2025 Annual Conference – Proposal Reviewers
Meet our 2025 Proposal Reviewers
Toni Gentilli is the Curator of Exhibits at the University of New Mexico Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. She has an MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute, an MA in Museum Studies from Arizona State University, and a BA in Anthropology and Art History from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Previously, Toni was the Residency Director at the Santa Fe Art Institute where she curated exhibitions and programs engaging social and environmental justice issues in collaboration with creative practitioners and culture bearers from across the world. Prior to that, Toni was an Independent Curator at museums and galleries throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. And from 2000–2010, Toni was an Archaeologist and Cultural Resources Project Director for an environmental planning firm in Arizona. She uses her interdisciplinary education and experience to build bridges across disciplines and communities through creative engagement with the diversity of human experience and expression.
Dr. Danielle Raad (she/her) leads the Stanford University Archaeology Collections, overseeing all aspects of operations, acquisitions, registration, collections management, education, research, and outreach as the Curator and Assistant Director of Collections. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Academic Affairs and Outreach at the Yale University Art Gallery, where she expanded curricular and co-curricular engagement with the collections. Danielle holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from UMass Amherst, an S.M. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.A. in Chemistry from Harvard University, an M.Ed. in Secondary Education from Lesley University, and a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Brown University. While at UMass, she also earned a graduate certificate in Public History with a focus in Museum Studies.
Kathryn Reuter (she/her) is Fine Arts Librarian for the Fisher Fine Arts Library at the University of Pennsylvania. Kathryn oversees research, instruction, and outreach programs for the Fisher Library, serving the History of Art department and the Weitzman School of Design. Before arriving at Penn, Kathryn worked as an Instruction and Outreach Librarian at the University of Iowa, in a role split between the university’s Stanley Museum of Art and the library’s Special Collections & Archives department. She was an Adrianne Arsht intern in the Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and got her start in museums and libraries through a Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship in Special Collections at the Getty Research Institute. Kathryn earned her BA in History from California State University, Long Beach and her MLIS and a MA in History from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she was an Advanced Opportunity Program Fellow.
Allie Tokarski (she/her) is Assistant Curator for Student Engagement at the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art. Allie fosters engagement between university students and the museum through the development and implementation of student-focused programming, engagement initiatives, and professional development opportunities. She also supervises the student gallery host team and develops professional training and enrichment activities for the museum’s student employees and graduate assistants. Allie holds a BFA in Painting and a BA in Art History, both from the University of Iowa.
Kimberly Musial Datchuk (she/her) builds programs and educational opportunities with creativity, collaboration, and curiosity in mind. For the last five years, she has been the curator of learning & engagement at the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art. Prior to that, she held a dual position as visiting assistant professor in art education at the University of Iowa and assistant curator of special projects at the Stanley. She has curated several exhibitions that center the work of women and the struggle for social justice. Her research and curatorial interests include institutional critique and the intersection of art, gender, sexuality, and technology, particularly in fin-de-siècle France. She has a doctorate in art history, with a specialty in nineteenth-century European art. She has presented her research throughout the United States, as well as France, England, and Poland.
Devin E. Geraci (she/her) is the Associate Director of Operations at the University of New Mexico Art Museum, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She received her BS in Anthropology from Florida State University and completed her MBA and MA in Museum Studies at the University of New Mexico. Her studies established a unique academic concentration that blends organizational behavior concepts into museum work, with a particular focus on employee motivation, job design, and leadership development. Devin has an extensive and broad background in a variety of museums and types of roles. She particularly enjoys working in academic museums because it provides more direct space to mentor emerging museum leaders.
Courtney Uldrich (she/her) is the Collections Curator at the University Art Museum at New Mexico State University. In this role, Uldrich is expanding upon her curatorial and collections experience by managing and curating exhibitions directly from the NMSU Permanent Art Collection, which includes the largest collection of Mexican Retablos in the United States. Additionally, Uldrich oversees acquisitions, registration, student internships, research, and access to the collection. Uldrich was the 2021 recipient of the Judy Chicago Art Education Award, for her MA thesis project Establishing Our Own Art History: The Influence of Judy Chicago. Uldrich earned her BFA from Shawnee State University and her MA in Art History from New Mexico State University.
