Victoria Turkel Behner

Victoria Turkel Behner is a Lecturer at the USC School of Architecture, where she specializes in architectural history and exhibition design. She concurrently serves as Assistant Director of Exhibition Design and Production at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), overseeing gallery construction and media. Dr. Behner holds a B.Arch from the University of Southern California (1995), an M.S. in Architecture, History and Theory from the University of Michigan (1996), and a Ph.D. in Architecture, History and Theory from the University of Michigan (2003).

Her research focuses on the architecture of contemporary art institutions in Los Angeles, particularly exhibition design practices and their cultural implications. She currently teaches INTENSIVE SURVEY: PREHISTORY TO THE PRESENT at USC.

No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the text. She collaborates with adjunct faculty members such as Mario Cipresso and Lisa Little within the School of Architecture.