DEBORAH L. MACK

Deborah L. Mack consults extensively on museum, interpretive, academic, and cultural tourism issues with organizations in the United States and abroad. She is one of the original five scholars appointed by the Smithsonian Institution to an advisory committee for the planned National Museum of African American History and Culture. She has been involved with the development of the museum since 2002 as a consultant and advisor. Debbie’s professional positions have included manager of exhibits and education programs at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati; research associate and curator of the Program of African Studies at Northwestern University; and project director of Africa, the Field Museum's major permanent installation on the biology, cultures, and environments of Africa.

Among recent exhibitions Debbie has developed are Western Legacies, a 7,000-square-foot permanent exhibition on the African American presence in the West, for the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, Denver Public Library; and The Art of African Women: Empowering Traditions, a photography exhibition for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.

Debbie has a PhD in anthropology and a BA in geography. She has taught anthropology and African studies; worked in museum collections, film production, and anthropological research; and developed, led, and lectured for heritage tourism programs in the United States and Africa. She is an active member and board member of a number of professional organizations; serves on the advisory board of McIntosh SEED (Sustainable Environmental and Economic Development), in McIntosh County, Georgia; and served two three-year terms on the advisory Smithsonian Council.

Deborah L. Mack
PO Box 1987 
Savannah GA 31402-1987
912 443-3032 phone
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240 888-0028 mobile
dlmack2000@yahoo.com

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