Officers

CO-CHAIR

Amy Werbel is Professor of Art History at the State University of New York-Fashion Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on freedom of artistic expression in historical and contemporary contexts, and in physical and virtual settings.

CO-CHAIR

Karen Shelby is an Associate Professor of Art History at Baruch College, the City University of New York. She is the co-founder of Art History Teaching Resources. Her current research addresses the innovative curatorial practice of Flemish curator Jan Hoet in the public spaces of the city of Ghent, Belgium.

TREASURER

Jennifer K. Favorite has a Ph.D. in art history from The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY). Her research interests include public art in the U.S. after 1945, twentieth-century architecture, memorials in the U.S. and abroad, and the cultural and political uses of public space.

SECRETARY AND ARCHIVIST

Tola Porter, PhD, is Interim Assistant Director for Learning, Engagement, and Technology at the Lowe Art Musuem, University of Miami. Her art historical research specialty is modern public sculpture.

MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR

Davida Fernández-Barkan is Teaching Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. She holds a PhD in the History of Art and Architecture from Harvard University.

WEBSITE MANAGER

Annie Dell’Aria is Associate Professor of Art History at Miami University, Miami, Ohio. Her research concerns the intersection of contemporary art, screen media, and public space. She is the author of The Moving Image as Public Art: Sidewalk Spectators and Modes of Enchantment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)

SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR

Jennifer Wingate is author of Sculpting Doughboys: Memory, Gender, and Taste in America’s World War I Memorials (2013), co-editor with Sierra Rooney and Harriet F. Senie of Teachable Monuments: Using Public Art to Spark Dialogue and Confront Controversy (2021), and author of At Home with Political Portraits: Photographs of the Domestic Display of US Presidents (2026). Jennifer was co-chair of PAD with Cameron Cartiere from 2015-2018, and co-edited the PAD journal with Cameron from 2017-2020.

SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR

Mya Dosch is Associate Professor of Art of the Americas at California State University, Sacramento. Their research focuses on art and urban space in Mexico City, from monuments to protest interventions.

SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR

Leticia Bajuyo is an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the University of Oklahoma. An interdisciplinary artist and object maker, she creates drawings, sculptures, installations, and public art that highlight crafted materiality, collected stories, and community engagement.