Janelle is an objects conservator with 20 years of experience in conservation treatments, surveys, re-housing, research, photographic documentation, materials testing and analysis, and on-site conservation. She earned an MA, CAS in Art Conservation at Buffalo State College. Before starting a career in conservation, Janelle earned a BFA in Art Restoration at the Fashion Institute of Technology where she specialized in furniture restoration and veneered surfaces. Past conservation experiences include a two-year Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship at the Smithsonian, National Museum of African Art, a year-long research project that focused on the fabrication and dye technologies of Roman-era cloth dolls excavated from Karanis, Egypt at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, a Samuel H. Kress Foundation Archaeological Objects Conservation Internship at the Athenian Agora in Athens, Greece, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservation Internship at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, and was a Conservation Technician for The Smithsonian Field Book Project at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Additionally, Janelle has experience in the conservation and restoration of painted ceiling murals, gilded stone surfaces, and archaeological ceramic, metal, glass, and lead artifacts. Additional onsite conservation experience includes the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos in Sevastopol, Ukraine, and the El-Kurru Settlement Project and archaeological site at El-Kurru, North Sudan, Africa.