Staff

Lindsay Bosch

Associate Director of Communications, Marketing, and Digital Strategy

phone: 847.467.4602
email: lindsay.bosch
she/her

I lead collaboration and strategic messaging to expand the museum's reach and elevate the impact of The Block and its partners. Contact me for press and media inquiries, staff interviews, online resources, and inquiries about our work.  I would be happy to connect with student and faculty researchers on subjects related to cultural marketing best practices, non-profit organizations, brand development, PR, digital and content strategy, and audience engagement and evaluation.

Jordan Poorman Cocker

Terra Foundation Guest Co-Curator for the exhibition "Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland"

to contact Jordan, please reach out to block-museum@northwestern.edu

An enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe, Jordan Poorman Cocker is the Curator of Indigenous Art at the Crystal Bridges Museum, Benton, AR and The Block's 2021-2024 Terra Foundation Guest Co-Curator of Indigenous Art. Jordan holds a Bachelor of Design from Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, with a focus on spatial design and Indigenous design theory. She received a master's of Museum and Heritage Practice from Victoria University of Wellington in 2017, where her practicum included the study of Indigenous museum practices with the National Museum of New Zealand. She is a PhD. candidate with Auckland University of Technology. Her Indigenous curatorial methodology and approach utilizes oral histories, multivocality and Indigenous knowledge systems to explore intergenerational relationships within Indigenous Art Forms from community-based lenses.

Christopher Forrester

Executive Assistant

email: christopher.forrester

I facilitate operations for the Office of the Director, supporting logistics of meetings and travel, coordinating calendars, advancing museum storytelling and assisting in strategic pursuits through collaboration across museum departments. Contact me to talk about what is going on at The Block or coordinate with The Block's executive director.

Teagan Harris

Terra Engagement Fellow

email: teagan.harris

I work in engagement with a side of programming and interpretation here at the Block Museum. My main job is to connect the museum to its Native community and nurture future accountability of the museum to its community. I'm happy to discuss sci-fi, decolonization, or embroidery as well as just be a friendly face. Let me know if you'd like to see and discuss our exhibition Woven Being!

Isabella Ko

Engagement Coordinator and Educator

phone:  847.491.4852
email: isabella.ko
she/her

Alongside my colleagues Christiana and Erin, I plan and create public programs; contribute to event promotion and broader outreach; and provide departmental administrative support. I seek to work at the intersection of contemporary artistic/cultural production, education, and community-building. Always happy to connect!

Kirsten Lopez

Curatorial Coordinator, Collections Information and Digital Interpretation

email: kirsten.lopez

As Curatorial Coordinator I maintain the Block’s online collections and database as a living document through object cataloguing, exhibition archiving, and an ongoing partnership with NU Libraries. My research interests center on medieval funerary culture, Anglo-Norman literature, and art installation theory. Please reach out with queries regarding to eMuseum content, recent acquisitions, alt-text, inclusive cataloguing, or anything pre-modern!

Essi Rönkkö

Associate Curator of Collections and Academic Programming

phone: 847.467.5896
email: essi.ronkko
she/her

Contact me with questions about how to incorporate objects in The Block’s collection into teaching at Northwestern. I am also interested in connecting around my research interests related to gender in the ancient Mediterranean and subjects related to curricular programming in the context of academic museums.

Joseph Scott

Collections and Exhibitions Coordinator

phone: 847.467.0734
email: joseph.scott

Contact me with questions about the collection, collection care, potential collection visits, and rights and reproduction requests. I am able to consult widely on exhibition details and planning.

Rita Shorts

Business Administrator

phone: 847.491.4002
email: d-shorts
she/her

I am responsible for payroll, accounts payable, purchasing, procurement, and supporting finance and budget, and providing support to the museum staff in various administrative capacities. Please contact me if you have any questions in these areas. I particularly look forward to meeting and onboarding our students at the beginning of each fiscal year.