In this gallery talk, Professor Patrick Roberts will speak about his research related to cultural heritage education in the Balkans.

Patrick Roberts is an associate professor in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, where he teaches courses in the History of American Education, Ethics and Education, and Museum Education. He has served as Faculty Director of the Blackwell History of American Education Museum and coordinator of NIU’s Center for Peace and Transcultural Communication. In 2010 he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research in Bosnia and Herzegovina and lecture at the University of Sarajevo.

Gallery talks are short, informal conversations with specialists. They are a great opportunity to dive a little bit deeper into topics or to unpack themes highlighted in the current museum exhibit. This gallery talk is held in conjunction with the “How We Rebuild” exhibition on display through Dec. 19. This exhibit is a program of ExhibitsUSA, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance and The National Endowment for the Arts.