Devon M. Akmon

Conference/Symposium Presentations

• Cultural Sensitivity in Museum Stewardship Registrars Committee of the American Association of Museums (RC-AAM) 2011 International Registrars Symposium, Houston, TX: November 5, 2011
• Leveraging Technology to Attract, Engage & Educate Museum Visitors Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan 2011 Annual Meeting, Dearborn, MI: April 13, 2011
• Understanding Who We Are – A town hall conversation about Detroit and Detroiters. Wayne State University’s Detroit Orientation Institute (DOI) Birmingham, MI: March 22, 2010
• New Frontiers in On-Line Fundraising Cultural Alliance of Southeastern Michigan 2010 Annual Meeting, Royal Oak, MI: April 21, 2010
• Connecting Cultures and Communities Through Museum Collaboration, Michigan Museums Association 2008 Annual Conference, Traverse City, MI: September 24, 2008
• Small But Mighty: The Work of Small Museums, Smithsonian Affiliations Smithsonian Affiliations National Conference 2008, Washington, DC: June 3, 2008
• Cultural Expression and the Dream House, Michigan Historic Preservation Network 28th Annual Historic Preservation Conference, Dearborn, MI: May 9, 2008
• Where Perception and Reality Meet, Alliance of National Heritage Areas 2007 International Heritage Development Conference, Detroit, MI: June 2007
• Minorities in Michigan: Documenting Diversity, Michigan Archival Association 48th Annual Meeting of the Michigan Archival Association, Frankenmuth, MI: June 22, 2006
• Ellis Island Scholars’ Roundtable on Immigration, US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York, NY: February 2006
• Ethnic Museums: The New Voice of the Disenfranchised! Michigan Museums Association 2005 Annual Conference, Dearborn, MI: October 5, 2005