May’s First Monday program on May 4 will feature a panel discussion on the projected presentation of public diplomacy at the National Museum of American Diplomacy (NMAD). The program will take place at the museum, 330 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, beginning at noon.
A panel discussion will feature Deputy Director of Museum Content Jane Carpenter-Rock–a Public Diplomacy Officer–and the Museum content team.
Jane Carpenter-Rock, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, NMAD
Jane Carpenter-Rock joined the NMAD as Deputy Director for Museum Content in July 2018. She has served as a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Department of State for over eighteen years. Prior to joining NMAD, she was Deputy Director in the Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs. From 2013 to 2016, she was the Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Cape Town. Other tours have included Deputy Director in the Office of Public Diplomacy for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Senior Australia Desk Officer; Information Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá; Watch Officer in the State Department’s Operations Center; and Consular Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Johannesburg. Before joining the State Department, Jane held several pre-doctoral fellowships in Art History, including the Sara Roby Fellowship in 20th-Century American Realism at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She is the author of the book Betye Saar in the David C. Driskell Series of African American Art (Pomegranate, 2003). Jane has a B.A. from the College of William and Mary (1992), an M.A. from Howard University (1995), and a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Michigan (2002).
Participants are urged to arrive early in order to go through security and to pick up a sandwich. Although participation is free, registration is requested.
First Monday programs are presented by the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, the Public Diplomacy Association of America, and the Public Diplomacy Council.
