Barbara Shubinski
Director of Research and Engagement, Rockefeller Archive Center
Barbara Shubinski is the Director of Research and Engagement at the RAC where she leads a team of historians, educators, archivists, and designers in communicating the role philanthropy has played in shaping U.S. and global life. She holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Iowa, master’s degrees in Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont and in Anthropology from Stanford University, and a BA from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include the history of science, public health and agriculture.
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