Lindsay Randall

Department: Arts & Culture
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 617-933-0700 x254

Biography:

Lindsay Randall joined MAPC in 2022 and is the Senior Regional Humanities Specialist. As part of the Arts & Culture department, she works to integrate history and humanities perspectives into regional planning projects. Drawing on a background in archaeology and public history, she works across planning projects to ensure that cultural resources, preservation efforts, and community histories are acknowledged, respected, and aligned with present-day needs. Lindsay has also been working to further MAPC’s ongoing efforts to include Indigenous perspectives and relationships into its work. She is also interested in exploring how principles like the Rights of Nature can inform planning approaches that reflect this historical and ongoing relationship with land and place.

Lindsay brings over sixteen years of experience in the humanities and engagement to her role at MAPC. Previously, she worked at the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology as their Curator of Education for over fourteen years. In this role, Lindsay used material culture to integrate racial equality principles into the classroom and beyond. As the Curator of Education, she ran a joint three-week educational program with the Pueblo of Jemez (New Mexico) each year and has worked extensively with other indigenous groups in Massachusetts and across the country. She has also worked on projects for the Southern Poverty Law Center, National Park Service, Royall House and Slave Quarters, and other state and national organizations to advocate for communities through shared and intersecting histories, as well as merging economic opportunity with heritage and cultural preservation.

Lindsay holds a B.A. in History from Keene State College and a M.A. in Historical Archaeology from the University of Massachusetts Boston. She serves as a Commissioner for the Ipswich Historical Commission and previously served as a Trustee for the Massachusetts Archaeological Society for 10 years.

Areas of Expertise: Humanities and history frameworks, Indigenous collaboration, archaeological and historical analysis. historic preservation, inclusive community engagement, cultural and ecological planning approaches.