Jessica Hough
Jessica Hough is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Art History and a Mellon Fellow in Gender and Sexuality Studies. She focuses on the intersections of art pedagogies, new technologies, and social movements in the United States in the late twentieth century. Awarded fellowships include the Franke Graduate Fellowship at the Kaplan Institute for Humanities, the COSI Mellon Curatorial Internship in Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Graduate Writing Place Fellowship. She has held curatorial positions at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Berman Museum of Art, Artists Space, Electronic Arts Intermix, and the Smart Museum of Art. Prior to her doctorate, she received a Master's in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master’s in Film Studies from Columbia University, and a BA in Cinema and Media Studies from the University of Chicago.