Dr. Carol Becker
Dr. Carol Becker
Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence
Dr. Carol Becker is a writer, culture critic, and educator. She is Professor of the Arts and Dean Emerita of Columbia University School of the Arts. Previously, she was Dean of Faculty and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Dr. Becker is the author of numerous articles and several books about art, culture and pedagogy including: Zones of Contention: Essays on Art, Institutions, Gender, and Anxiety; Surpassing the Spectacle: Global Transformations and the Changing Politics of Art; Thinking in Place: Art, Action, and Cultural Production; Losing Helen; and most recently a memoir George’s Daughter. She received her PhD in English and American Literature from the University of California San Diego.
Events
Carol Becker in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie | Book Launch
Carol Becker, Distinguished Scholar-in Residence at Georgetown University Qatar, talks about her new memoir George’s Daughter
Carol Becker is Professor of the Arts and Dean Emerita of Columbia University School of the Arts. She is the author of Thinking in Place: Art, Action, and Cultural Production; Artist in Society: Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities; and Losing Helen: An Essay. She was Dean of Faculty and Vice-President for Academic Affairs at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before arriving at Columbia University.
Date: March 16, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM
Speakers: Carol Becker, Kamila Shamsie
Leadership, Art Making, and Future Pedagogies featuring Professor Carol Becker
Join us for a public talk “Leadership, Art Making, and Future Pedagogies,” featuring Professor Carol Becker in conversation with Dean Safwan Masri about her time as Dean of two leading art schools: Columbia University School of the Arts and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Date: August 30, 2023
Time: 8:00 PM
Speakers: Dean Safwan Masri, Carol Becker