Stefanie Jason is a Ph.D candidate in Art History at Rutgers University. Her research interests include gender, race and memory with a focus on modern and contemporary African art and photography. Stefanie’s dissertation examines depictions of human and more-than-human worlds in Southern African art today. Prior to her doctoral studies, Stefanie completed her MA at Wits University with a thesis on the archival absence of pioneering photojournalist Mabel Cetu.
Stefanie is a Rutgers Presidential Fellow (2020-2025) and was a 2022 ArtTable Fellow working with Amant Foundation on the forthcoming exhibition Jayne Cortez: A Poet’s Guide to the World. She has worked at Stevenson Gallery and as Arts Writer at the Mail & Guardian, and has also contributed to publications such as Aperture, Africa South Art Initiative and The Brooklyn Rail.