Haley Bryant has been with the Cottage since 2023 and in their current role as Programs Assistant since March of 2024. Previously, she worked as a community workshop coordinator with the Great Lakes Research Alliance for Aboriginal Arts and Cultures, in collections digitization and public programming for the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, and as a volunteer coordinator for the Smithsonian Office of Affiliations. Haley earned a BS in Physical Anthropology from Emory University in 2013, an MA in Museum Anthropology from George Washington University in 2016 and is currently writing her dissertation in pursuit of her PhD from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information.