Danielle Raad

Danielle Raad is the Cullman–Payson Fellow in Academic Affairs and Outreach in the Education Department of the Yale University Art Gallery. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology with a certificate in Public History from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She also holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Brown University, an M.A. in Chemistry from Harvard University, an S.M. in Archaeological Materials from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M.Ed. in Secondary Education from Lesley University. Dr. Raad’s first book project, Above the Oxbow: The Construction of Place on Mount Holyoke, is a contemporary archaeological ethnography of place-making on a mountain in Western Massachusetts. She has taught archaeology, physics, and chemistry at both the high school and college levels and has published in a variety of fields including archaeological materials, cultural geography, and science pedagogy. At Yale, Dr. Raad is focusing on expanding curricular engagement with the Art Gallery’s collections, particularly that of STEM faculty and students.