Background
Handy, Ellen Joan was born on March 11, 1961 in Schenectady, New York, United States. Daughter of Rollo LeRoy and Toni Esther Handy.
Handy, Ellen Joan was born on March 11, 1961 in Schenectady, New York, United States. Daughter of Rollo LeRoy and Toni Esther Handy.
AB, Barnard College, 1980; Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1994.
Assistant master, Rockefeller College, Princeton University, 1982-1984;
lecturer, Tyler School Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1986;
lecturer, Philadelphia College Art, 1985-1987;
reviewer, Arts Magazine, New York City, 1982-1992;
research assistant and cataloger, Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal, 1985-1987;
senior research assistant, Department Prints and Photographs, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1987-1989;
lecturer, School Visual Arts, New York City, 1991;
faculty member, Sotheby's American Arts Course, New York City, 1989-1991;
chairman, department art, Bard College, Annandale On Hudson, New York, 1991-1994;
assistant professor, Laguardia College CUNY, since 1994. Lecturer department education Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1987-1992. Consultant curator for photography exhibition, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, 1993.
Consultant, rev.panel for photographic terminology Art and Architecture Thesaurus, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1989.
Member American Civil Liberties Union, College Art Association, Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century States Association, Society Historians British Art, North-East Victorian Society, International Association Art Critics.