Adjunct Faculty
Nora Mitchell
As the founding director of the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline, Massachusetts, Dr. Mitchell brings a wealth of experience in testing new methodologies for preserving cultural landscapes through her direct involvement with both the Stewardship Institute and the Conservation Study Institute at the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, Vermont. Nora Mitchell is also the author of numerous scholarly articles and edited volumes (often in collaboration with Rolf Diamant) that emphasize the importance of recognizing the nature-culture connection in resource planning and advocacy.
Rolf Diamant
As the inaugural superintendent of Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, Vermont (the country’s only national historic site devoted to conservation history), Rolf Diamant brings career perspectives as a landscape architect that have combined cultural resource protection with natural resource protection. Through his roles with the National Park Service assisting with the creation of the John F. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Area, Rolf is keenly aware of the inseparable union of cultural and natural resources in such landscapes as linear heritage corridors.
Guest Lectures and Speakers
James Duggan
James Duggan (2008) is the Director of Preservation for the State Historic Sites and works at the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. With extensive experience in the building trades and material conservation, Mr. Duggan teaches HP6308: Historic Site Museum Management.
Judy Hayward
Judy Hayward is a frequent guest speaker and program collaborator. She has one foot in the nonprofit world as executive director of Historic Windsor and the Preservation Education Institute and the other foot in the world of media and information services as education director for the Traditional Building Conference Series and Online Education Program.
Ronald Wanamaker
Ronald Wanamaker is the owner of Wanamaker Restoration, as well as the Lead Carpenter, Historic Building Technician, and Exhibit Builder at the Shelburne Museum. Mr. Wanamaker provides students access to the wide range of historic buildings and collections on display at the Shelburne Museum.