Dr. Lemont Dobson
Dr. Lemont Dobson has been named Deputy Director for William King Regional Arts Center and the Fields-Penn 1860 House Museum in Abingdon, Va.
He will take the lead in the Cultural Campus Expansion Project at the Arts Center. Dobson spent five years in England's museum system where he oversaw his museum's renovation and the successful re-launch of its programming.
He received a Ph.D. in Medieval Archaeology from the University of York (England) and an MA in History from Central Michigan University. Dobson has published and presented his research at numerous international academic conferences, in addition to lectures and seminars on museum studies at leading international universities.
