Teaching and Lecturing

Teaching     

Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (fall 2021)

Adjunct Faculty, “Art and Human Values”

Cooper-Hewitt/Parsons The New School, New York, New York (2014 - 2015)

Part-time Faculty, Masters Program in the History of Decorative Arts and Design 

Drew University, Madison, New Jersey (2003 – 2013)

Instructor, Certificate Course in Historic Preservation

Courtauld Art Institute, London, United Kingdom (2009)

Instructor, Summer Session

Lecturing 

“The Key Role of Arts in Business Leadership” at the 28th Annual Women’s Business Leadership Conference organized by Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business; Tulsa, OK  (March 2019) 

"Vanishing Fences: the Intersection of Contemporary Fine Art, Craft and Design," panel discussion at Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, Stillwater, OK (March 2017)

“Handmade: Craft, Material, and Skill in Contemporary Art,” panel discussion with Glenn Adamson, moderated by Sarah Warren at the Neuberger Museum of Art, Harrison, NY (February 2016)

"Institutionalized: Craft in the Museum,” with Julie Muñiz at the symposium Nation Building: Craft and Contemporary American Culture; Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC (November 2012)

"Craft and Design: Is There a Difference? Does It Matter?” for the panel "Craft, Design and Postmodernity" at Design and Craft: A History of Convergences and Divergences conference of the International Committee of Design History and Design Studies, Brussels, Belgium (September 2010) 

“Craft Across Cultures,” National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Caotun, Taiwan (December 2009)

“Sleeping in the Parlour and Eating in the Hall: Home Life in Historic New Jersey,” Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission, East Jersey Olde Towne Village, Piscataway, New Jersey (October 2009)

“Craft Kills: New Directions in Craft Practices in the 21st Century,” Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California (May 2008)

“The Intoxicating Vessel: A Design History of Drinks,” Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York (February 2008). The Chicago Tribune published an article about the talk here.

“Dining with the Gibbons: Food, Drink and Manners in the 1830s,” Drew University, Madison, New Jersey (January 2008)

“Relationships between Contemporary Jewelry and the Decorative Arts,” Adornment Conference on Jewelry and the Decorative Arts, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, New York (October 2007)

“Flameworking – Past, Present and Future,” (lecture), The Glass Art Society Conference, Adelaide, Australia (May 2005)

“Contemporary African-American Artists in Art, Craft, and Design,” (lecture) Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, New York (February 2004)