Kiersten F Latham

Dr. Kiersten F. Latham is the President & CEO of Sauder Village, a living history museum complex in Ohio, USA. She has worked in, on, and about museums in various capacities for over 30 years. Prior to the Village, her professional journey has taken her through many kinds of museums and positions within them. She has led museum studies programs at Michigan State University and Kent State University, founded the experimental space MuseLab, and has taught all aspects of museum studies, from administration to collections management to user experience. Dr. Latham has conducted research on the meaning of museum objects, conceptual foundations of museums as document systems, numinous experiences in museums, user perceptions of ‘the real thing,’ and positive museology.