The Office of Academic Affairs and the Board of Trustees have approved the promotion of Namiko Kunimoto from Associate Professor to Professor in the History of Art Department. Professor Kunimoto's research focuses on modern and contemporary Japanese art, with research interests in diasporic art, gender, race, photography, visual culture, transnationalism, and nation formation. In addition to her faculty role with the History of Art Department, Professor Kunimoto has also served as the Director of the Center for Ethnic Studies since 2019 and as an affiliate faculty member for East Asian Studies, Asian American Studies, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.