Barbara Rothermel Author

Barbara Rothermel is director of the Daura Museum of Art and Associate Professor of Museum Studies at the University of Lynchburg, Virginia. Dr. Rothermel holds a BA in art and cultural history from Hood College (a self-designed interdisciplinary major in art history, history, interior design, and communications), an MLS in museum studies with a concentration in art history from the University of Oklahoma, and a PhD in museum studies from the University of Leicester, where her dissertation concerns the university art museum as a catalyst for interdisciplinary faculty collaboration. Dr. Rothermel is a past member of the Board of the University Museums and Collections of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-UMAC) and the Association of College and University Museums and Galleries (AAMG) and Council of the Virginia Association of Museums.