erika dalya massaquoi
Erika Dalya Massaquoi is the Assistant Dean of the School of Art & Design at The Fashion Institute of Technology. She has taught classes on contemporary art, cinema, music, and emerging technologies at Yale University, New York University, and The New School for Social Research. As a curator, her work has been exhibited at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) List Visual Arts Center, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Spelman College Museum of Fine Arts. Additionally, she has held curatorial positions at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the American Museum of the Moving Image. Erika received her Ph.D. from New York University and undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago. She serves on the Board of Directors of The Feminist Press.
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As a cultural journalist, Erika has worked as a commentator for National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered”, as a correspondent for Oxygen Television Network and KQED San Francisco, and she has appeared on American Movie Classics. Her work has been featured in ArtReview, Ms. Magazine, index, Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, and The Independent Film & Video Monthly.
In the field of economic development and the arts, Erika has collaborated with businesses and organizations that serve youth, including nongovernmental associations, government agencies, private businesses, and education agencies to engage the social entrepreneurship and workforce development needs of underserved communities. Additionally, Erika has created courses on art and public policy that include: “Race, Technoculture, and the Media”, “GREEN WORLD: Sustainable Art, Design & Policy” and “The Arts As A Catalyst For Economic Development”.
Erika holds a New York State Certification in Culture and Media, has curated film programs for the Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival, and has juried for the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival. She has served as a panelist on the topic of new media for such organizations as the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the National Alliance for Media, Art + Culture (NAMAC).
