Curriculum Vitae
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Aug 2021– present Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia Associate Professor, Global Contemporary Art
Aug 2011 – July 2022
Florida International University, Miami
Associate Professor (tenured), Contemporary Art and Theory (Aug 2017–July 2021)
Assistant Professor, Contemporary Art and Theory (Aug 2011–Jul 2017)
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (Jun 2013–July 2021)
Affiliate Faculty, African and African Diaspora Program (Aug 2014–July 2021)
Director, MFA in Visual Arts: Studio + Curatorial Practice (Aug 2012–Dec 2017)
OTHER ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
New York University, New York City
Visiting Scholar, Asian/Pacific/American Institute (Sep 2018–Dec 2019)
Visiting Scholar, Center for Study of Gender and Sexuality (Sep 2010–May 2011)
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Critical Global Studies Fellow (Sep–Dec 2016)
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland (Sep–Dec 2015)
Fulbright Scholar, Art History
University of Fine Arts, Poznań, Poland (Jun–Aug 2016)
Fulbright Scholar, Art History
EDUCATION
2009
University of Manchester, England
PhD, Art History and Visual Studies
1997
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
BA in History of Art with distinction in major
NON-ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE (1998-present)
(all New York City)
UrbanGlass, Brooklyn
Curator at Large (Jan 2023 – Feb 2024)
New Museum of Contemporary Art
Executive Assistant, Director’s Office (Jan 2002 – May 2005)
Magnet Entertainment + Clinica Estetico
Assistant (Sep 2000 – Dec 2001); Intern (Aug 2000)
Whitney Museum of American Art
Special Projects Coordinator, Director’s Office (Jan – Jun 2000)
Catalog Coordinator (film/video), 2000 Biennial exhibition (Jun – Dec 1999)
Curatorial/Research Asst., “The American Century: Art & Culture, 1950–2000” catalogue (Dec 98–May 99)
RoseLee Goldberg
Research assistant on Goldberg’s Laurie Anderson, Abrams, 2000 and Performance Art: Live Art Since 1960, Abrams, 1998 (F/T: Sep–Dec 1998; P/T: Jan–Mar 1999)
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, AND GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS
Fellowships/Honors
1. Loughborough University, England, Institute of Advanced Studies Fellow, 2022
2. Office of President, Florida International University, Top Scholar, 2017 3. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Critical Global Studies Fellowship, Sep–Dec 2016
4/5. U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program, Fulbright Fellowship, Poland, Sep–Dec ‘15 and Jun−Aug ‘16
6. Kosciuszko Foundation, Fellowship, Poland, 2015 (declined)
7. National Endowment of Humanities, Summer Institute Scholar, 2012, A/P/A Inst., NYU
8. College Art Association, Professional Development Fellowship, honorable mention, 2008
9. U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program, Fulbright Fellowship, England, finalist, 2005
Grants/Scholarships
10. European Union Erasmus+ Program, Scholarship from Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, to do research on contemporary art practices, July 2018 (€1,940)
11. Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence, Research Grant to study LGBT*QI art in Estonia, summer 2017 (€750)
12/13/14. City of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council, Junior Anchor Grant to develop year-round programming for FIU’s Miami Beach Urban Studios (MBUS), 2014 ($24,966), 2013 ($11,540.11), 2012 ($15,188) and in-kind matching grant for each year from College of Architecture + Arts, FIU
Grants for exhibition “Mixing It Up: Queering Curry Mile and Currying Canal Street,” 2017:
15. Arts Council England, Grant for the Arts (British Government) (£5,000)
16. Manchester City Council, Neighborhood Renewal Funding Culture Grant (£250)
17. Univ. of Manchester, Migration, Diaspora and Cultural Studies Network Grant (£500)