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James E. Miculka

National Park Service Liaison
Office:  
AGLS 409T
Email:  
[email protected]
Phone:  
(979) 314-8155

Education

Undergraduate Education
B.S. Western American History, Sul Ross State University, 1977
Graduate Education
M.S. International Park Management, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1987
Awards
Take Pride in America Federal Land Manager Award 2011
George B. Hartzog, Jr. Environmental Award
Freeman Tilden Award, 1997

Areas of Expertise

  • Field of Interpretation
  • Program Partnership Management
  • Submerged Cultural Resources Management
  • International Parks and Protected Areas
  • National Park Service Internships
  • Volunteer Program Management

Professional Summary

Jim Miculka currently serves as the Volunteer Partnership Coordinator with the Office of Interpretation, Education and Volunteers in the Washington DC Support Office (headquarters for the National Park Service) being duty stationed with the Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism at Texas A&M University.  He serves as the liaison between the National Park Service and the Department.  He is responsible for building nation-wide partnerships with the private and government sectors to support volunteerism in the National Park Service.

He also serves as the National Program Coordinator for the Amtrak – National Park Service Trails & Rails and Rails Partnership, coordinating onboard interpretive programs across the Amtrak System.  He served as the Director of Interpretation and Resource Management for Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve for nearly 15 years.

He also served as the Coordinator of Park Planning and as the coordinator of the park’s Submerged Cultural Resources Team mapping shipwrecks across the Pacific while duty station for ten years at the War in the Pacific National Historical Park on the island of Guam.

Other Professional Experience

  • National Park Service 1974 – present
  • Underwater archaeological interpretation
  • Pacific Area Dive Officer
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