Staff Profile
Associate Director of Public Programs and Community Partnerships
bess_paupeck@harvard.edu / 617-495-0765
M.A., Brown University
B.A., George Washington University
As Associate Director of Public Programs and Community Partnerships at the museums, Paupeck aims to create lasting and nourishing relationships across the arts, museums, universities, and the (anything but general) public. In collaboration with museum colleagues, the university, and the community, she develops and maintains impactful partnerships, cultivates new audiences, and delivers an innovative and diverse array of programs. She draws inspiration from the museums’ rich collections, exhibitions, teaching and research mission, and contemporary issues to promote interdisciplinary conversations and create meaningful engagement opportunities for the museums’ multiple audiences and communities.