Lesley Wolff
Hometown: Everywhere, USA
Fall 2011 - Summer 2018
Currently Resides In: Lubbock, Texas, USA
PhD, Art History (Visual Cultures of the Americas); MA, Art History (Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies)
Fellows Society Adelaide Wilson Fellowship (2013-2018); Graduate Research and Creativity Award (Humanities Division; 2018); Penelope Mason Dissertation Research Award (2016); Friends of Art History Dissertation Research Award (2016)
www.lesleywolff.com https://www.depts.ttu.edu/art/About/Faculty/lwolff.php
Current Job/Occupation
Currently, I am Assistant Professor in Art History, specializing in Latinx and Latin American art and critical theory, at Texas Tech University. I am fortunate to teach students at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including as part of our MA in Art History program and the interdisciplinary Fine Arts Doctoral Program.
Educational/Professional Background
Ph.D. History and Criticism of Art, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2018 Major Area: Visual Cultures of the Americas Minor Area: Modern/Contemporary Art M.A. History and Criticism of Art, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2013 Concentration in Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies B.A. Art History, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 2005
Experience as A Member of The Fellows Society
My involvement with the FSU Fellows Society was a crucial entry point into the labor I enact every day as a faculty member at Texas Tech University. My experiences organizing cross-disciplinary events and cultivating professional networks at the graduate level have allowed me to seamlessly step into the multifaceted demands of a tenure-track position. By virtue of connecting with so many graduate students across FSU, the Fellows Society also broadened my perspective on what a graduate career can/should entail, thus helping me to be a more mindful mentor to my graduate students today.
Unique Awards/Achievements
Prior to my current position, I served as Postdoctoral Fellow in American Art at the Norton Museum of Art, in West Palm Beach, Florida. I have been awarded several fellowships in support of my current book manuscript (now under contract with the University of Texas Press), including the Tyson Scholar of American Art Fellowship, at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the Harry Ransom Center Research Fellowship in the Humanities, at the University of Texas, Austin. In addition to teaching and publications, I have continued to curate exhibitions, including "Layered Voices: Process and Paper in Contemporary Native American Art" (2020, Landmark Gallery, Lubbock, Texas) and "The Kingdom of This World, Reimagined (2019, Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami; and 2021, Pensacola Museum of Art, Florida). Recent awards in my scholarly work include, Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award (2021, Texas Tech University); Excellence in the Field Award (2020, Texas Association of Schools of Art); and Honorable Mention for Best Essay in Latin American Visual Culture Studies (2020; Latin American Studies Association).