Emily Jenkins-Moses

Emily Jenkins-Moses is pursuing a PhD in Cultural Mediations and a diploma in Curatorial Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. She focuses on how discourses and narratives at heritage sites impact children’s feelings of belonging and inclusion through anthropological and child-centered methods. She earned her MA in Anthropology at California State University, Chico, focusing on the intersection between museums and heritage, culture, and childhood. Her master’s thesis, “Fostering Empathy: Storytelling, Community Representation, and Multivocality in Children’s Museums,” examined how children’s museums across the United States of America incorporate and articulate concepts of empathy in their exhibits. 

Research Contributions

Publications:

Jenkins-Moses, Emily 2026. “Thinking Through Disruption at the District Six Museum.” Thinking Through the Museum Blog.  

Presentations and Conferences: 

Jenkins, Ruth, and Emily Jenkins-Moses. 2026. “Open Wounds and Embodied Love: Loneliness and Desire in Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun.” Conference paper at the 11th Annual International Kristeva Circle Meeting, Buffalo, NY. October 23, 2026.

Jenkins-Moses, Emily. 2026. “Understanding Rites of Passage and Coming-of-age Ceremonies.” Invited guest lecture in CHST 2004: Conceptualizing Adolescence in Childhood and Youth Studies at Carleton University. Ottawa, ON. February 13, 2025. 

Jenkins-Moses, Emily. 2024. “A History of Magic: The Past & Present of Icelandic Witchcraft.” Public Lecture at the California State University, Chico’s Anthropology Forum. Chico, CA. October 31, 2024.

Kamp-Whittaker, April, Jeremy Fitzgerald, Emily Jenkins-Moses, and Gordon Sakaue. 2024. “Studying Community in the Past, Creating Community Today – The Amache Field School.” Public lecture at the California State University, Chico’s Anthropology Forum. Chico, CA. September 19, 2024.

Jenkins-Moses, Emily. 2024. “Fostering Empathy: Storytelling, Community Representation, and Multivocality in Children’s Museums.” Presentation at the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Symposium of Student Research and Scholarly Work. Chico, CA. May 6, 2024.

Davis, Meadow, and Emily Jenkins-Moses. 2024. “Student Research Projects: From Rural Jewish Communities to Empathy in Children’s Museums.” Public lecture at the California State University, Chico’s Anthropology Forum. Chico, CA. April 25, 2024.

Jenkins-Moses, Emily. 2023. “Curating on Location.” Presentation at the Chico Anthropological Society Research Competition. Chico, CA. May 5, 2023.

Jenkins-Moses, Emily. 2022. “Scapegoating.” Invited guest lecture in Anthropology 140: Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion at California State University, Chico. Chico, CA. May 11, 2022.

Creative outputs:

Assistant curator. 2024. Connecting the Pieces. Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology. Chico, California. 

Assistant curator. 2024. Unfolded. Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology. Chico, California.

Curator. 2024. Honoring Dr. Valene L. Smith. Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology. Chico, California.

Lead curator and educational developer. 2023. On Location. Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology. Chico, California.

Co-curator. Deeply Rooted. 2023. Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology. Chico, California.

Co-curator. Tu Voz Importa:Your Voice Matters. 2022. Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology. Chico, California.

Assistant curator. Epidemics of Injustice. 2020. Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology. Chico, California.

Co-curator. Fire and Water: Elements of Change. 2019. Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology. Chico, California.

Awards

• Reesa Greenberg Exhibition Studies Award (Carleton University, April 2026). 
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences PhD Scholarship (Carleton University, 2025-2029). 
• Naida Waite Scholarship (Carleton University, 2025-2030). 
• Edna May Johnson Memorial Museum Scholarship (CSU, Chico, 2022-2023). 
• Provost Student Award for Research and Creativity (CSU, Chico, June 2023). 
• Outstanding Contribution in Anthropology (CSU, Chico, May 2021).