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Jessica Luke

Senior Lecturer, Director, Museology Graduate Program

jjluke@uw.edu

Box 359485

Phone: 206-685-3496

Specializations

Learning in Museums: critical thinking, play, and social emotional learning
Family Involvement in Learning

Research Areas

Biography

Jessica Luke is a Senior Lecturer in the Information School at the University of Washington as well as the Director of the Museology Graduate Program. Luke’s research focuses on museums and youth development, family learning, and parent involvement. She is interested in the role that museums play in information behavior and early learning and how these impact human development over an entire life span. Luke has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Maryland, a Master’s in Museum Studies from the University of Toronto, and a B.A. in Art History and Political Studies from Queen’s University.

Education

Ph D, Educational Psychology, University of Maryland, 2009
M.M.St., Museum Studies, University of Toronto, 1998
BA, Art History and Political Studies , Queen's University, 1995

Memberships

American Alliance of Museums
American Educational Research Association
Association of Children's Museums
National Art Education Association
Visitor Studies Association

Publications and Contributions

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Play in children’s museums: A path forward or a point of tension? (2017)
Curator: The Museum Journal, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 37-46 Authors: Jessica Luke, Susan Letourneau, Nicole Rivera, Lisa Brahms, Sarah May
Journal Article, Professional Journal

The impact of art museum dementia-based programming on participating care partners (2016)
Journal of Museum Education, Volume 41, Issue 31, Page 210-219 Authors: Katherine Lamar, Jessica J Luke
Journal Article, Professional Journal

An art therapy study of visitor reactions to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (2015)
Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 21-43 Authors: D. J. Betts, J. S. Potash, Jessica Luke, M. Kelso
Journal Article, Professional Journal

Children's museum research agenda (2014)
Hand to Hand: Association of Children's Museums Journal Authors: Jessica J Luke, Victoria Garvin
Journal Article, Academic Journal

The role of evaluation in re-imagining the art museum (2014)
Journal of Museum Education, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 197-206 Authors: Jessica Luke, J. E. Ancelet
Journal Article, Professional Journal

Museums and parent involvement: A landscape review (2013)
Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship, Volume 28, Issue 5, Page 491-507 Authors: K. Tezcan-Akmehmet, Jessica Luke

Presentations

Audience research and evaluation in public gardens (2018)
Museum Advocates - Nashville, TN
Getting serious about the value of play in children’s museums (2017)
Annual Meeting of the Association of Children's Museums - Pasadena, CA
Innovative evaluations (2017)
Puget Sound Grantwriters Association - Seattle, WA
Audience research and evaluation in public gardens (2016)
American Public Garden Association Education Symposium - Seattle, WA
Let’s talk about play (2016)
Annual meeting of the Association of Children’s Museums - Stamford, CT
What do we really mean? The power of museum jargon (2016)
Annual meeting of the American Alliance of Museums - Washington, DC
A discussion about work life balance (2015)
KidsQuest Children's Museum - Bellevue, WA
Audience evaluation and engagement in small, local history museums (2015)
4Culture - Seattle, WA
Ensuring the success of your grant-funded programs (2015)
Puget Sound Grantwriters Association - Seattle, WA
From field to institution: Putting research agendas into action (2015)
Annual Meeting of the Visitor Studies Association - Indianapolis, IN
Re-Imagining family-centered design (2015)
Annual Meeting of the American Alliance of Museums - Atlanta, GA
What can we do to make museums more engaging for families and early learners? (2015)
Burke Museum of Natural History - Seattle, WA
Consultant-institution partnerships for strengthening evaluation capacity (2014)
Panel session conducted at the annual meeting of the Visitor Studies Association - Albuquerque, NM
Growing a culture of research in museums (2014)
Panel session conducted at the annual meeting of the American Alliance of Museums, Visitor Studies Association - Seattle, WA
Lessons learned from institutionalizing evaluation in art museums (2014)
Panel session conducted at the annual meeting of the American Alliance of Museums - Seattle, WA
Our shared journey (2014)
Graduation Keynote Speech, Museology Graduate Program - Seattle, WA
Research agendas and field-wide capacity-building (2014)
Panel session conducted at the annual meeting of the Visitor Studies Association - Albuquerque, NM
What we know and don?t know from research in the arts (2014)
The Intersection of Research and Policy: Arts and Culture Symposium, Crystal Bridges Art Museum - Bentonville, AR
Applying research results to practice (2013)
Session conducted at the annual meeting of the National Art Education Association - Fort Worth, TX
Developing a field-wide research agenda (2013)
Session conducted at the annual meeting of the Association of Children's Museums - Pittsburgh, PA
Research to practice: Developing actionable strategies (2013)
A half-day workshop conducted at the annual meeting of the Visitor Studies Association - Milwaukee, WI
The value of children?s museums (2013)
Presentation for Board of Directors, KidsQuest Children's Museums - Bellevue, WA