Deborah Willis is a portrait and art photographer, one of the nation's leading historians of African American photography, and curator of African American culture. Deeply committed to education, she is also the Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and has an affiliated appointment as a University Professor with the College of Arts and Sciences, Africana Studies.
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| (Photo of photo from book jacket of Posing Beauty,2009.) |
Willis is an educator, a university department chair, a curator and historian, and continues her artistic work (see her website at debwillisphoto.com). Read her complete six-page curriculum vitae here. Some highlights:
B.A., Temple University
B.F.A. Photography,Philadelphia College of Art
M.F.A. Photography, Pratt Institute
M.A. Art History and Museum Studies,City University of New York
Ph.D. Cultural Studies, George Mason University
1996 Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation Award
2000 MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellowship
2005 Guggenheim and Fletcher Fellow
2010 Society for Photographic Education's "Honored Educator"
Author or co-author of more than 15 books, five curated exhibitions, as well as several visiting artist appointments and numerous other photographic projects.
Fogelson Library has four of her books available for checkout. See the display near the circulation desk this week.
For more information, see these websites, better yet come in and see her books!
