Officers

Co-Chair

Annie Dell’Aria is Associate Professor of Art History at Miami University in Ohio. Her research is concerned with issues of space and place in contemporary art and media.

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.

Treasurer

Jennifer K. Favorite holds 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

Laura Holzman is Professor of Art History and Museum Studies at Indiana University Indianapolis, where she is also Public Scholar of Curatorial Practices and Visual Art .

Social Media Coordinator

Lori Goldstein is the manager of WESTAF’s Public Art Archive. Goldstein is responsible for long-term planning, product development, and overseeing the addition of public art collections to the Archive.

Special Projects Coordinator

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

Special Projects Coordinator

Leticia R. Bajuyo is a Filipinx-American interdisciplinary artist, object maker, and sculptor based in Texas who started creating in rural Midwest flyover communities. Bajuyo received her M.F.A. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and her B.F.A. from the University of Notre Dame.