Unveiling Perspectives: A Journey through Career Milestones

Yuqiao Cao (Visual Literacy Librarian and Museum Educator, University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press)
Jhensen Oritz (Librarian, CUNY Dominican Studies Institute)

Episode summary

In this episode, Jhensen Ortiz and Yuqiao Cao discuss their career milestones with the highlights from their home institutions' collections. Yuqiao shares her journey to become a librarian and museum educator by celebrating the rich multicultural art and artifacts at the University of Delaware's museum collections. Jhensen shares his continued involvement with the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, highlighting Dominicans' involvement and influences across fields locally and nationally.

Keywords

academic museums, museum education, archives, Dominican, Dominican American art

Resources

"The World is Following its People": Indigenous Art and Arctic Ecology

Stevens-Acevedo Anthony, Tom Weterings and Leonor Álvarez Francés. Juan Rodriguez and the Beginnings of New York City. CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, 2013.

CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, A History of Dominican Music in the United States, 2020, dominicanmusicusa.com.

CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, Fighting for Democracy: Dominican Veterans from World War II, 2024, https://dedsi.ccnydigitalscholarship.org/dominican-veterans-wwii/

CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, Dominican Artists in the United States, 2024, https://www.jstor.org/site/ccny/dominicanartistsintheus/