Staff Directory

Rebecca Allan

Head of Education
212.501.3022,  allan@bgc.bard.edu

Kenneth L. Ames

Professor
American Decorative Arts and Material Culture of the 18th and 19th-centuries
Material Culture and Social Class
Uses of the Past in the Present
212.496.1094,  ames@bgc.bard.edu

David Applegate

Library Assistant
212.501.3038,  applegate@bgc.bard.edu

Musah Awudu

Security Personnel
212.501.3002,  awudu@bgc.bard.edu

Lorraine Bacalles

Director of Finance and Administration
212.501.3030,  bacalles@bgc.bard.edu

Rick Barley

Manager of Information Technology
212.501.3080,  barley@bgc.bard.edu

Hollis Barnhart

External Affairs Associate
212.501.3074,  barnhart@bgc.bard.edu

Jamie Cavallo

Academic Programs Assistant
212.501.3078 ,  cavallo@bgc.bard.edu

Miao Chen

Systems Administrator
212.501.3014,  chen@bgc.bard.edu

Jeffrey L. Collins

Professor
17th- and 18th-century Art and Culture
212.501.3082,  collins@bgc.bard.edu

Keith Condon

Associate Director of Student Services
212.501.3056,  condon@bgc.bard.edu

James Congregane

Operations Manager
212.501.3006,  congregane@bgc.bard.edu

Terrance D'Ambrosio

Assistant Coordinator, Visual Media Resources
212.501.3084,  dambrosio@bgc.bard.edu

Orlando Diaz

Assistant Facilities Manager
212.501.3006,  diaz@bgc.bard.edu

John Donovan

Director of Facilities
212.501.3005,  donovan@bgc.bard.edu

Eric Edler

Registrar and Associate Preparator
212.501.3015,  edler@bgc.bard.edu

Erin Eisenbarth

Library Assistant for Technical Services
212.501.3040,  eisenbarth@bgc.bard.edu

Janis Ekdahl

Part-time Librarian
212.501.3040,  ekdahl@bgc.bard.edu

Anna Mikaela Ekstrand

Research Assistant, Swedish Toys
212.501.3075,  ekstrand@bgc.bard.edu

Barbara Elam

Senior Coordinator, Visual Media Resources
212.501.3085,  elam@bgc.bard.edu

Izabella Elwart

Executive Assistant to the Director
212.501.3051,  elwart@bgc.bard.edu

Erin Elzi

Technical Services Librarian
212.501.3037,  elzi@bgc.bard.edu

Ivan Gaskell

Professor
Curator and Head of the Focus Gallery Project
Material Culture of North America and Europe, 16th through 20th centuries
Global Cultural Encounter
Philosophy of Museums and Material Culture: Epistemology, Ethics, Aesthetics
212.501.3063,  gaskell@bgc.bard.edu

Melissa Gerstein

Program Coordinator
212.501.3011,  gerstein@bgc.bard.edu

Aaron Glass

Assistant Professor
Native Peoples of the Northwest Coast
Museums and Anthropology
212.501.3068,  glass@bgc.bard.edu

Laura Grey

Art Director
212.501.3048,  grey@bgc.bard.edu

Tracy Grosner

Gallery Outreach Educator
212.501.3013,  grosner@bgc.bard.edu

Nicholas Hailey

Maintainer
212.501.3006,  hailey@bgc.bard.edu

Michelle Hargrave

Associate Curator
212 501 3075,  hargrave@bgc.bard.edu

Erin Hasinoff

BGC-AMNH Postdoctoral Fellow in Museum Anthropology
212.501.3026,  hasinoff@bgc.bard.edu

Karyn Hinkle

Reader Services Librarian
212.501.3035,  hinkle@bgc.bard.edu

Patricia Hirt

Associate Director of Finance
212.581.8034,  hirt@bgc.bard.edu

Keshia Inniss

Security Personnel
212.501.3002 3020,  Inniss@bgc.bard.edu

David Jaffee

Professor
Head of New Media Research
Material Culture of New York City
Early American Material Culture
Cultural Geography and Landscape
212.501.3047,  jaffee@bgc.bard.edu

Brian Keliher

Acting Director of Development
212.501.3077,  keliher@bgc.bard.edu

Kimon Keramidas

Assistant Director for Digital Media Lab
212.501.3061,  keramidas@bgc.bard.edu

Pat Kirkham

Professor
Europe and USA, c.1750-2000
Histories of Design, Architecture and Objects
Material Culture, Film, Gender
212.501.3043,  kirkham@bgc.bard.edu

Deborah L. Krohn

Associate Professor
Coordinator for History and Theory of Museums
Italian Renaissance Decorative Arts and Material Culture
History and Theory of Museums
Culinary History
212.501.3046,  krohn@bgc.bard.edu

Ulrich Leben

Visiting Professor and Special Exhibitions Curator
212.501.3021,  leben@bgc.bard.edu

Marc LeBlanc

Assistant Director of Special Events
212.501.3076,  leblanc@bgc.bard.edu

Daniel Lee

Managing Editor
212.501.3049,  lee@bgc.bard.edu

Claudette Livingstone

Security Personnel
212.501.3002/3020,  livingstone@bgc.bard.edu

François Louis

Associate Professor
History of Chinese Design and Visual Culture
Material Culture of Medieval China
212.501.3088,  louis@bgc.bard.edu

