Leila Al-Shibibi (MA ’25) will present her thesis, “The Melancholic ‘Ethiopian’: Harnessing Color and Stereotype as Diagnostic Tools in John de Foxton’s Liber Cosmographiae (1408)” at the 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI.
In his new role as Registrar at the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, Conor Andrich (MA ’25) served as Volunteer Coordinator for the the American Indigenous Arts Celebration in November. He also attended the 2025 ATALM conference hosted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and participated in a panel discussion about the impact of research and outreach in archival collections.
Jacqueline Cao (MA ’25) started a new position in the fall as a Museum Experience Associate at the Imagine Museum in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Her work there revolves around visitor services and event support.
Randi Cromer (MA ‘14) is the Senior Associate Director of Leadership Annual Giving at Florida State University. Her work focuses on educating alumni, parents, and friends about the importance of giving back to FSU – reminding them that philanthropy creates meaningful opportunities for students who otherwise wouldn’t have the means to attend or participate in experiential learning on campus.
Pauline Frendreiss (BA ’25) started a new position in the fall as the Museum Registration Inventory Assistant at the Ringling Museum of Art. Her position involves object inventory and assistance with conservation and digital management of collections.
Haylee Glasel (PhD ’25) has started a new position as Cultural Resources Coordinator with the Florida Department of Transportation. In this role she serves as a liaison between FDOT District 5, the State Historic Preservation Office, and federally recognized Tribes with an interest in Florida. She ensures compliance with State and Federal Laws while working to support transportation development in nine Florida counties.
Sarah Moloney (MA ’25) is the new David W. and Mary S. Benfer Circus Curatorial Research Fellow at The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art. She supports the Tibbals Curator of Circus Jennifer Lemmer Posey with researching and curating rotating exhibitions and displays. Her main project involves the upcoming centennial celebration of John Ringling’s relocation of the circus winter quarters to Sarasota; she also helps the circus team with various projects related to collections, conservation, and the archives.
Erick Rivers (MA ’25) is chairing the session Visibility as Resistance: Amplifying Marginalized Narratives at the 114th Annual College Art Association Conference in Chicago, February 18–21. In the session, Erick will present his paper “Crowning Glory: Black Men’s Hair as a Radical Force in Contemporary Art,” a paper he wrote in Dr. Tenley Bick‘s seminar on Contemporary Art and Theory after 1980.
