Boston University’s History of Art & Architecture PhD program maintains a strong record of placing graduates into meaningful academic and professional roles across universities, museums, cultural institutions, and research environments. Alumni regularly secure positions in academic teaching, curatorial work, conservation, collections management, and public arts programming—demonstrating the program’s reach in a broad and competitive field.
The program supports graduate students throughout the transition from studies to career. Faculty mentors work closely with students as they shape application materials, refine portfolios and research presentations, and prepare for interviews across a range of professional pathways, including teaching-centered positions, museum-focused roles, and international opportunities. A collaborative professional development seminar helps students with peer review of materials, strengthen presentations, and gain practical insight into multiple art- and architecture-related job markets.
The list below highlights recent placements and celebrates the accomplishments of our graduates, though it is by no means exhaustive.
For a list of ongoing and completed dissertations, visit out dissertations page, here.
For alumni profiles, you can find those online as well.
Note: If you are an alum and do not see your name below, we would love to share your news! Please feel free to email your updates to ahdept@bu.edu.
2026
Renee Brown
Philadelphia Art Museum, Horace W. Goldsmith Curatorial Fellow
Kimber Chewning
Hertie School, Berlin, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
Bryan Stringer
Mason Architects, Architectural Historian
2025
Baily Benson
Southern Methodist University, Visiting Assistant Professor
Ikbal Dursunoğlu
Historians of Islamic Art Association, Grabar Post-doctoral Fellowship
Carter Jackson
Massachusetts Historical Commission, Architectural Historian
Jillianne Laceste
Simmons University, Lecturer
Elizabeth Neill
Historic New England, Exhibition Coordinator
Gabriel Quick
Leslie University, Lecturer, Art History
Constanza Robles
Boston University, Lecturer, History of Art & Architecture
Althea Ruoppo
Boston University, Lecturer, History of Art & Architecture
2024
Kiernan Acquisto
Brandeis University, Academic Advisor
Rebecca Arnheim
Tel Aviv University, Assistant Professor
David W. Granston
Trinity College, Visiting Assistant Professor
Rachel Kase
Morgan Library and Museum (NYC), Drawings Institute Postdoc Fellow
Katherine Mitchell
Boston Public Library, Visitor Experience Coordinator
Casey Monroe
Cooper Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian, Senior Research Cataloguer
Carlos Muñoz
The Boston Foundation, Community Impact Officer, Latino Equity Fund
Julian Serna
Universidad del Rosario, Facultad de creación, Profesor de Cátedra
Francesca Soriano
Farnsworth Museum, Associate Curator of American Art
2023
Hyunjin Cho
The George Washington University, Associate Director, Foundation Relations
Lydia Harrington
MIT, Aga Khan Documentation Center, Project Archivist and Cataloger (formerly, MIT Aga Khan Program, Postdoctoral fellow)
Catherine O’Reilly
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Collections Management Specialist
Joseph Saravo
Rhode Island College, Instructor
Jennifer Tafe
Mass Audubon Museum of American Bird Art, Director
Alexandria Yen
MIT, Program Director, Postdoctoral Career & Professional Development
2022
Christina An
College of Holy Cross, Assistant Director, Art Gallery
Tina Barouti
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Lecturer
2021
Lynne Cooney
Montserrat College of Art, Director and Curator, Exhibitions and Galleries
Lauren Graves
Boston Athenaeum, Assistant Curator
Alison Terndrup
University of Delaware, Visiting Assistant Professor
2020
Jordan K. Chaim
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Curator
Elisa Germán
Colby College Museum of Art, Lunder Curator of Works on Paper and Whistler Studies
Sasha Goldman
Northeastern University, Senior Director, Center for the Future of Higher Education and Work
Kelsey L. Gustin
U.S General Services Administration, Fine Arts Specialist
Tessa Hite
Phillips Academy, Instruction & Electronic Resource Librarian
Telesia Lett
Rockwell Museum of Art, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions
Ewa Matyczyk
University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Assistant Professor of Art History
Bryn Schockmel
The Hyde Collection, Curator, Permanent Collection and Related Exhibitions
2019
Lara Ayad
Loyola Marymount University, Instructional Technologist (formerly, Skidmore College, Assistant Professor)
Leslie Brown
Boston University, Lecturer, History of Art & Architecture; Emerson College,
Margaret Shortle
Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin, Interpretive Curator
2018
Caitlin Dalton
Boston University, Lecturer, Writing Program
Melanee Harvey
Howard University, Associate Professor (tenured)
Anjuli Lebowitz
Portland Museum of Art, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography
Erin McKellar
Sir John Soane’s Museum (London), Assistant Curator
Erin Nolan
Bates College, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture
Sarah Parrish
Plymouth State University, Associate Professor (tenured)
Lana Sloutsky
Boston University, Teaching Professional (formerly, Museum of Russian Icons, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions)
Emily Voelker
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Assistant Professor of Art History
2017
Lindsay Alberts
Savannah College of Art and Design, Professor
Susan Barahal
Tufts University, Director of Arts Education
Caroline Riley
University of California, Davis, Research Associate
Deborah Stein
College of the Holy Cross, Visiting Assistant Professor
Alona Wilson
Museum of African American Art, Director of Collections and Exhibitions and Chief Curator
2016
Beth Pugliano
University of Colorado Denver, Senior Instructor
Seung Yeon Sang
Korea National University of Arts, Lecturer (formerly, Harvard University, Henderson Curatorial Fellow)
2015
Judy Ditner
Yale University Art Gallery, Richard Benson Curator of Photography and Digital Media
Naomi Slipp
New Bedford Whaling Museum, Douglas and Cynthia Crocker Endowed Chair for the Chief Curator
Ginger Smith
Princeton University Architecture Library, Library Collections Specialist
Martina Tanga
Director of Exhibitions and Curatorial Initiatives, American Federation of Arts, New York
Catherine Walsh
University of Montevallo, Associate Professor of Art (tenured)
2014
Kenneth Hartvigsen
Brigham Young University, Assistant Professor of Art History & Curatorial Studies
Meghen Jones
Alfred University, Professor of Art History (tenured)
Keely Orgeman
Yale University Art Gallery, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Bejamin Zweig
Columbia University Libraries, Project Manager, Digital Projects
2013
Carrie Anderson
Middlebury College, Associate Professor of History of Art and Architectural Studies (tenured)
Katherine Harper
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Curatorial Fellow, Prints and Drawings
Yanchiuan He
National Palace Museum, Chief Curator, Department of Painting, Calligraphy, Rare Books, and Historical Documents
Susanne Moebus-Bergeron
Berklee College of Music, Associate Professor of Art History
Austin Porter
Kenyon College, Associate Professor of Art History (tenured)
Tara Ward
University of Michigan, Lecturer III, History of Art and Digital Studies
2012
Katherine Carroll
The Editorial Ally, Developmental Editor
Amber Ludwig
Honolulu Museum of Art School, Instructor
2011
Virginia Anderson
Baltimore Museum of Art, Senior Curator of American Art and Department Head, American Painting and Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Melissa Renn
Harvard University Business School, Baker Library Special Collections, Collections Manager
2010
John Doherty
Berklee College of Music, Instructor
Stacey Cutshaw
Friends in Deed, Pasadena, CA, Director of Eviction Prevention and Rental Assistance,
Holly Goldstein
Savannah College of Art and Design, Professor of Art History
Dalia Linssen
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Senior Director of Academic Engagement and Research
Ellen Roberts
Taft Museum of Art, Sallie Robinson Wadsworth Director of Curatorial Affairs