Adam Reed Rozan

Adam Reed Rozan is the director of programs and audience development at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. He is widely recognized as an audience-engagement innovator, a champion of change, and an advocate for visitors. He is a founding member of the International Audience Engagement (IAE) network, based in Melbourne, and an International Advisory Board member to The COMuseum in Athens, Greece.

MuseumNext Museums, Health & Wellbeing Summit
Wednesday, 02 February 2022

Supporting Museum Staff in a Trauma-Infused World

Museums today confront a variety of social, political, environmental concerns and challenges. While necessary, these efforts are not without consequence for museum and culture sector employees. What happens when the commonplace stresses of work and life move beyond the interpersonal or organisational into trauma-based ones, and staff must confront and cope with such realities? In this workshop, hear how the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History partnered with the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at the State University of New York at New Paltz to confront such challenges and how your organisation can begin this process as well.

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