Drew Jepson

Repatriation Specialist

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      Drew Jepson is a Repatriation Specialist at the Field Museum. She helps facilitate the respectful return of cultural items and ancestral human remains to Tribal Nations and indigenous communities. Her work centers on consultation and collaborative research. Before joining the Field, Drew worked in cultural resources for the National Park Service in southeastern Alaska and northern Minnesota.

      Education and Work

      MA Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture, Bard Graduate Center, 2019

      BA Art History & Visual Culture and English Literature, Denison University, 2016