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ABOUT ME
Anna L. Weissman, PhD is a curator, researcher, and educator specializing in American decorative arts and historic interiors. Her work centers material culture as a lens into identity, memory, and social change, with a focus on inclusive storytelling in historic house settings. Anna has held curatorial roles at History Colorado, the Historic Barker Mansion, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. She is passionate about translating rigorous research into accessible public experiences, and brings over a decade of teaching experience to her interpretive practice.​
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Anna holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Florida, where her teaching and research emphasized nationalism and the regulation of family and kinship structures. Her published work includes Troubling Motherhood: Interrogations of Maternity in Global Politics (Oxford University Press, 2020), as well as contributions to the Routledge Handbook of Gender and Security, GLBT Family Studies, and The International Feminist Journal of Politics.
Her interdisciplinary training in political science, anthropology, gender studies, and history informs a broad intellectual approach to questions of power, exclusion, and identity.
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For more specifics on my background, expertise, and experience, check out my CV:
A Domestic Life Curator's approach to history and our homes
EDUCATION
PH.D., POLITICAL SCIENCE,
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
2019
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE, WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES,
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
2015
M.A., POLITICAL SCIENCE,
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
2014
B.A., INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,
LAKE FOREST COLLEGE (LAKE FOREST, IL)
2010
TEACHINGÂ EXPERIENCE
curriculum development and instruction
INSTRUCTOR UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
2018 - 2019
Department of Political Science
Politics of Eastern Europe (CPO 3614/EUS 3930; Fall 2018)
​Designed new 17-week upper-level course including all pedagogical materials, student learning outcomes, exam assessments, and weekly assignments
Designed and managed course's web-based learning management system
INSTRUCTOR, SANTA FE COLLEGE (GAINESVILLE, FL)
2015 - 2019
Department of Behavioral Sciences
Introduction to American Politics (POS 2041; Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2017, Fall 2017)
Introduction to Global Politics (INR 2001; Spring 2017 - three sections)
Designed new 16-week general education courses including all pedagogical materials, student learning outcomes, exam assessments, and weekly assignments
Designed and managed courses' web-based learning management system​
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Department of Political Science
Introduction to International Relations (INR 2001; Fall 2014, Spring 2015, online Summer 2015)
Politics of World Economy (INR 3034; Spring 2012)​
Designed and managed all course assessments and web-based learning management systems
Designed, wrote, and filmed 10 presentations for INR course offered online via Camtasia
2012 - 2015