Lauren Bussiere (she/ her) is the Head of Collections at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin, where she is modernizing the collections management system through new database infrastructure and prioritizing NAGPRA work. Trained as a field archaeologist, Lauren has also worked as an archaeological curator in private practice, a GIS specialist, archivist, and archaeological laboratory manager. Her doctoral research focuses on community-based investigation of plant use in the Archaic period of west Texas through analysis of fiber perishables, which brings Indigenous communities into a major site of exclusion–the archaeological repository. Lauren also works to build equity in archaeology by mentoring students from historically underrepresented groups and by promoting collections-based research. She holds an MA from the University of California-San Diego and BA from Texas State University.
Miriam Langer is a professor of Media Arts and the former Dept. Chair of Media Arts & Technology at New Mexico Highlands University, in Las Vegas, NM. She teaches physical computing, emerging technology, and exhibit design. She is the co-director of the Center for Cultural Technology – a partnership between NMHU and the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, and runs PICT (Program in Cultural Technology), a semester intensive where students design, build, and install an exhibit in 17 weeks. Recent projects include the inaugural exhibit for the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Los Alamos, and the visitor’s center for New Mexico’s newest historic site, Los Luceros, and the 2025 project with the NM Land Office/Land Back program. Her lab’s open source exhibit development platform, the Museduino, was selected by the Open Source Hardware Association for one of six inaugural Open HardwareTrailblazers Fellowships in 2022-23.
Christina Cook (she/her) is an MA candidate in Museum Studies at the University of New Mexico. While studying for her BA in Art and the Environment from UC Berkeley, she got her start in the museum world at the Hearst Museum of Anthropology. After graduating, she continued her work in the intersection of education, ecology and art at several different institutions across California, most recently the Catalina Environmental Leadership Program. As a recipient of the Hibben Fellowship, she currently works as a Research Assistant with Chaco-Aztec National Historic Park and with the Maxwell Museum to further understand the complex and essential connections between culture, heritage, ecology and education.
Becca Sharp (she/her) is a physical computing and fabrication artist with different focuses such as conservation & technology and technology & mental health. She has created projects using recycled materials, reused electronics and information about climate change, and is currently focused on mental health. She graduated with her BFA in the Media Arts & Technology, NMHU. She is currently finishing her MFA in Cultural Technology in the same program. She strives to create her work based around empathy and understanding. Her work often places one in “another’s shoes” to help spread information about current matters. She works primarily with 3D modeling, 3D game design, soldering, physical computing, and installation design. She has worked with different sites around New Mexico including Bradbury Science Museum (2017), Meow Wolf (2018, 2022, 2023), Jemez Historic Site (2019), New Mexico Museum of Art (2020), Santa Fe Children’s Museum (2021), and Los Luceros Historic Site (2023).
Britt Royer (she/they) is the Curator at the Museum of Art at Saint Mary’s College of California. She has written and organized several group exhibitions including Collective Memories: Stonecuts from Cape Dorset (2021), Fake It Till You Make It: A Quest for Authenticity (2022), and Visceral Processes (2024) as well as solo exhibitions including Hold it Lightly: Lisa Congdon (2023) and Omega Alpha: Harmonia Rosales (2024). They serves as a board member and co-representative of the Western Region on the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG). Royer holds a Master of Arts in Art History from the University of California, Davis. She was raised on a farm outside of Des Moines, Iowa and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Susan Baley (she/her) is the Director of the Grinnell College Museum of Art (GCMoA). A childhood trip to the Saint Louis Art Museum inspired her to embark on a museum career. She has experience in arts administration, museum education, curation, and teaching. Susan led a museum education department and taught art history and museum studies at the University of Oklahoma for 25 years before moving into museum administration in 2015. Prior to becoming the director of GCMoA in 2022, she led an American art museum in Terre Haute, Indiana and a gallery dedicated to contemporary craft in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Susan also teaches museum studies at Grinnell College.
Ethan Aronson (he/him) is the Manager of Visitor Experience at the University of New Mexico Art Museum. He has previously worked at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, Casa San Yisidro: The Gutierrez/Minge House, and the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. He also co-founded and served as Director of Guest Experience for Modern Albuquerque LLC. As the Manager of Visitor Experience, Ethan serves as a knowledgeable and welcoming representative of the museum, while leading the Museum Assistant team in the daily operations. He has ten years of experience in the museum field, and he is also in his final semester of earning a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in Museum Studies at the University of New Mexico.
