About me
Marina Gross-Hoy (she/her/elle) is a writer and Museum Studies PhD candidate at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She is currently finalizing her dissertation on cross-sectoral collaborations between museum teams and tech companies when developing digital interpretation projects for visitors. She serves on the board of the Committee for Education and Cultural Action within the International Council of Museums (ICOM). Marina holds a BA in History of Art from the University of Michigan and an MA in muséologie from the École du Louvre in Paris.
Marina writes about playing with new ways of paying attention to embodied experience. In her narrative nonfiction writing and speaking engagements, she explores the power of subverting the 'museum gaze' honed by looking at art in museums and turning it onto the ordinary and natural world.