Dr. Paula V. Kupfer is the inaugural Teaching Assistant Professor jointly appointed by HAA and CGS. As a Latin Americanist, Dr. Kupfer’s research expertise is in the global histories of photography, modern and contemporary art in Brazil and the Americas, and the impact of imperialisms on ecology and visual culture broadly defined. Her dissertation was titled “Marc Ferrez’s Landscapes of Intervention: Photography, Ecology, and Enslavement in Imperial Brazil.” Before pursuing a career in academia, she spent many years working in arts publishing, most notably for the photography magazine Aperture. Dr. Kupfer will teach online courses for CGS and synchronous classes in HAA.
HAA welcomes Dr. Kupfer to the department and looks forward to supporting her research expertise and teaching interests in art histories of the Global South, digital media and methods, and antiracist pedagogy, which are central to the missions of both HAA and CGS.