Nancy Stuart is the dean of the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford. Previously, she was the Executive Vice President and Provost of the Cleveland Institute of Art (2002-2011). Nancy served on the faculty of the School of Photographic Arts & Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology (1984-2002) where she also held numerous administrative positions and she was a founding faculty member of Lansing Community College’s Photographic Technology Program (1975-1984). Nancy earned her PhD at the State University of New York at Buffalo’s Graduate School of Education. She has served on the national board of directors of the Society of Photographic Education (SPE) 2008-2015, the National Association of Schools of Art & Design (NASAD) Commission on Accreditation 2017-2019, and the board of governors of the Hill Stead Museum 2014 to present.