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Dana Leibsohn is the Chair of the Music Department and holds the Alice Pratt Brown Professorship of Art at Smith College. She is an active academic with research intersecting art history and anthropology, focusing on colonial Latin America and trans-Pacific trade.
- Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
- M.A., University of Colorado
- B.A., Bryn Mawr College
Her research explores indigenous visual culture in colonial Latin America, hybridity in colonial art, and early modern trans-Pacific exchange. She co-authored publications analyzing maps, manuscripts, and paintings, emphasizing cross-cultural interactions and material histories.
Leibsohn integrates digital technologies into her teaching, co-teaching interdisciplinary courses like Digital Effects and Making Knowledge. Students in her classes often create publicly accessible scholarship, such as projects on contemporary artists and historic artifacts. She serves as General Editor for Colonial Latin American Review.
