Education

2005 Bard College, B.A.
2013 Florida State University, M.A.
2018 Florida State University, Ph.D.
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Courses Taught

Introduction to Museum Studies
Museum Practicum II and III
Modern Art
Contemporary Art and Theory
Where Are We Now? (Honors Program)
History of Graphic Design
Foundations - Art in Context II

Career Specialties

Wolff's areas of academic interest include Latin@/e and Latin American art, Curatorial Studies, Food Studies and Global Contemporary Art. Her scholarship focuses on the art of the Americas, particularly at the intersection of visual culture and food in 20th and 21st century Mexico, the Caribbean and the U.S.

Professional and Community Activities

Wolff is the author of the award-winning book Culinary Palettes: The Visuality of Food in Postrevolutionary Mexican Art (University of Texas Press, 2025), co-editor of Nourish and Resist: Food and Feminisms in Contemporary Global Caribbean Art (Yale University Press, 2024; available via A&AePortal), and co-editor of the special journal issue of 'Arts' dedicated to 'Rethinking Contemporary Latin American Art.' Her scholarship has been published in various international journals, including Gender & History, Humanities, International Journal of Heritage Studies, African and Black Diaspora, Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture and Food, Culture, & Society, and she has invited chapters published and forthcoming in art historical and interdisciplinary edited volumes. Wolff regularly participates in peer-reviewed conferences in the fields of art history, food studies and heritage studies.  

Wolff is also an active curator committed to art histories of the Americas. Her past exhibitions include 'Raíces/Roots: Camilo Loaiza Bonilla' (UTampa, 2025); 'The Kingdom of This World, Reimagined' (traveling exhibition, 2019-2024); 'Layered Voices: Process and Paper in Contemporary Native American Art' (Texas Tech University, 2020); 'Decolonizing Refinement: Contemporary Pursuits in the Art of Edouard Duval-Carrié' (Florida State University, 2018); and 'As Cosmopolitans and Strangers: Mexican Art of the Jewish Diaspora' (National Museum of Mexican Art, 2014), among others. In her curatorial capacity, Wolff has also served as editor and author of various exhibition catalogs.   

Wolff also holds significant appointments in her field, serving as an executive officer in the Association for Latin American Art since 2020, and as an area editor for the new Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Food Studies.   

Honors and Awards

SELECT HONORS AND AWARDS:

2026 Best Book in the Humanities, Mexico Section, Latin American Studies Association
2026 Honorable Mention, First Book Prize, Cultural Studies Association
2025 Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication, SECAC
2024 Outstanding Faculty Member in Scholarship/Creative Work, College of Arts and Letters, University of Tampa
2021 William R. Levin Award for Research in the History of Art (since 1750), Southeastern College Art Conference
2020 Excellence in the Field Award, Texas Association of Schools of Art
2020 Honorable Mention, Best Essay in Latin American Visual Culture Studies, Latin American Studies Association
2019/20 Tyson Scholar of American Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
2019/20 Research Fellowship in the Humanities, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin