Carol Mayer and renowned storyboard carver Kipa Gaindimi at Kambot Village, Keram River, Papua New Guinea, in 2006. (Photo: D. Lepsoe)

Dr. Carol E. Mayer is head of the curatorial department at the UBC Museum of Anthropology (MOA) and an associate to the Department of Anthropology. She is responsible for the Pacific Islands collections and has been working with museums and cultural centres in the Pacific on the reorganizing and re-installation of these collections in the new Multiversity galleries at MOA. She has taught museum-related courses at UBC, University of Victoria, and Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and she has been awarded fellowships at the Smithsonian Institute and the Sainsbury Research Centre. She has served on various museum councils, has been a jury member for numerous granting agencies, is an expert examiner for the Cultural Property Review Board, and a reviewer and editor for several publications. She has received awards from the BC Museums Association and the Canadian Museums Association (where she is also a Fellow). In 2009 she receive the ICOM (Canada) International Award of Excellence for her work in the Pacific and elsewhere.