Faculty
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Susan Weber
Director and Founder, Iris Horowitz Professor in the History of the Decorative Arts
Susan Weber
Director and Founder, Iris Horowitz Professor in the History of the Decorative Arts
Peter N. Miller
Dean, Professor
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Christian Ayne Crouch
Dean of Graduate Studies
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Jeffrey L. Collins
Professor
Jeffrey L. Collins
Professor
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Ivan Gaskell
Professor
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Aaron Glass
Professor, Associate Chair of Research Programs
Aaron Glass
Associate Professor
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Freyja Hartzell
Associate Professor, Editor of “West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture”
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Deborah L. Krohn
Professor, Chair of Academic Programs, Coordinator for History and Theory of Museums
Deborah L. Krohn
Associate Professor, Chair of Academic Programs, Coordinator for History and Theory of Museums
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Meredith B. Linn
Associate Professor, Director of Masters Studies
Meredith B. Linn
Assistant Professor, Director of Masters Studies
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François Louis
Professor
François Louis
Professor, Director of Doctoral Studies
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Jennifer L. Mass
Professor
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Caspar Meyer
Professor, Editor of “West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture”
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Andrew Morrall
Professor
Andrew Morrall
Professor of Academic Programs
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Helen Polson
Associate Professor of Practice in Writing and Exhibition Interpretations Editor
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Mei Mei Rado
Assistant Professor
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Drew Thompson
Associate Professor
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Ittai Weinryb
Associate Professor, Director of Doctoral Studies, Editor of “West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture”
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Catherine Whalen
Associate Professor
Visiting Faculty and Fellows
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Giovanni Acerbis
Visiting Fellow, Spring 2024
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Angela Brown
Visiting Fellow, Fall 2024
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Azra Dawood
Visiting Fellow, Fall 2023
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Hannah Duggan
Cultural Heritage Science Fellow
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Namita Gupta Wiggers
Paul J. Smith Fields of the Future Fellow, Fall 2023
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Stefan Heidemann
Visiting Fellow, Summer 2025
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Oknim Jo
Visiting Fellow, Spring 2025
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Meagan Khoury
Visiting Fellow, Spring 2025
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Lynda Klich
Visiting Fellow, 2023–24
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Lynda Nead
Fields of the Future Fellow, Spring 2024
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Asli Niyazioglu
Fields of the Future Fellow, Fall 2024
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Patricia Orpilla
Fields of the Future Fellow, Spring 2024
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Helen Persson Swain
Visiting Fellow, Spring 2024
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Renee Romano
Visiting Fellow, Fall 2024
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Nima Valibeig
Visiting Fellow, Summer & Fall 2023
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Charlotte Vignon
Adjunct Professor, Fall 2023
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Ashley D. West
Visiting Fellow, Fall 2024
Faculty Emeriti
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Kenneth L. Ames
Professor Emeritus
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Pat Kirkham
Professor Emerita
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Michele Majer
Professor Emerita
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Elizabeth Simpson
Professor Emerita
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Paul Stirton
Professor Emeritus, Editor in Chief of “West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture”
In Memoriam
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David Jaffee
Professor, Head of New Media Research