Joy Bivins

Joy Bivins is director of curatorial affairs at the Chicago History Museum where she has collaborated on diverse exhibition projects such as Teen Chicago; the Chicago installation of Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America; Facing Freedom in America; Railroaders: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography; and Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair. Bivins has taught courses on museum interpretation and education at the School of the Art Institute Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago and has served as a panel presenter at the annual meetings of the American Alliance of Museums, Association of African American Museums, and the Costume Colloquium in Florence, Italy. She is co-editor of and contributor to the Inspiring Beauty catalog and has written pieces for the Journal of American History, Chicago History, and NKA: Journal of Contemporary African Art. A native Chicagoan, Ms. Bivins received her Bachelor’s degree in Afroamerican Studies and History from the University of Michigan and earned a Master’s degree in Africana Studies from Cornell University.