About
The Board of Directors is charged with CAA’s long-term financial stability and strategic direction; it is also the association’s governing body. The board sets policy regarding all aspects of CAA’s activities, including publishing, the Annual Conference, awards and fellowships, advocacy, and committee procedures.
If you would like to reach the CAA Board of Directors, please contact info@collegeart.org with the subject line: “Message for CAA Board.” If you have an advocacy-related request or concern, please read the CAA Advocacy Policy and contact info@collegeart.org with the subject line: “Constituent Advocacy Request.” All press inquiries should be directed to info@collegeart.org with the subject line “Press Request.” Following these instructions will ensure a prompt response; please do not reach out to individual Board members directly.
By-laws of the College Art Association inc.
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Denise Baxter President |
2023–2027 | Professor of Art History & Associate Dean, Toulouse Graduate School, University of North Texas, Denton, TX |
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Karen Leader Vice President for External Relations |
2022–2026 | Associate Professor, Art History & Faculty Associate, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL |
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Gregory Gilbert Vice President for Committees |
2022–2026 | Director of Art History & Art Museum Studies Programs, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois |
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Laura Anderson Barbata Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion |
2018–2025 | Transdisciplinary Artist, Author, Performer, Teacher, New York, NY & Mexico |
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Lara M. Evans Vice President for Annual Conference and Programs |
2021–2025 | Vice President, Programs, First Peoples Fund, Rapid City, SD |
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Nicole Archer Vice President for Publications |
2023–2027 | Associate Professor, Visual and Critical Studies, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ |
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Katy Rogers Secretary |
2020–2025 | Vice President & Secretary, The Dedalus Foundation, New York, NY |
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Jennifer Rissler Past President |
2022–2024 | Interim Executive Director, 500 Capp Street Foundation & Dean Emerita, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| Anthony Crisafulli Treasurer |
2023–2027 | Department Chair & Associate Professor of Art, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL | |
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Gregory V. Gooding Counsel |
2021–2025 | Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, New York, NY |
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Meme Omogbai Executive Director and CEO |
CAA, New York, NY | |
| BOARD MEMBERS | |||
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Damon Arhos |
2024–2028 | Assistant Professor of Art, Kentucky College of Art + Design, Louisville, KY |
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Theresa Avila | 2024–2028 | Associate Professor, Non-Western Art History, California State University, Channel Islands, CA |
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Roland Betancourt | 2021–2025 | Professor, Art History, University of California, Irvine, CA |
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Alex Bostic |
2023–2027 | Associate Professor of Painting, Department of Art, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS |
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Radha Dalal |
2023–2027 | Associate Professor & Director of Art History, VCUarts Qatar, Doha, Qatar |
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Sharon Hecker | 2023–2027 | Curator of exhibition Lucio Fontana’s Ceramics, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Milan, Italy |
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Nazar Kozak | 2022–2026 | Senior Researcher, Department of Art Studies, Ethnography Institute, National Academy of Sciences & Associate Professor of Art History, Ivan Franko University of Lviv, Ukraine |
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Carolyn Jean Martin | 2023–2025 | PhD Candidate, David Driskell Fellow, Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, Portland, ME |
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Nozomi Naoi | 2024–2028 | Associate Professor, Yale-NUS College and Associate Professor, National University of Singapore |
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Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz | 2021–2025 | Associate Professor, Studio Art, School of Visual Arts & Design, University of Central Florida, FL |
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Emily Rice | 2024–2026 | MFA Candidate, Boston University, Boston, MA |
 | Adity Saxena | 2022–2026 | Dean, Woxsen School of Arts & Design, Hyderabad, India |
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Kelly Walters | 2021–2025 | Associate Professor, Communication Design & Director, BFA Communication Design, Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, NY |
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Eric Wolf | 2024–2028 | Director of Collections, The New York Society Library, New York, NY |