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Adrienne Gendron (she/her) is the Objects Conservation Fellow at the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums. She has interests in organic materials as well as ethics, decision-making, and health and safety. Adrienne holds an M.S. in the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University (awarded 2022) and an H.B.A. with distinction in Art Conservation and Anthropology with minors in Chemistry and Art History from the University of Delaware (awarded 2016). Her graduate thesis, awarded distinction, explored the application of collective memory theory as a theoretical framework for facilitating the interpretation, presentation, and conservation of objects of trauma housed in the collections of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Adrienne has worked with a wide range of collections at institutions such as the Cleveland Museum of Art, Alaska State Museum, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the American Museum of Natural History, and the National Park Service, and currently serves as Publications Officer of the AIC Health & Safety Network.