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Nancy Marie Mithlo is a Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), within the Social Sciences Division. As Core Faculty, her work bridges visual anthropology, Indigenous curation, and critical studies of representation. She is a citizen of the Fort Sill Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache Tribe, and her research critiques colonial institutions like museums and archives while centering Indigenous artists’ perspectives.
Education: PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Stanford University (1993). Prior roles include teaching at the University of New Mexico, Institute of American Indian Arts, Smith College, and others. She has curated nine exhibitions at the Venice Biennale, highlighted in her forthcoming book Red Skin Dreams.
Research Interests: Mithlo focuses on Indigenous visual arts, museum critique, and gender analysis. Her work employs cognitive science methodologies to study visitor reception and advocates for reciprocal curatorial practices. She challenges colonial frameworks through studies of photographic archives, film, and Indigenous knowledge production.
Key Contributions: Co-edited Visualizing Genocide (2022) and authored influential articles on Indigenous cinema, art activism, and decolonial curatorial approaches. Her research emphasizes Indigenous agency in redefining cultural narratives within settler colonial contexts.
Grants & Labs: Active in Indigenous archival studies; collaborates with institutions on decolonizing exhibition practices. Mentors emerging Indigenous curators through long-term, community-focused projects.
