My area of specialization is modern and contemporary art history and theory, specifically the fields of museum studies and institutional critique. From 2015 to 2018, I worked at The Broad Museum and the Marciano Art Foundation in Los Angeles. My role in both museums was to conduct research on their contemporary collection and provide VIP tours to art professionals. Because of my fluency in French (I was born and raised in Lyon, France), I served as a liaison between these two museums and art institutions in France, the Pompidou Center notably. At UCSB, my graduate work explores how certain contemporary art practitioners—notably Native American/First Nations artists—adapt the work of those who have previously engaged with institutional critique to further contextualize their practices within their unique history and current political aspirations. My dissertation will explore French museological practices–such as acquisition, conservation, collection management, display, and public outreach–and their political implications, considering historical and geo-political congruences, as well as divides, with other nations and regions, notably the United States and Francophone Quebec in Canada.