Rackham Doctoral Intern in Conservation
About
Laurel Fricker is a PhD Candidate in IPAMAA, where she is writing her dissertation on children and childhood in ancient Greek houses. She earned her BA in classical civilizations, classical archaeology, and German with high honors from the University of Michigan and her MA in classics, classical archaeology emphasis, from the University of Arizona. Since 2021, Laurel has worked as a graduate student research assistant with the Kelsey Conservation Lab, helping research color on objects within the collections, and she is excited to expand upon her skills as a Rackham doctoral intern during the winter 2026 term. In the internship, she will learn more about conservation treatments, help prepare objects for display in the upcoming Crossroads of Culture gallery, and suggest new objects that can enter the rotation for object handling by university classes.
