Assistant Professor of Art and Art History (1989)

Curator of Exhibitions, Longyear Museum

Degrees: BA Herbert H. Lehman College 1972; MA, MPhil, PhD Columbia University 1976, 1980, 1995

Teaching Experience: Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Professional Experience: Curator of Exhibitions, Longyear Museum 1989 – present; Guest Curator, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, "Where Three Realms Meet: Gods, Humans and Animals in Pre-Columbian Art" January – March 1999

Teaching Specialties: African art, American Indian art, Oceanic art, pre-Columbian art, tribal architecture, African studies

Research Interests/Related Travel: Art of Nigeria / West Africa, indigenous art of the southwest and northeast United States, contemporary Native American art, art of the mask

Publications: "The Lower Niger Bronze Bells: Form, Iconography and Function" (The Art of Metal in Africa); co-author, "Hopi Ritual Clowns and Values in the Hopi Live Span" (Humor and Aging); "The Ishan Cult of the Hand" (African Arts); numerous Longyear Museum brochures