Harriet F. Senie
Professor Harriet F. Senie’s chief areas of research are public art, memorials, memory, and material culture. She is Professor Emerita of Art History at City College of New York. In Fall 2000 Prof. Senie was appointed Visiting Distinguished Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. She previously served as Associate Director of the Princeton Art Museum and Gallery Director at SUNY, Old Westbury. In 2008, with Professor Cher Krause Knight, she co-founded Public Art Dialogue, an international organization that is also a College Art Association (CAA) affiliate. The journal, Public Art Dialogue, that she co-edited with Prof. Knight, has appeared twice annually since 2011 and is the only peer-reviewed publication devoted to public art. She has served on the Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers; the She Built NYC advisory panel; and was recently appointed to the Task Force on Monuments, Statues, Public Art and Historical Markers by the New York City Council.
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ACADEMIC POSITIONS
1986-present
Professor of Art History
Director, Art History, Art Museum Studies Program (Spring 1986 – Spring 2019)
The City College, New York City
1994-present
Professor of Art History
The CUNY Graduate Center, New York City
Fall 2000
Visiting Distinguished Professor
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1982-1985
Associate Director
The Art Museum, Princeton University
Joint responsibility for all aspects of running museum, including grants development, budget management and personnel.
1979-1982
Gallery Director / Assistant Professor of Art History
SUNY at Old Westbury
Full responsibility for the Amelie A. Wallace Gallery: originating and scheduling exhibitions and public education programs, writing catalogues, supervising installations and handling of art works, developing publicity and grant resources.
