Faculty

Shaikha Rashid Al Mazrou, Assistant Arts Professor of Visual Arts Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: shaikha.almazrou@nyu.edu
Education: MA Chelsea University of the Arts London

Research Interests: Sculpture, Installation, Mixed Media, Materiality
Duygu Demir, Research Assistant Professor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: duygudemir@nyu.edu
Education: BA Columbia College, Columbia University; PhD MIT

Research Interests: Art History, Modernisms, Contemporary Art
Vikram Divecha, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: vd2277@nyu.edu
Education: MFA in Visual Art from Columbia University
Reindert Falkenburg, Professor Emeritus of Early Modern Art and Culture Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: rlf9@nyu.edu

Research Interests: visual arts, tensions and crises in late medieval and Renaissance art
Terri Geis, Co-Director of Masters of Fine Arts in Art and Media; Associate Professor of Arts Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: terri.geis@nyu.edu
Education: BA St Andrews; MA Trinity College Dublin; PhD University of Essex

Research Interests: Surrealism; Art of the Americas; Women Modernists
Fiona Kidd, Associate Professor of History and Art and Art History; Global Network Associate Professor in the Study of the Ancient World Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: fjk3@nyu.edu
Education: BA (Hons) University of Melbourne; PhD University of Sydney

Research Interests: identity, images and the built environment, craft production, pre-Islamic Central Asian visual art
Salila Kulshreshtha, Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Art and Art History Affiliation: Visiting
Email: salila.kulshreshtha@nyu.edu
Education: BA Lady Shri Ram College; MA Jawaharlal Nehru University; MPhil Jawaharlal Nehru University; PhD Jaw...

Research Interests: Art and archaeology of South Asia, Religion in the Indian Ocean world, Museums and Heritage studies
Salwa Mikdadi, Professor of Practice of Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sm5436@nyu.edu
Education: BA American University of Beirut; MA J. F. Kennedy University

Research Interests: history of modern and contemporary art in the Arab world
Sandra Peters, Co-Program Head, Art and Art History; Associate Professor of Art and Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sp159@nyu.edu
Education: BFA ("Vordiplom") Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden; MFA ("Diplom“) Hochschule für Bildende Kün...

Research Interests: art in architecture, sculpture, installation, moving images, performance
Goffredo Puccetti, Associate Professor of Practice of Visual Arts Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: goffredo.puccetti@nyu.edu
Education: Laurea cum Laude in Italian Literature and Art History from the University of Rome 'La Sapienza'; Gr...

Research Interests: corporate identity, branding, visual communications
Tina Sherwell, Co-Director of Masters of Fine Arts in Art and Media; Associate Arts Professor Affiliation: Visiting
Email: ts4591@nyu.edu
Education: BA Goldsmiths College, University of London, PhD University of Kent at Canterbury

Research Interests: identity; landscape; Arab art; Palestinian art; visual culture
Gregor Stemmrich, Professor of Art and Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: gs148@nyu.edu
Education: Staatsexamen (degree for teaching art); PhD Ruhr-Universität Bochum; Postdoctoral lecture qualificat...

Research Interests: new technologies in contemporary art (film and video), media theory, history of exhibitions and art ...
Denise-Marie Teece, Assistant Professor of Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dmt230@nyu.edu
Education: MA, PhD New York University, Institute of Fine Arts

Research Interests: art and architecture in the Islamic world
Johannes Andreas Valentin, Co-Program Head, Art and Art History; Visiting Professor of Arts and Humanities Affiliation: Visiting
Email: jav4553@nyu.edu
Education: BA Swarthmore College; MA Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro; PhD Universidade Federal ...

Research Interests: Photography; Art History; Cultural Studies
Shamoon Zamir, Professor of Literature and Art History; Global Network Professor of Literature and Art History Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: sz42@nyu.edu
Education: BA, University of London; MA, Institute of United States and Latin American Studies, London; PhD, Un...

Research Interests: literature, photography, intellectual history