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, University of North Texas, Denton, TX |
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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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Damon Arhos Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion |
2024–2028 | Assistant Professor of Art, Kentucky College of Art + Design, Louisville, KY |
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Lara M. Evans Vice President for Annual Conference and Programs |
2021–2026 | Vice President, Programs, First Peoples Fund, Rapid City, SD |
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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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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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Katy Rogers Secretary |
2020–2026 | President & CEO, The Dedalus Foundation, New York, NY |
| 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 |
Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, New York, NY | |
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Meme Omogbai Executive Director and CEO |
CAA, New York, NY | |
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Theresa Avila | 2024–2028 | Associate Professor, Non-Western Art History, California State University, Channel Islands, CA |
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Jelena Bogdanović |
2025–2029 | Associate Professor of Architectural History and Theory, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN |
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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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Jennifer Field |
2025–2029 | Executive Director, Estate of David Smith, New York, NY |
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Sharon Hecker | 2023–2027 | Curator of exhibition Lucio Fontana’s Ceramics, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Milan, Italy |
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Leslie D. Joynes | 2025–2029 | Research Scholar on Organization and Leadership in Higher Education, Columbia University, New York, NY |
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Rick Kinsel | 2025–2029 | President, Vilcek Foundation, New York, NY |
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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 | 2023–2029 | Art History Lead Faculty, Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA |
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Aaron Samuel Mulenga | 2025–2027 | PhD Candidate in History of Art and Visual Culture, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA |
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Nozomi Naoi | 2024–2028 | Associate Professor, Yale-NUS College and Associate Professor, National University of Singapore |
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Emily Pugh | 2025–2029 | Principal Research Specialist for Digital Art History, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA |
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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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Eric Wolf | 2024–2028 | Director of Collections, The New York Society Library, New York, NY |