Keidra Daniels Navaroli is a McKnight Doctoral Fellow in the Texts and Technology Ph.D. Program at the University of Central Florida. She has over sixteen years of experience in arts management, scholarship, and curation with an emphasis on interdisciplinary practice. Currently, Navaroli—a contracted researcher for Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG)—utilizes data science in the evaluation of academic museums and galleries. She received her M.A. in Art History from Florida State University (B.A. in Art History from the University of Florida); completed internships with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Sotheby’s Auction House; and is an alumna of the Museum (Getty) Leadership Institute’s NextGen Program. In 2024, Navaroli became the inaugural Manager of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Digital Art History for the open access journal Panorama. Additionally, she serves on the boards for the Mennello Museum of American Art, the Surface Design Association, and AAMG.
Arif Khan is the Director of the University of New Mexico Art Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A position he has held since 2016.
Prior to working at the UNM Art Museum Arif served as Curator of Art at the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences in Charleston, WV; Gallery Director at Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM; Curator of the Governor’s Gallery, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM; and Artist Coordinator for the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM.
He holds a BA in History from Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin; MA in American Studies from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; and an MA in Art Business from the Sotheby’s Institute, London, UK. In 2012 Arif completed The Getty Leadership Institute’s “Museum Leaders: The Next Generation (NextGen)” professional development program.
Dr. Nalleli Guillen (she/her) is the Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs for the Art Museum & Galleries at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. She holds degrees from New York University and the University of Delaware, the latter where she completed her master’s degree in American Material Culture Studies and in 2018, earned her PhD from the History of American Civilization Program. Prior to joining the Museums at W&L, she has worked at Winterthur Museum & Gardens in Delaware, the Brooklyn Historical Society in New York, and Minnetrista Museum & Gardens in Indiana. Her specialty and passion lie in object-centric storytelling and activating museum collections in order to explore local stories and histories of underrepresented communities.
Joseph McKee (they/them) is a designer, emerging museum professional, and technology enthusiast. They are currently the Coordinator of Student Engagement and Technology at the University of New Mexico Art Museum. In this position they oversee the museum’s events, programs, and educational content. They are editor of Here to Inspire: the UNM Art Museum Journal, lead the museum’s Student Advisory Council, and assist in web design and marketing. They hold a BA in Art History from the University of New Mexico with a focus on digital art and identity.
Nikki Fragala Barnes (they / she, @bynikkibarnes) is a researcher and instructor of record at the University of Central Florida. Barnes’ research braids critical making, communal pedagogies, Black trans feminisms, Indigenous methods and museum practice. They are completing the Texts and Technology PhD in Editing, Publishing, and Interdisciplinary Curating. An arts activist and experimental poet, Barnes centers material works on accessibility, land-based public histories, and the poetics of place. Also an independent editor and curator, Barnes serves on the editorial collective of the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy. Barnes’ work is transdisciplinary, collaborative, and site-sensitive. They completed the inaugural DEAI Bradley-Otis Fellowship with the Rollins Museum of Art. Recent scholarly work appears in Multimodal and Digital Creative Writing Pedagogies. Recent creative work appears in the state of Florida’s literary journal, Of Poets and Poetry.
Isra El-Beshir has ten years of experience in museums and higher education. She has devoted her career to fostering equity-driven initiatives through the arts and culture, inspiring organizations to think boldly and dynamically while fostering growth with purpose and integrity. Currently the Director of Art Museum and Galleries at Washington and Lee University, she oversees the Reeves Museum of Ceramics, Watson Galleries, McCarthy Gallery, and a collection of 15,000 fine and decorative arts. Previously, she served as the Associate Director of Museums at W&L (2020-2022); the founding Director of the Illinois Art Station, a community arts program of Illinois State University; Development Consultant for the premier journal, Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora; and as the Curator of Education and Public Programming at the Arab American National Museum. She has consulted on programs, exhibitions, and interpretations at the Detroit Institute of the Arts, Grand Rapids Art Museum, and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. Isra serves as an AAMG board member and chaired the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility sub-committee and member of the Advisory Council of ‘Held in Trust,’ a three-year cooperative agreement between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation, aimed at evaluating the state of preservation and conservation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in the United States. Isra holds a Master’s in Cultural Anthropology and a Bachelor’s in International Business. She speaks both English and Arabic.
