Meredith Peruzzi

Meredith Peruzzi (born c. 1980) is an American historian and Director of the National Deaf Life Museum (NDLM) in Washington D. C.[1] Peruzzi grew up in Columbia, Maryland and attended Wilde Lake High School where she was the captain of the quiz team.

[1] She is pursuing doctoral work at the University of Leicester, in the field of Museum, Gallery, and Heritage Practice.

Her current doctoral research "applies Critical Disability Theory to the issue of deaf visitors developing a sense of belonging in museum spaces.

"[5] Peruzzi is a public historian with research interests that lie in the area of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American Deaf history.

[1] She started working at the National Deaf Life Museum, which sees approximately 8,000 visitors each year,[7] in June 2013 and became the director in January 2014.