Derrick Washington

Derrick is a cultural anthropologist, curator, dancer, and Senior/Regional United Nations Human Rights Fellow specializing in museum curation, experiential education, and expressive arts of the Americas. He has an undergraduate degree in cultural anthropology from the University of California at Los Angeles. He completed his master’s degree, curatorial portfolio certificate, and doctorate in socio-cultural anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin. His fieldwork throughout the Americas has contributed to numerous exhibitions, workshops, programs/performances, and conference presentations. His curatorial work has been reviewed positively by media outlets such as the New York Times, British Broadcasting Company (BBC), ARTE (Europe), New York Post, UN Web TV, El Especialito, Huffington Post, Le Monde (France), UN Department of Global Communications, UN News, and National Broadcasting Company (NBC).