dr. crystal am nelson

Scholar, Curator, and Artist

dr. crystal am nelson is a scholar, curator, and artist who focuses on race, gender, sexuality, and representation. They hold a PhD in visual studies from UC Santa Cruz and an MFA in photography from San Francisco Art Institute. Their writing has appeared in Art Journal, The Art Bulletin, The Brooklyn Rail, Contact Sheet, Feminist Media Histories, Woman’s Art Journal, among other places. They are an assistant professor of African/diasporic visual studies and director of graduate studies in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder.

Photo credit: Jeff Finkelstein