Marianna Adams

Ed.D. - Education Consultant

Dr. Marianna Adams has headed education departments at the Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, and Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. She served as National Principal's Initiative co-coordinator for the summer 1995 Teacher Institute at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. She has taught public and private school K-12, high school literature and composition, middle and high school art, middle school social studies, and has worked with elementary-level emotionally disturbed children. As head of the visual arts subcommittee, she served on the National Arts Education Assessment Consensus Project from 1992-1994. She has been active in the Museum Education Division of the National Art Education Association, serving as the Southeast Regional Director and being awarded the Southeast Museum Educator of the year for 1994. Adams received her doctorate in education policy studies from the George Washington University, and has wide experience in conducting evaluation studies in all types of museums and cultural organizations across the country. Research priorities include evaluation as an agent of organizational change, professional development and participatory evaluation, impact of multi-visit museum programs on student learning, and the use of drawings as an evaluation methodology for children.