After an extensive search, the Harry Ransom Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Erica Nunn-Kinias (second from left in photo) as the Center’s Associate Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs. Nunn-Kinias comes to the Center from Colorado, where she was Program Director for the Gallery and Museum Management Masters at Western Colorado University. She previously served as a Curator at Chiddingstone Castle in the United Kingdom and as Executive Director of the Telluride Historical Museum. Ransom Center Director, Stephen Enniss, noted it was the combination of her intellectual curiosity and her practical knowledge of museum practice that made her stand out. “My colleagues and I look forward to working with Erica to advance the Ransom Center’s reach and impact on campus and far beyond it.” [Read more…] about Welcome Erica Nunn-Kinias, New Associate Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs
Meet the Staff
Summer Intern: Malachi McMahon
This summer, the Harry Ransom Center’s Preservation and Conservation Department opened its doors to undergraduate interns in order to provide hands-on experience in the field. One of those interns is Malachi McMahon. A rising senior at Prairie View A&M University, McMahon is spending a month learning about preservation, conservation, digitization, and more.
There are few routine days on the job for McMahon, whose favorite days have included learning about the binding, design, and construction of 16th-century bibles and making isinglass, a natural glue made from gelatin and sturgeon bladders.
If you have any interest in fine arts or literature, history, this would be a great place to find a new experience and perspective.
—MALACHI MCMAHON
“I expected to do more paperwork, but I’m actually glad that I’m doing more hands-on training,” McMahon said. In addition to these new skills, McMahon says he will take other lessons back to school in the fall. “I learned how to be more professional and how to carry myself in a professional setting.”