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Art historian whose focus is Native arts. My research merges the disciplines of art history, visual culture, cultural memory, and museology. In my work, I focus on bringing Native voices and perspectives to the forefront of art historical discourse. I focus particularly on the work of contemporary Native artists.CURATORIAL EXPERIENCEFRED JONES JUNIOR MUSEUM OF ART–Norman, OK"Night Views: Native American Nocturnes of the 20th and 21st Century," March 2016-August 2016CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS“Robert Houle’s Paris/Ojibwa: Re/signifying the American West through Parody,” 2015 Native American Art Studies Association Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 2015.“Violence, Marginalization, and Commemoration: Public Awareness in the Performances of Rebecca Belmore,” Oklahoma Conference of Art Historians, Oklahoma State University, March 2014.

Listed skills include French To English, French, Translation, Art, and 13 others.