OLLI Scholar Meagan Ratini has experience in various aspects of cultural heritage and preservation, ranging from coordinating folk festivals to conducting archaeological research.  She spent several years curating a historic house museum and local history archive near Philadelphia.  Currently a master’s student at UMass Boston in Historical Archaeology, she has earned a BA in Anthropology from Rutgers University and a certificate in Historic Preservation from Bucks County Community College.

1 course: The Power of Place in Modern America