Faculty
Susan Weber
Director and Founder, Iris Horowitz Professor in the History of the Decorative Arts
Christian Ayne Crouch
Dean of Graduate Studies
Jeffrey L. Collins
Professor
Ivan Gaskell
Professor
Aaron Glass
Professor, Associate Chair of Research Programs
Freyja Hartzell
Associate Professor, Director of Masters Studies, Editor of “West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture”
Deborah L. Krohn
Professor, Chair of Academic Programs, Coordinator for History and Theory of Museums
Meredith B. Linn
Associate Professor
Caspar Meyer
Professor, Editor of “West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture”
Andrew Morrall
Professor, Director of Doctoral Studies
Helen Polson
Associate Professor of Practice in Writing and Exhibition Interpretations Editor
Mei Mei Rado
Assistant Professor
Drew Thompson
Associate Professor
Ittai Weinryb
Professor, Editor of “West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture”
Catherine Whalen
Associate Professor
Lecturers
Andrew Kircher
Lecturer, Director of Public Humanities + Research
Jesse Merandy
Lecturer, Director of Digital Humanities/Exhibitions
Julia Siemon
Lecturer, Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator
Visiting Faculty and Fellows
Subhadra Mitra Channa
Visiting Fellow, Spring 2026
Sam Dodd
Visiting Fellow, Spring 2026
Saloni Mathur
Fields of the Future Fellow, Fall 2025 (deferred from 2024–25)
J. Michelle Molina
Visiting Fellow, Spring 2026
Cristina E. Pardo Porto
Visiting Fellow, Fall 2025
Albert L. Refiti
Visiting Fellow, Fall 2025
Matthew C. Reilly
Visiting Fellow, Spring 2026
Amanda Thompson
Visiting Faculty
Faculty Emeriti
Kenneth L. Ames
Professor Emeritus
Pat Kirkham
Professor Emerita
François Louis
Professor Emeritus
Michele Majer
Professor Emerita
Elizabeth Simpson
Professor Emerita
Paul Stirton
Professor Emeritus, Editor in Chief of “West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture”
In Memoriam
David Jaffee
Professor, Head of New Media Research
