I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropological Archives at the Smithsonian’s National Anthropological Archives (NAA). I study how heritage institutions produce and share knowledge. My current research focuses on the digital dissemination of archival and museum collections.

At the Smithsonian, I am leading a three-year NSF-funded project to research the use, access, and discoverability of the NAA's collections. I am currently finishing a project with the American Philosophical Society's Center for Native American and Indigenous Research to collect stories about the uses and effects of digitized ethnographic collections for Native and Indigenous communities. I am also working with Ricardo Punzalan to revitalize the Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records.

From 2015–2017, I was an Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellow at the American Philosophical Society where I researched and curated exhibitions drawing primarily on archival collections (Curious Revolutionaries: The Peales of Philadelphia, April–December 2017, and Gathering Voices: Thomas Jefferson and Native America, April–December 2016). In 2014–2015, I was a Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow in Museum Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (UBC), where I taught courses in museology. I completed my PhD in Anthropology at UBC in 2014. For my dissertation project, I conducted an ethnography of exhibition planning at the National Museum of Natural History. Prior to that, I completed my MPhil in Social Anthropology with a Museums and Heritage focus at the University of Cambridge in 2010, and a BFA in Visual Arts and Photography at the Mason Gross School of the Arts of Rutgers University in 2009. 

Article

• Marsh, Diana E., St. Andre, Selena, Wagner, Travis, and Bell, Joshua A. 2023. "Attitudes and uses of archival materials among science-based anthropologists." Archival Science, 23 355–379. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-023-09411-z. 2023
• Marsh, Diana E., Bell, Joshua A., Greene, Candace S., and Turner, Hannah. 2021. "Bridging anthropology and its archives: an analysis from the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives." Anthropology Today, 37, (2) 19–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12643. 2021
• Marsh, Diana E., Leopold, Robert, Crowe, Katherine, and Madison, Katherine S. 2020. "Access Policies for Native American Archival Materials in the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution." Case Studies on Access Policies for Native American Archival Materials, 3 1–32. https://doi.org/10.13016/RTBR-X1KW. 2020
• Isaac, Gwyneira, Marsh, Diana E., Osorio Sunnucks, Laura, and Shelton, Anthony. 2019. "Borders and Interruptions: Museums in the Age of Global Mobility, Mexico City, 7-9 June 2017." Museum Worlds, 7, (1) 182–199. https://doi.org/10.3167/armw.2019.070112. 2019
• Marsh, Diana E., Punzalan, Ricardo L., and Johnston, Jesse A. 2019. "Preserving Anthropology's Digital Record: CoPAR in the Age of Electronic Fieldnotes, Data Curation, and Community Sovereignty." The American Archivist, 82, (2) 268–302. https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc-82-02-01. 2019
• Punzalan, Ricardo, Marsh, Diana E., and Cools, Kyla. 2017. "Beyond Clicks, Likes, and Downloads: Identifying Meaningful Impacts for Digitized Ethnographic Archives." Archivaria, 84 61–103. 2017
• Marsh, Diana E., Punzalan, Ricardo L., Leopold, Robert S., Butler, Brian, and Petrozzi, Massimo. 2016. "Stories of impact: the role of narrative in understanding the value and impact of digital collections." Archival Science, 16, (4) 327–372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-015-9253-5. 2016
• Marsh, Diana E. 2016. "Trace Ethnography, Affect, and Institutional Ecologies in the Distributed Records of a Plaster Model." Museum Anthropology, 39, (2) 111–129. https://doi.org/10.1111/muan.12119. 2016
• Marsh, Diana E. 2015. "Reassembling the social life of a Medicine Man: Reassessing otherness, agency and authorship in the Wellcome archives." Journal of Material Culture, 20, (2) 211–245. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183515578977. 2015
• Marsh, Diana E., Punzalan, Ricardo L., and Leopold, Robert S. 2015. "Studying the Impact of Digitized Ethnographic Collections: Implications for Practitioners." Practicing Anthropology, 37, (3) 26–31. https://doi.org/10.17730/0888-4552-37.3.26. 2015
• Marsh, Diana E. 2015. "c?sna??m, the city before the city. Exhibits at the Museum of Vancouver, the Musqueam Cultural Education Resource Center, and the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada. January 21, 23, and 25, 2015 to present." Museum Anthropology, 38, (2) 170–178. https://doi.org/10.1111/muan.12094. 2015

Book

• Marsh, Diana E. 2019. Extinct Monsters to Deep Time : conflict, compromise, and the making of Smithsonian's fossil halls. New York: Berghahn Books. In Museums and Collections, 11. 2019

Review

• Regouby, Lynnette and Marsh, Diana E. 2016. [Book review] "Curating Gathering Voices." Anthropology News, 57, (5), e59–e60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-3502.2016.570524.x. 2016
• Marsh, Diana E. 2014. [Book review] "Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum. Exhibit at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. September 18, 2011-present." Museum Anthropology, 37, (2), 172–174. https://doi.org/10.1111/muan.12067. 2014
• Marsh, Diana E. 2013. [Book review] "Narrating Objects, Collecting Stories: Essays in Honour of Susan M. Pearce. Sandra H. Dudley, Amy J. Barnes, Jennifer Binnie, Julia Petrov, and Jennifer Walklate, eds. new york: routledge, 2012. 282." Museum Anthropology, 36, (2), 161–163. https://doi.org/10.1111/muan.12039. 2013