Lorenzo Lugo

Security Personnel
212.501.3002,  212.501.3020 (alt),  lugo@bgc.bard.edu

Michele Majer

Assistant Professor
European and American Clothing and Textiles
212.501.3041,  majer@bgc.bard.edu

Earl Martin

Associate Curator
212.501.3083,  martin@bgc.bard.edu

Heather Jane McCormick

Managing Editor, Textbook Project
212.581.8219,  mccormick@bgc.bard.edu

Jillian McKay

Library & Visual Media Resources Assistant
mckay@bgc.bard.edu

Peter N. Miller

Dean
Professor
History of Historical Research
Antiquarianism
The Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean
212.501.3044,  miller@bgc.bard.edu

Joseph Mis

Coordinator of Information Technology
212.501.3033,  mis@bgc.bard.edu

Andrew Morrall

Professor
Director of Doctoral Studies
Early Modern Northern European Fine and Applied Arts
The Reformation and the Arts
The History and Theory of Ornament
212.501.3042,  morrall@bgc.bard.edu

Alexis Mucha

Coordinator of Catalogue Photography/Gallery Attendant
212.501.3012,  mucha@bgc.bard.edu

Amy F. Ogata

Associate Professor and Chair
19th and 20th century Architectural and Design History
Material Culture of Childhood
212.501.3087,  ogata@bgc.bard.edu

Jose Olivera

Facilities Coordinator
212.501.3006,  olivera@bgc.bard.edu

Allison Ong Samuels

Special Projects Assistant for Finance and Administration
212.501.3032,  ongsamuels@bgc.bard.edu

Elena Pinto Simon

Dean, Academic Administration and Student Affairs
212.501.3057,  simon@bgc.bard.edu

Ilir Qorry

Maintainer
212.501.3007,  qorry@bgc.bard.edu

Cassandra Rosser

Finance & Administration Assistant
212.501.3031,  rosser@bgc.bard.edu

Vanessa Rossi

Digital Content Developer
212.501.3062,  rossi@bgc.bard.edu

Nina Samuel

Visiting Assistant Professor
212.501.3086,  samuel@bgc.bard.edu

Catiria Sanchez

Security Personnel
212.501.3002/3020,  sanchez@bgc.bard.edu

Gisela Schmidt

Academic Computing Coordinator
212.501.3027,  schmidt@bgc.bard.edu

Sarah B. Sherrill

Visiting Faculty
Textile Studies
212.581.8209,  sherrill@bgc.bard.edu

Elizabeth Simpson

Professor
Greek, Roman, Ancient Near Eastern, and Egyptian Art and Archaeology
Ancient Crafts and Technology
Rediscovery of Antiquity/Ancient Revival Styles
212.501.3081,  simpson@bgc.bard.edu

Chandler Small

Supervisor of Security
212.501.3028,  small@bgc.bard.edu

Paul Stirton

Associate Professor
Editor of "West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture"
19th and 20th century European Design and Architecture
212.501.3067,  stirton@bgc.bard.edu

Nina Stritzler-Levine

Chief Curator and Executive Editor, Gallery Publications

Ian Sullivan

Exhibition Designer and Chief Preparator
212.501.3009,  sullivan@bgc.bard.edu

Kenyi Sun

Facilities Maintainer
212.501.3006,  sun@bgc.bard.edu

Kenneth Talley

Security Personnel
212.501.3002/3020,  talley@bgc.bard.edu

Ann Tartsinis

Assistant Curator
212.501.3053,  tartsinis@bgc.bard.edu

Olga Valle Tetkowski

Administrator of Curatorial Projects
212.501.3054,  tetkowski@bgc.bard.edu

Heather Topcik

Chief Librarian
212.501.3036,  topcik@bgc.bard.edu

Tom Tredway

Library Associate
212.501.3039,  tredway@bgc.bard.edu

Han Vu

Digital Technology Designer
212.501.3016,  hanvu@bgc.bard.edu

Charles Watt

Facilties Maintainer
212.501.3006,  watt@bgc.bard.edu

Susan Weber

Director and Founder
Iris Horowitz Professor in the History of the Decorative Arts
18th and 19th-century Decorative Arts Topics

Ittai Weinryb

Assistant Professor
Medieval European Artistic and Material Culture
Anthropology of Image Making
Geography of Art
212.501.3069,  weinryb@bgc.bard.edu

Carolyn Welch

Security Personnell
212.501.3002/3020,  welch@bgc.bard.edu

Catherine Whalen

Assistant Professor
American Material Culture Studies
Craft and Design History
History and Theory of Collecting
212.501.3064,  whalen@bgc.bard.edu

Alexa Wilding

Manager, Development Office Administration and Alumni Relations
212.501.3071,  wilding@bgc.bard.edu

Matthew Wittmann

Curatorial Fellow
"The History of the Circus in America" (through Winter 2012)
212.501.3060,  wittmann@bgc.bard.edu

Elsjon Zajmi

Maintainer
212.501.3007,  zajmi@bgc.bard.edu

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