The Program
Program Faculty
Program Coordinator
- Steven Dubin
sd2188@columbia.edu
Office Location: 421A Thompson
Office Hours: By Appointment
Steven Dubin received his Ph.D. in sociology at University of Chicago; in addition, he did postdoctoral work at both University of Chicago and Yale University. Prior to coming to Teachers College, he was a faculty member at Purchase College – State University of New York for 19 years, where he directed the Media, Society and the Arts Program. Dr. Dubin also offered a course in the Columbia Summer Session from 1985 to 2005. In addition to being Professor of Arts Administration at TC, he is a Research Scholar at the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University.
Dr. Dubin is the author of Bureaucratizing the Muse: Public Funds and the Cultural Worker (1987); Arresting Images: Impolitic Art and Uncivil Actions (1992 and paperback, 1994); cited as a Notable Book of the Year by New York Times, and by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights); Displays of Power: Memory and Amnesia in the American Museum (1999 and paperback, 2000); Transforming Museums: Mounting Queen Victoria in a Democratic South Africa (2006); and the forthcoming Past Imperfect/Future Conditional: South African Culture Wars in a Globalized Perspective.
He has won many awards, including the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Abroad Research Fellowship to South Africa, the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, The Lady Davis Fellowship Trust Visiting Professorship at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and residencies at The Bellagio Study & Conference Center, The Ragdale Foundation and The Ucross Foundation.
Dr. Dubin has written and lectured widely on public funding to the arts, censorship, transgressive and controversial art, museums, popular culture and southern African politics and culture. His numerous articles and reviews have appeared in social science journals as well as more popular media. In recent years, he has been a regular contributor to Art in America. He is frequently sought for commentary by journalists, and Arresting Images was referenced in a 1992 court decision involving the police seizure of a painting in Chicago. In addition, Dr. Dubin has become a free speech activist, breaking the story of corporate censorship at Mattel, Inc. in regards to Art, Design, and Barbie: The Evolution of a Cultural Icon, a 1995 museum exhibition which he helped curate. His article, "How I Got Screwed by Barbie" generated news coverage nationwide.
He has been traveling throughout southern Africa since 2000, including South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Lesotho and Swaziland.
Lecturer and Program Manager
Dr. Ami Kantawala
ak974@tc.columbia.edu
Office Location: 413 Zankel
Office Hours: 11:00AM- 2:00PM
Dr. Kantawala is also Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art Education at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York, and also an adjunct at Boston University's Online Masters Program in Art Education. Ami completed her BFA in painting and metal craft at Sir. J. J. School of Art, Bombay-India, and went on to complete her Ed.M. and Ed.D. in Art Education at Teachers College. Her published works constitute a diverse interest of the role of mentoring in academia as well as methods of historical research, developing hybrid research methodologies and making historical research relevant to graduate students. These interests stem from her own research interests of identifying undocumented histories, understanding institutional, cultural and curricular practices – all informed by the notion of ‘learning by doing’ and working with primary sources. Her research has ushered her into the realms of history, cultural studies, higher education leadership and mentoring, and postcolonial theory. She has published articles in research journals such as Visual Arts Research, Studies in Art Education and International Journal of Education Through Art.
Dr. Kantawala serves on the editorial board of the journal of Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art. She is also the Eastern Region Director for the Higher Ed Division of the National Art Education Association and also co-chairs the committee on historical research for NAEA. Her recent publication on mentoring was published in the Visual Arts Research journal and two other publications are under review. She has also presented in several NAEA and CAA conferences on historical research, undocumented histories of art education and art education in India. Ami teaches courses in the historical foundations of art education and the research methods section for field observations, Visual Arts Research Methods and supervises Master’s students working on their thesis.
Adjuncts
- Jeffrey Klein
Office Location: 413 Zankel
Office Hours: By AppointmentJeffrey Klein is the Vice President of Revenue Operations for Learning Ally. His focus is to foster alignment across all sources of revenue to generate the largest return on investment for the organization. Additionally, his role is to ensure integration of cross-functional program development and help to create systems and reporting to provide insight into Learning Ally’s delivery of service and revenue projections. Jeff is also an Adjunct Professor at Pratt Institute teaching courses in both Nonprofit Law and Fundraising. He has worked for over a decade on both the programmatic and fund raising side of nonprofit organizations. Jeff has worked with the LGBT Community Center in fundraising and government relations and was a staff attorney and fund raiser for Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Jeff is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law and is admitted to the New York State Bar. Additionally he holds a BA in Government and a BA in Psychology from Skidmore College. Jeffrey teaches Support Structures.
- I. Fred Koenigsberg
ifk2101@columbia.edu
Office Location: 413 Zankel
Office Hours: By Appointment
I. Fred Koenigsberg has spent his career as an attorney specializing in copyright and related intellectual property law. A graduate of Cornell University (B.A.), the Annenberg School of Communications of the University of Pennsylvania (M.A.) and Columbia Law School (J.D.), Koenigsberg spent the first 18 years of his career as in-house counsel for the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP). He then went into private practice as a partner in White & Case, LLP, from which he retired at the end of 2011. While at White & Case, he represented clients in various disciplines of the arts, including music, literature, fine arts, and motion pictures. While a partner, he also served as ASCAP’s General Counsel, and most recently (and continuing after his retirement) as Counsel to ASCAP’s Board of Directors.Koenigsberg also served as President of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (the first copyright lawyer to serve in that position), and as Chairman of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law. He was a private sector representative on the United States delegation to the World Intellectual Property Organization diplomatic conference that led to the WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties, as well as State Department’s Ad Hoc Committee on Adherence to the Berne Convention and the Library of Congress’ Advisory Commission on Copyright Registration and Deposit.
