Born in New York City in 1964, Dackerman attended public schools on Long Island, received an A.B.
[2] From 2005 through 2015, Dackerman served as Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints[2] at the Harvard Art Museums, where she directed collaborative exhibition projects and produced publications, involving faculty, students, conservators, librarians, and museum educators.
Dackerman also participated in the planning for the architectural renovation and re-installation of the Harvard Art Museums building.
As GRI Consortium Professor in 2017, Dackerman taught the graduate seminar, “Art and Anthropology,” to students from an association of southern California universities.
In November 2020, Dackerman resigned as director of Cantor Arts Center after an external investigation reported that she had created a toxic work environment leading to high staff turnover.