Marianna AdamsMarianna Adams, President of Audience Focus Inc., has designed, managed, and implemented a wide range of visitor research, interpretive planning, and professional development across the country, Canada, Bermuda, Mexico, and the EU. Before creating Auience Focus in 2007, she was a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Learning Innovation in Annapolis, MD for 12 years, totaling over 25 years experience in visitor research. Her consulting work draws on extensive experience working in museums and schools. She headed education departments at the Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, and Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL., served as National Principal's Initiative co-coordinator for the summer 1995 Teacher Institute at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and taught public and private school K-12, high school literature and composition, middle and high school art, and middle school social studies. She has served as adjunct faculty for the George Washington University Museum Education and Museum Studies programs, for the University of North Texas Museum Studies program, and for the Oregon State University Informal Science Education program. She is currently adjunct professor for the Bank Street College of Education Museum Leadership graduate program, a position she has held since 2008. She was the Educator-in-Residence at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston during the summer of 2014. Dr. Adams received her B.A. in Art and English Literature from Mercer University, an M.A. in Art Education & Arts Administration from the University of South Florida, and her Ed.D. in Education Policy from the George Washington University. Read More Read Less