Brittany Dolph Dinneen is Assistant Conservator of objects at the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University. She has previously worked at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, as well as the National Gallery of Art as a conservation technician. Additionally, she has participated in archaeological conservation work for projects in Jordan, Azerbaijan, and Greece, and most currently as a senior team member of Emory’s co-sponsored American Excavations Samothrace. Her research interests include the characterization of accumulative surfaces on African power objects, the application of handheld x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy in investigations of cultural heritage materials, the use of agarose gel in conservation cleaning and desalination approaches, and innovative preventive collections care solutions. At the Carlos, she participates in the documentation, assessment, treatment, and research of collections objects, manages the preventive maintenance program, and co-teaches an Emory course. She received her M.A. from the UCLA/Getty Program in Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials following a B.A. in Anthropology/Archaeology from the University at Buffalo. She is a Professional Member of the American Institute for Conservation, and treasurer for the Southeast Regional Conservation Association.