Lois Sherr Dubin:
An author, curator and frequent lecturer, Lois Sherr Dubin wrote 'The History of Beads: From 30,000 B.C. to the Present' (Abrams, 1997; it has been reissued as 'The History of Beads: From 100,000 B.C. to the Present' (Abrams, 2009).
Ms. Dubin has also authored 'North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment' (Abrams, 1999); 'Jesse Monongya: Opal Bears and Lapis Skies' (Hudson Hills Press, 2002); 'Arctic Transformations: The Jewelry of Denise and Samuel Wallace' (Easton Studio Press, 2005); 'ADORNMENT: The Art of Barbara Natoli Witt' (Hudson Hills Press, 2011) and was a contributing editor for 'Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest', co published by the American Museum of Natural History and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. She currently sits on the Board of the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, Smithsonian Institution.