Deirdre Harkins is a senior analyst on our Libraries, Scholarly Communication, and Museums team. Deirdre previously worked alongside Ithaka S+R as the inaugural research and data fellow for the Black Trustees Alliance for Art Museums (BTA), focusing on the Art Museum Trustee Survey, and other museum-related projects. Her overall research interests revolve primarily around race/ethnicity, identity, and DEI initiatives. She is passionate about analyzing the representation of marginalized groups throughout history. 

Deirdre recently obtained a Master of Arts in museum studies from the CUNY School of Professional Studies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and linguistics, and a master’s degree in world history, both from NYU, where her MA thesis focused on the silencing of marginalized communities in Argentina and the creation of a national identity.