M. Anna Fariello is an associate professor in the Virginia Tech Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and the director of Curatorial InSight, as well as a former Smithsonian research fellow, Fulbright scholar, and author of the interpretive text Objects and Meaning. Co-author Kate Rubick has been actively involved in southwestern Virginia heritage projects for the last three years and has served as project coordinator for the Highland Cultural Coalition. Ms. Rubick holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Vermont.