Staff

Office Location: ZB 413A

Grace J. Choi, Program Manager for the Program in Arts Administration (ARAD), is a Queens-based artist and writer originally from California’s Bay Area. She graduated from NYU Steinhardt with a BFA in Studio Art, worked at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and now has been an administrator in the Department of Arts and Humanities at TC since 2018. Grace considers herself extremely fortunate to have joined this community of burgeoning interdisciplinary professionals and leaders in the arts and is looking forward to supporting them through their journeys in ARAD and TC.

Tianqi Liao was born in China and spent several years in the UK before beginning her studies at New York University in journalism and media. After graduating in 2019, she joined Bronx Documentary Center as the Development and Communications Coordinator to assist with non-profit fundraising, annual photo auctions, and photojournalism-based exhibitions. Previously, she was the Manager of Photography and Video at Art in Odd Places, an arts festival presenting visual and performance art in unexpected public spaces. As a photographer, she had her first solo exhibition in Beijing in 2021 and her works have been published on Ain’t Bad, C41, Phroom, and Fisheye. She was also nominated for the Fine Art Photography Awards and highly commended by the Belfast Photo Festival. With her interest in photography, she hopes to stimulate conversations through lens-based practices and establish creative platforms of exchange for emerging artists.

Office Location: ZB 413 Main Suite 

Shreya Sanjeev is currently pursuing her doctoral studies at Teachers College in the Interdisciplinary Studies program focusing on sustainability and higher education in developing countries. She graduated with a triple-honors Master of Science from James Cook University, Australia, and a Master of Arts from New York University. She has interned at various organizations, including the United Nations Democracy Fund looking at projects within the Asia-Pacific region. Her professional interests include sustainability, management, and leadership in higher education.