Hi, I’m Elaine Jackson. This is my second year in the Draper Program for Interdisciplinary Humanities at NYU. I grew up in Aberdeen, South Dakota and graduated from Brigham Young University in 2003 with a B.A. in Humanities/History and a minor in Art History and Curatorial Studies. I’ve had some (limited) museum experience working at an Ottoman art exhibit during my undergrad, but I’d like more museum experience and am interested in working for a museum. I chose this course because of my museum interest, and also because of my interest in the subject matter: the Department of Sanitation of New York, which developed through reading a really interesting book over the summer (Rats, by Hudson Valley author Robert Sullivan – link below.) Sullivan’s interest in the Department of Sanitation intrigued me, and his observations furthered my interest in this course.
http://www.amazon.com/Rats-Observations-History-Unwanted-Inhabitants/dp/1582344779/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-8827416-9318319?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190048027&sr=1-1