About

I am an art historian and my research focuses on early modern (ca. 1600-1800) European art, with an intersecting interest in the cultural history of night. I am committed to sharing the history of art with diverse audiences in both academic and museum settings. In my current position at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, I support and foster productive connections between the museum and art history graduate programs in the region.

My dissertation, completed in 2016, focused on late Dutch Golden Age artist Godefridus Schalcken and his specialization in evocative candlelit nocturnal paintings. I am currently revising my dissertation as a book manuscript that will explore the context of early modern nocturnal culture and artistic representations of night more broadly.