# Anna Riley ![Riley](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/hos/files/riley_head_shot.jpg?itok=VkXPJsyk) email *Research Interests: Anthropology of craft, tourism, and development; globalization and commodities; histories of expeditions and collecting; artisanal practice and embodied knowledge; glassmaking; Cold War science and the history of technology.* Anna Riley (she/her) studies the intersections of anthropology, science, technology, and craft through visual and material culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. She observes the production and mediation of cultural objects as they circulate as tourist souvenirs, scientific specimens, museum artifacts, and collectable crafts. By following objects themselves from market to museum to laboratory, she is interested in tracing connections between scientists, scholars, artisans, and gallerists. Within the context of ethnographic collections, she has uncovered links between an earlier imperative for anthropological salvage and current humanitarian and private sector initiatives support ongoing crafts as global cultural heritage. Anna comes from an interdisciplinary arts background and worked professionally as a glassmaker and teacher. **Presentations:** 2025 “Life of Glass: Following Pathways of Connection, Rupture, and Alteration,” Panelist with Dr. Erin O’Connor and Nadania Idriss, Glass Art Society Conference, Arlington, Texas 2024 “Crafting the Story of the Glassmakers of Herat,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico 2023 “Crafting Stories of Value: Commodity Paths for Herati Glass,” Bard Graduate Center Qualifying Paper Symposium, New York, New York 2022 “Glass in the Ancient Technology Program Expeditions,” Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology Symposium, National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC **Previous Degrees:** M.A., Bard Graduate Center M.F.A., University of California, Berkeley: B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design - ## People Categories [Graduate Students](/graduate_students) - ## Graduate Research Interests [Anthropology of Science](/graduate-research-interests/anthropology-science) [History of Technology](/graduate-research-interests/history-technology) [History of the Human Sciences](/graduate-research-interests/history-human-sciences) [Material Culture](/graduate-research-interests/material-culture) [Medical Humanities](/graduate-research-interests/medical-humanities) [Museum Studies](/graduate-research-interests/museum-studies) [Science & Technology Studies](/graduate-research-interests/science-technology-society) [Technology and Society](/graduate-research-interests/technology-and-society)