An art historian, curator, and arts administrator, she specializes in the art of the African Diaspora (including artists engaged with feminist theory and African American cartoonists), American art, curatorial studies, 18th- century British art (with emphasis on William Hogarth’s graphic narratives), and Modern and Contemporary art, including contemporary British art with a focus on British artists of African, Asian and Caribbean descent. She has taught at Duke University, Spelman College and Xavier University of New Orleans.