leadership opportunities, and student-generated scholarship. Emily Potter-Ndiaye received an MA in Museum Studies from NYU and a BA in History and African Studies from Macalester College. Prior to her work at the Mead, she was Director of Education at Brooklyn Historical Society and led education programs at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, the New-York Historical Society, and Institution Marc Perrot in Dakar, Senegal.

Board Member Since: 2017

Current Position:  Co-Chair of Editorial Team, Member of the Leadership Team