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, 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, Director of Masters Studies
Jennifer L. Mass
Professor
Caspar Meyer
Professor, Editor of “West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture”
Andrew Morrall
Professor
Helen Polson
Associate Professor of Practice in Writing and Exhibition Interpretations Editor
Mei Mei Rado
Assistant Professor
Drew Thompson
Associate Professor
Ittai Weinryb
Associate Professor, Director of Doctoral Studies, Editor of “West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture”
Catherine Whalen
Associate Professor
Visiting Faculty and Fellows
Sequoia Barnes
Fields of the Future Fellow, Spring 2025
Angela Brown
Visiting Fellow, Fall 2024
Hannah Duggan
Cultural Heritage Science Fellow
Stefan Heidemann
Visiting Fellow, Summer 2025
Oknim Jo
Visiting Fellow, Spring 2025
Meagan Khoury
Visiting Fellow, Spring 2025
Asli Niyazioglu
Fields of the Future Fellow, Fall 2024
Renee Romano
Visiting Fellow, Fall 2024
Ashley D. West
Visiting Fellow, Fall 2024
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
