Michelle Anne Delaney

Michelle Anne Delaney, Ph.D., is the Assistant Director for History and Culture at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, leading the museum scholarship division. Previously Delaney was Senior Program Officer for History and Culture in the Smithsonian Office of the Provost and director for the Grand Challenges Consortium for Understanding the American Experience. She also served as the curator of photography in the Photographic History Collection, National Museum of American History. Delaney chaired of the editorial committee for the 2019 publication Smithsonian American Women. An author and editor of several history of photography books, Delaney has also curated 25 Smithsonian exhibitions and related web projects. She is a current Board member for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and the National Academy of Inventors.