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
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 Research Programs, Coordinator for History and Theory of Museums
Meredith B. Linn
Associate Professor
Caspar Meyer
Professor, Chair of Academic Programs, 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
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, Deputy Director and Chief Curator
Visiting Faculty and Fellows
Katharina Galor
Visiting Fellow, Fall 2026
Anton Ginzburg
Visiting Fellow, Spring 2027
Aline Kedma
Fields of the Future Fellow, Spring 2027
Ameli Klein
Visiting Fellow, Spring 2027
Barbara Miller
Visiting Faculty
Sarah Pickman
Visiting Fellow, Spring 2027
Sophie Preiswerk
Visiting Fellow, Fall 2026
Chris Woebken
Visiting Fellow, Fall 2026
Shuyi Yin
Visiting Fellow, Fall 2026
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
