Maia Nichols

Maia Nichols is a DPAA Research Partner Fellow affiliated with the University of California San Diego, specializing in 20th-century French and North African visual and material culture. She earned her Ph.D. through extensive research in France and has taught Media Studies at Bennington College.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Art History, Criticism and Theory, University of California San Diego

Research Interests:

• 20th-century French and North African visual culture
• Material culture studies
• French colonial institutional history in North Africa

Scientific Awards:

• Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship