Amanda Millay Hughes

Amanda Hughes comes to the Chapel from the Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where she has been the director of external affairs for eleven years. She has served as the museum’s lead development officer and helped to shape the organization’s identity and image. Amanda has a bachelor of arts in interdisciplinary studies from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a master of fine arts in art and religion from Goddard College. She is the author of several books, articles, blogs, and resource materials, including the Ackland’s Five Faiths Project curricular materials and A Place for Meaning: Art, Faith, and Museum Culture. Other publications include: Lost and Found: Adolescence, Parenting, and the Formation of Faith (Cowley Books, 2004) and Five Voices Five Faiths: An Interfaith Primer (Cowley Books, 2005).