​Museum Work

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• Consultant and Presenter, Association of Children's Museums (ACM), National Conference (Interactivity 2025) Albuquerque New Mexico, May 2025. Podcast Guest: Guidance for Museum CEO's, Managing During Turbulent Times, July 2025. Podcast available through Association of Children's Museums, Episode 12.  Empowering Young Minds, August 2025.

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• Consultant and Presenter, American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and other AAM affiliated museum groups, board members, and CEO's for projects including; advocacy and management programs, executive education, salary and compensation policies, managing with unions, and development of an Executive Leadership Program for leaders of mission driven cultural organizations. Presenter at AAM CEO Summit, Annual Leadership Conference, Denver Colorado, 2023. ​

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• Visiting Fellow, School of Management, Yale University, (2019-2023) Engaged in research with faculty in the Department of Organizational Behavior studying unionization in American Museums. Publications listed below.​

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• Consultant, panelist, and external reviewer for mission driven organizations involved in research, policy development, and advocacy. These organizations  include; Ithaca S + R, Museums Moving Forward, Crystal Bridges Museum Remuseum Project, ACM, AAM, and most recently, for individuals developing children's museums in Ohio and New Jersey.​​

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• Appraiser (Ancient and Medieval Keys), DePaul University, University Museum​.​

 

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RELATED PUBLICATIONs and Presentations ​

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• Julius, D.J., Abrams, J. and J. Baron. “Labor Management Relations in American Museums”  LERA Annual Research Volume. H. Stanger, P.F. Clark and J.T. Delaney,  Eds. Union Organizing and Collective Bargaining at a Critical Moment: Opportunities for Renewal or Continued Decline. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2024.

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• "Follow the Leader: What does effective decision-making look like in the museum environment"  Museum Magazine, American Alliance of Museums,  September/October, 2024.

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• Julius, D. J., Abrams, Jai and James N. Baron. “Labor Management Relations in the Post Pandemic Museum Environment: Best Practices Leading to More Effective Negotiations and Accommodation of Social Justice Concerns”. Center for Global Work and Employment, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University. Working Paper Series, 2023.01, January 2023.

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• "Why We Collect Things: Collecting and Collectors.” The Academic Forum (NJCU Arts and Sciences Journal); Winter 2017.​

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• “Collecting Keys:  A Lifelong Pursuit” in The Antique Lock Collector, 32(1): 20-23, January 2010.​

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• Keys Through the Ages.

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