Brenda Cowan
Brenda Cowan is a Professor and former Chairperson of Graduate Exhibition & Experience Design at the SUNY/Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where she instructs in areas including exhibition development and evaluation; object and museum studies; research methodologies and audience studies. Her background includes work for museums and design firms in the roles of interpreter, exhibition developer, education director, evaluator, and project manager. Brenda is a Fulbright Scholar in the disciplines of museums, objects and mental health. Her theory of Psychotherapeutic Object Dynamics has been presented for the American Alliance of Museums; Museums of Hope; MidAtlantic Association of Museums; National Museums of World Culture, Sweden; and published with the National Association for Museum Exhibition; Society for Environmental Graphic Design; O Magazine; and Huffington Post Science. Her most recent book is Museum Objects, Health and Healing: The Relationship between Exhibitions and Wellness published by Routledge Taylor & Francis. Brenda’s recent work includes evaluating wellbeing and healing in an exhibition at the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, with Syrian refugees and immigrants. She is currently co-host of a podcast about design and museum experiences titled Matters of Experience, and is co-editing a volume on the subject of flourishing in museums.
Links
Brenda Cowan Personal:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-cowan-01bb94140/
https://www.psychotherapeuticobjectdynamics.com
Podcast:
https://loremipsumcorp.com/matters-of-experience/
FIT Exhibition & Experience Design:
https://www.fitnyc.edu/academics/academic-divisions/graduate-studies/exhibition-design/index.php
Instagram: @fitgradexd #fitgxd #fitgradexd
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FITGradEXD