Amanda (Burke) Wesselmann

Amanda (Burke) Wesselmann, a Department of Sociology and Anthropology alumna (BS 2001, MS 2004) is currently the Associate Director of the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum in Crawfordsville, Indiana. On October 7, 2008, the museum will receive the National Medal for Museum and Library Service at a White House Ceremony. First Lady Laura Bush will present the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum with the 2008 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest honor for museums and libraries. Each year, the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), in coordination with the White House, presents the National Medal to five museums and five libraries that have helped make their communities better places to live. Each winning institution also receives a $10,000 award.
 
Amanda received her BS in Anthropology and her MS in Historical Archaeology (James Skibo, Chair) and, according to Amanda, her current position in the museum, “is my dream job and the reason that I got the master's in Historical Archaeology.”