about

I research contemporary art and design, with emphases in textile and garment histories and the intersections of art, design, and social justice. I also serve as the Chair of the Department of Art and Design, as an Associate Professor in Visual and Critical Studies, and as an affiliated faculty member in the Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Montclair State University.

I am a standing member of the College Art Association’s Executive Board of Directors and was formerly the Editor-in-Chief of CAA’s Art Journal Open (2020-2023).

Prior to joining the faculty at Montclair State University, I worked as an Assistant Professor and Department Chair at the San Francisco Art Institute’s History and Theory of Contemporary Art Department (2013-2018) and a Resident Scholar in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies’ Beatrice Bain Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley (2017-2018).

Ph.D. History of Consciousness, with a designated emphasis in Visual Studies – University of California, Santa Cruz
M.A. Cultural History – Goldsmiths College, University of London
B.A. Art History/Gender Studies – New College of Florida

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