Angel Jiang (she/her) is the Curator of Collections & Study Room Initiatives at the University of New Mexico Art Museum (UNMAM) in Albuquerque. She was previously a Jane and Whitney Morgan Fellow in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and holds degrees from Columbia University (BA, MA, PhD) and the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU (MA). A specialist in Italian and Spanish Renaissance art, the history of architecture, and graphic art across periods, she publishes, teaches courses, and organizes exhibitions in these areas. At UNMAM, she manages the Beaumont Newhall Study Room, which provides access to works on paper, paintings, small sculptures, and decorative arts from the museum’s collection.
Dr. Julián Antonio Carrillo is the Curator of Public Programs at the University of New Mexico Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. He received his PhD in Anthropology with a concentration in cultural anthropology, folklore, and ethnomusicology from Indiana University Bloomington in 2021. Before then, he worked for and volunteered with multiple non-profit organizations and institutions including the Alliance for California Traditional Arts, in San Francisco; the Center for Traditional Music & Dance, in New York City; and the Smithsonian Institution, in DC. One of his most rewarding life experiences was living in Oaxaca, Mexico, and researching and collaborating with artists and culture workers in urban and rural settings. He maintains strong connections with the Oaxacan community down there and in the U.S. Since 2021, he has worked at the Maxwell Museum, an institution he was drawn to because of its post-pandemic vision of “restoring voices, reconciling injustices, and realizing community.”
Liz Crooks serves as the director of the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums, which includes the Old Capitol Museum and the Museum of Natural History. Crooks holds an MA in Museum Studies and a Graduate Certificate in Book Arts. Her passion for museums was kindled through formative visits to the very museums she now leads with dedication. Her leadership is guided by the foundational belief that museums hold in store something for everyone. Liz’s impact extends far beyond the walls of her institution. A firm believer in the AAMG’s adage that great universities have great museums, Crooks serves as a state representative and on the conference planning committee with the AAMG. Also involved with the International Panoramic Council, she has served as conference presenter, host, journal editor, and member of the heritage committee.
Dalina A. Perdomo Álvarez is a Puerto Rican curator and writer, and currently Assistant Curator at the MSU Broad Art Museum. Previously, she was a 2024 Curationist fellow, the 2018–2020 Curatorial Fellow at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, and worked at the Video Data Bank and The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture. She has collaborated with several film festivals, and was selected to be the Inaugural Curatorial Fellow for the Chicago Underground Film Festival in 2021. She is a member of Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts Exhibitions Committee and serves as Michigan state representative for the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries. She holds an MA in Film Studies from the University of Iowa, and a BA from the University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez.
Jessica Smith has served the communications & engagement department at the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums (Old Capitol Museum & Museum of Natural HIstory) since 2018. Her backgrounds in sociology, art, marketing, environmentalism, and non-profit community organizing inform and contribute to her work as a museum professional. Smith works, and teaches students, to create access to science and history, never underestimating the power of creative media, connection, and joy.
Jennie Davy (she/her) is the Exhibits & Artifacts Curator at William & Mary Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center. She oversees W&M Libraries’ exhibits program, teaches library instruction sessions for courses in several academic departments, assists patrons in finding archival sources, and manages Special Collections’ 3-D object collection. She started collecting dog-related zines for Special Collections’ dog book collection in 2016, which sparked a sustained passion for building a new collection of these accessible, affordable DIY publications, often made by underrepresented creators outside of mainstream publishing. She is a member of W&M’s Asian Pacific Islander Middle Eastern American Research Project team and a regular collaborator with W&M Art & Art History’s annual Curatorial Project course-curated exhibition. She earned a BA in History and Japanese Studies at William & Mary and an MA in History Museum Studies at the Cooperstown Graduate Program. She currently serves as the Virginia state representative for AAMG.
Gabriel Harrison is Associate Director and Curator of Galleries and Exhibitions, at Stanford University, Department of Art & Art History. His work sits at the intersection between the curatorial process, installation art, and exhibition design. Trained as an architect, Gabriel has designed exhibitions for major museums in the U.S. and in Europe, as well as being a founding member of the Harrison Studio, curating, teaching design, and working with city agencies to integrate art into public spaces. Gabriel holds both a B.A. Arch. and an M. Arch. from U.C. Berkeley and attended the Royal Danish Academy of Art and Architecture in Copenhagen, where he lived and worked for a decade, including creating exhibitions for the Danish National Museum and curating the Danish National Pavilion for a previous Venice Architecture Biennale.
