Dr. Deborah Willis

the book cover for Posing Beauty, which shows a Black woman with a shaved head in profile
Tuesday, Nov 30 2021, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Virtual Event
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Visual Arts Lecture Series (VALS)—Fall 2021

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | A Visual Arts Lecture Series presentation by Dr. Deborah Willis.

MacArthur-award-winning artist, curator, and scholar Deborah Willis, PhD is University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and has affiliated appointments with the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Social & Cultural and the Institute of Fine Arts where she teaches courses on Photography & Imaging, iconicity, and cultural histories visualizing the black body, women, and gender. She is also the director of NYU’s Center for Black Visual Culture/Institute for African American Affairs. Her research examines photography’s multifaceted histories, visual culture, contemporary women photographers and beauty. 

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