In her latter capacity, Ellen is presently working with weavers in southern CA, the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum in CA and the Hibulb Cultural Center in WA, involving them in graduate conservation education. Her research interests include American Indian tribal museums and how museum staff defines cultural preservation; effects of environmental agents on ethnographic and natural history materials; introducing context into cultural materials’ conservation education; and curriculum development. Ellen is a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation, winner of a Keck Award for distinguished teaching and mentoring in the field of Conservation. She is co-director of the UCLA and Getty Conservation Institute feather research project.