MICRO-BIO

• Susana Smith Bautista is a Ph.D. student and Provost Fellow at the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California, where she also received her Masters degree in Art History/ Museum Studies. Her Bachelors degree is in Government...More

  Susana Smith Bautista is a Ph.D. student and Provost Fellow at the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California, where she also received her Masters degree in Art History/ Museum Studies. Her Bachelors degree is in Government from Pomona College. Susana has almost twenty years experience in the art world in Los Angeles, New York, and Greece working with museums, commercial galleries and non-profit art spaces, curating exhibitions, lecturing, and writing art criticism. She was Executive Director of the Mexican Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, Editorial Director of www.LatinArt.com, and Associate with the Daniel Saxon Gallery. Born in Pasadena, California, Susana also served the city as Arts and Culture Commissioner for six years. At USC, Susana is researching the role of museums in the digital age, how new technologies are affecting traditional museum practices and society, and the global interplay between museums, private arts institutions, and governmental bodies. She is a part of a USC research team working with Anne Balsamo on a MacArthur Foundation grant, “Inspiring the Technological Imagination: Museums and Libraries in the Digital Age.” Her goals include contributing to research and policies that would better enable museums worldwide to understand and adapt to the digital age. Less

EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

Links