Staff Directory

Rebecca Allan

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

Kenneth L. Ames

Professor
American and European Decorative Arts and Material Culture
Tradition, Taste, and Aesthetics
Travel, Tourism, and the Material World
212.501.3055,  ames@bgc.bard.edu

Musah Awudu

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

Lorraine Bacalles

Liaison- IRIS Foundation (PT)
212.581.8247 ,  bacalles@bgc.bard.edu

Abigail Balbale

Postdoctoral Fellow in Islamic Arts and Material Culture
212.501.3086,  balbale@bgc.bard.edu

Rick Barley

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

Hollis Barnhart

Communications Manager
212.501.3074,  barnhart@bgc.bard.edu

Samantha Baron

Human Resources Manager
212.501.3030,  samantha.baron@bgc.bard.edu

Laura Bass

Special Events Manager
212.501.3058,  bass@bgc.bard.edu

Joseph Berrios

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

Kristen Boddy

External Affairs Associate
212.501.3071,  kristen.boddy@bgc.bard.edu

Todd Bristol

Chief Operating Officer
212.501.3073,  bristol@bgc.bard.edu

David Castellani

Technology Support Specialist
212.501.3027,  david.castellani@bgc.bard.edu

Jamie Cavallo

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

Miao Chen

Finance and Administration Associate
212.501.3014,  chen@bgc.bard.edu

Jeffrey L. Collins

Professor and Chair of Academic Programs
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

Orlando Diaz

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

Artur Dibra

Facilities Maintainer
212.501.3006,  dibra@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

Gallery 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

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

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

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

Marianne Lamonaca

Associate Gallery Director and Chief Curator
212.501.3017,  marianne.lamonaca@bgc.bard.edu

Ulrich Leben

Research Scholar
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

Katrina London

Program Assistant for the NEH Summer Institute
212.501.3026,  katrina.london@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

David Madonia

Facilites Superintendent
212.307.1173,  madonia@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

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

Network Systems Coordinator
212.501.3033,  mis@bgc.bard.edu

Ravi Moneram

Facilities Maintainer
212.501.3007  ravi.moneram@bgc.bard.edu 

Mehboob Moorji

Security Personnel
212.501.3002,  212.501.3020 (alt),  moorji@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
The Early History of Collecting
212.501.4042,  morrall@bgc.bard.edu

Alexis Mucha

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

Amy F. Ogata

Associate Professor
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

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

Anthony Perez

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

Adrian Perez

Design & Web Assistant
212.501.3018,  adrian.perez@bgc.bard.edu

Elena Pinto Simon

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

Ilir Qorri

Facilities Maintainer
212.501.3007,  qorri@bgc.bard.edu

Vanessa Rossi

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

Yolanda Sahad

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

Catiria Sanchez

Security Supervisor/Charge-of-Shift
212.501.3002/3020,  sanchez@bgc.bard.edu

Lindsey Schneider

Assistant Director of Development
212.501.3059,  schneider@bgc.bard.edu

Nicola Sharratt

BGC-AMNH Postdoctoral Fellow in Museum Anthropology
212.501.3089,  sharratt@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; Museology; Protection of Cultural Property
212.501.3081,  simpson@bgc.bard.edu

Chandler Small

Head 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

George Stone

Maintainer
212.501.3007,  stone@bgc.bard.edu

Nina Stritzler-Levine

Gallery Director
212.501.3052,  stritzler@bgc.bard.edu

Ian Sullivan

Exhibition Designer
212.501.3009,  sullivan@bgc.bard.edu

Kenyi Sun

Facilities Maintainer
212.501.3006,  sun@bgc.bard.edu

Sarah Szeliga

Project Cataloger - Ted Dell
212.581.8030,  sarah.szeliga@bgc.bard.edu

Kenneth Talley

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

Ann Tartsinis

Associate Curator
212.501.3053,  tartsinis@bgc.bard.edu

Lynn Thommen

Director of External Affairs
212.501.3072  thommen@bgc.bard.edu 

Deborah Tint

Digital Imaging Asst (PT)
212.501.3084,  tint@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 Personnel
212.501.3002,  212.501.3020 (alt),  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

Matthew Wittmann

Curatorial Fellow
"Circus and the City: New York, 1793-2010" (through Winter 2013)
212.501.3060,  wittmann@bgc.bard.edu

Roger Yerburgh

Library Assistant
212.501.3038,  roger.yerburgh@bgc.bard.edu

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