Joanna Grabski is Associate Professor of Art History at Denison University. She holds the Ph.D. and the M.A. in History of Art/African Studies, both from Indiana University (Bloomington).  She has been the recipient of the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship (2009-2010) as well as the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship (1998-1999) from the U.S. Department of Education, and the Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from the National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution (1999-2000).   Joanna’s research specialization is art and visual culture in Africa, especially Senegal and Congo, where she has conducted research on individual artists, art institutions, and expressive production in relation to urban life. She has contributed to several edited collections and academic journals including African Arts, Art Journal, NKA, Fashion Theory and Africa Today.  She recently edited a special issue of Africa Today dedicated to Visual Experience in Urban Africa and is completing a book manuscript dealing with Dakar’s art world city.