Passionate educator creating safe and inclusive classrooms that center student experiences.
Dynamic curator committed to change the museum field through anti-racist coalitions.
Education
Ph.D. Medieval Art History, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
M.A. Italian Renaissance Art History, Syracuse University
B.A. Art History and Romance Linguistics, Pepperdine University
Professional Experience
Riverside City College, Assistant Professor of Art History (present)
Pepperdine University, Adjunct Professor (2011-2019)
Loyola Marymount University, Part-Time Faculty (2015)
Getty Museum, Curator of Manuscripts (2010-2020)
Syracuse University, Teaching Assistant (2010)
Getty Museum, Gallery Educator (2006-2009)
Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Gallery Attendant (2005)
Pepperdine University, Teaching Assistant, Italian Department (2004-2006)
Pepperdine University, Research Assistant, French and Francophone Studies (2004-2005)
Awards
Association of Art Museum Curators, Award for Excellence for the top exhibition of 2019: Outcasts: Prejudice and Persecution in the Medieval World
Global Fine Art Awards for Best Renaissance, Baroque, Old Masters, and Asian Dynasties Exhibition of 2016 for Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts
Global Fine Art Awards Inaugural You-2 Social Media Award for Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts
The Courtauld Institute of Art
The Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Scholar
The Lucy Mitchell Innes and David Nash Scholar
The Professor Peter Baldwin and Dr. Lisbet Rausing Scholar
The Linda Kristin Bennett Scholar
The Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation Scholar
The Nicholas E. Ferguson Scholar
The American Foundation for The Courtauld Institute of Art Scholar
The Courtauld Scholarship Fund Recipient
Getty Museum, Educational Assistance and Travel Funds (2007-2009, 2012-2018)
Association of Art Museum Curators Awards for Excellence Celebration 2019
Leadership
Riverside City College
LGBTQIA2+ Association for Student Success and Leadership (LASSE), Ally Program co-coordinator
Student Access and Support (SAS) Leadership Council
Student Equity Committee (SEC)
Community Engagement and Partnerships Working Group
Land Acknowledgement Working Group
International Center of Medieval Art
Detours and Diversions in "Medieval" Art History Task Force (2021—2024)
Board of Directors (2020—2023)
Chair of the Programs and Lectures Committee (2020—2023)
Queer Medieval Art: Past, Present, and Future, Program Chair (2021—2022)
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee (2020—2023)
Getty Museum
Getty Research Institute Annual Scholar Application Review (2018—present)
Inaugural Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Council (2019—2020)
Chair of the Steering Committee, Curatorial Forum (2016—2018)
Getty Marrow Multicultural Undergraduate Internship program application review, Getty Foundation (2016—2019)
Getty Museum Guest Scholar Review Committee (2016)
Mentoring and Service
Riverside City College
LGBTQIA2+ Association for Student Success and Leadership (LASSE), Mentor
Puente Program, Mentor
Medieval Academy of America
Centennial Implementation Committee (2021—2025)
Mentoring Programs Committee (2021—2022); subcommittee for conference mentoring
"Curating Global Medievalisms," Inaugural podcast for The Multicultural Middle Ages
Getty Museum
Graduate Intern, Co-Supervisor (2018—2019)
Getty Marrow Undergraduate Intern, Mentor (2015—2018)
Association of Art Museum Curators
Membership Committee (2018—2019)
International Council of Museums
Ethics Committee (2021—present)
National Endowment for the Humanities
Panelist-Reviewer, Humanities Collections & Reference Resources, Division of Preservation & Access (2021)
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Editorial Board of immediations, The Courtauld Institute of Art Journal of Postgraduate Research, vol. 4, no. 3, 2018
LASSE: LGBTQIA2+ Association for Student Success and Equity