Koenigsberg has taught as an adjunct professor at Pace Law School (Copyright Law, 1979-1988), Columbia Law School (currently teaching the Seminar on Law & the Music Industry), and Columbia’s Teachers College program in Arts Administration (currently teaching Law & the Arts I).
- Tahra Millan
Office Location: 413 Zankel
Office Hours: By Appointment
Tahra Millan is a marketing consultant and guest presenter for arts & entertainment and serves as Associate Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School. Formerly, the Sr. Director of Strategic Marketing for the corporate offices of Blue Man Group, a global entertainment organization, Tahra developed Blue Man Group’s digital marketing and communications arm supporting Blue Man’s theatrical productions in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Orlando at Universal Orlando, Las Vegas, Tokyo and Berlin. Prior to Blue Man Group, she served as Director of Development and Marketing at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Working for a not-for-profit cultural arts organization, she oversaw federal, foundation, corporate and individual fundraising and managed strategic communications and marketing efforts. Professor Millan began her career working for the Broadway industry. At the Broadway League, the national trade association for the commercial theatre industry, she spearheaded the industry’s first economic recovery campaign stemming from the events of September 11, 2001 and established the industry’s first multilingual website. She has worked on numerous major industry events including the American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards and Kids’ Night on Broadway. Tahra also worked for an Omnicom-owned entertainment advertising agency, Serino Coyne, where she continued her work in developing industry-wide sales promotions. She earned her B.F.A. in Drama from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and an M.A. from the Program in Arts Administration at Teachers College, Columbia University. While at Teachers College, she served as the Enid Morse Fellow. Tahra Millan teaches Marketing Arts, Culture and Entertainment.
- Elena M. Paul, Esq
Office Location: 413 Zankel
Office Hours: By Appointment - Martin Vinik
mpv5@columbia.edu
Office Location: 413 Zankel
Office Hours: By Appointment
Martin Vinik received a B.A. in theatre from Tufts University and an M.F.A. from the Program in Arts Administration at Columbia University. He began his career as an an actor, director, designer and musician, he worked professionally in London and New York and founded nonprofit theatre companies in Chicago and Boston, including We Tickle the Earth’s Belly Ltd., the first resident theatre company of the Boston Center for the Arts. He began working as a planning consultant in the arts in the late 1970s. Early clients included New York City's Theatre Development Fund and Jerzy Grotowski's Objective Drama Program at the University of California, Irvine. He joined the consulting firm Roger Morgan Studio in 1982, where as Director of Planning Services, he specialized in long-range planning related to capital projects in the arts. He began in 2001 to devote his full efforts to his own consulting firm, Martin Vinik Planning for the Arts LLC, which provides planning, design and management consulting services to the non-profit and commercial arts communities.He is the author of architectural, financial, economic impact, and long-range planning studies for hundreds of major projects for clients such as the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Ontario Ministry of Culture, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He is an authority on arts and cultural district planning and has been involved in the development of some of the most successful arts district projects in the U.S., including the 42nd Street Redevelopment Project in New York City, Pittsburgh’s Downtown Cultural District, Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts, and the Grand Center Arts District in St. Louis. He advised the Hong Kong government on the proposed West Kowloon Cultural District in 2007 and has worked on plans for half a dozen cultural district projects in Asia since then.
He divides his time equally between desk and drafting board. Recently completed projects include the Modern Theatre in Boston’s downtown theatre district and the renovation and expansion of the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore. Current projects include advising the City of St. Catharines, Ontario, a Canadian Cultural Capital City for 2012, on the planning for its new $60M downtown arts center, and development of plans for a new six-venue performing arts center for Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Martin Vinik teaches Principles and Practices in Arts Administration: Performing Arts and Business Policy and Planning.
Elena M. Paul, Esq., joined the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. (AADF), n September 2012, where she serves as the Director of Legal and Business Affairs.
For the twelve years prior to joining the AADF, Ms. Paul was the Executive Director of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA). In addition to being VLA’s Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Paul represented clients at VLA on a pro bono basis, acting as general counsel and a legal advisor to arts and cultural organizations and individual artists, specializing in nonprofit governance and corporate matters, strategic planning and risk-management, transactional work and intellectual property. She also served as business and development consultant for various cultural, entertainment and arts projects and productions with a focus on dance, film and fashion. In her tenure, VLA enjoyed record growth, program improvement and expansion, and productivity. Ms. Paul conceived and developed many educational and other programs as well as teaching and presenting at national conferences and educational institutions.
Prior to VLA, Ms. Paul was the Executive Director of Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA). Ms. Paul also represented clients at WALA, specializing in corporate and contract matters. Before joining WALA, Ms. Paul acted as University Counsel in the Office of the President at the University of Maryland, College Park. In that position, Ms. Paul was responsible for the legal aspects of all of the University’s major transactions, contracts, construction, and real estate projects, including handling the largest procurement to date in the State of Maryland ($750 million). Prior to this position, Ms. Paul served as an attorney at two major national law firms in DC, Patton Boggs and Bryan Cave, where she practiced corporate and real estate law.
Ms. Paul grew up in Gainesville, Florida and graduated from the Gainesville Public High School. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Davidson College, phi beta kappa, and her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. She is a legal and business advisor to many arts and cultural organizations as well as serving on the Board of Directors of The Friends of The French Culinary Institute, The Sculpture Center, Slow Lab, The Center for Photography at Woodstock and Ballet Next. She acts as a mentor for The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in its Arts in Crisis Program and is a member of The Art Collection Advisory Committee for Davidson College. Ms. Paul serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Producing and Documentary Programs at the New York Film Academy and taught at Fordham Law School, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Pratt Institute of Art & Designand Brooklyn Law School. Elena Paul Teaches Law & the Arts II.