Sherry Goodman
Sherry Goodman, Director of Education and Academic Relations at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, has coordinated public programming in conjunction with BAM/PFA exhibitions and collections for over twenty years. After specializing in American and European modern art history at Columbia University, Ms. Goodman taught at both Columbia and Vassar College before coming to BAM/PFA. Her recent projects include a program exploring multi-disciplinary perspectives on Bruce Nauman's art and a symposium addressing the experience of adoptees from Asia as expressed in their art, writing, and film. Ms. Goodman also oversees the museum's connections with campus. Claiming that visual art itself embodies the kinds of "illstructured" problems, challenge to assumptions and values, and exposure that can help stimulate cognitive development and critical thinking, she is interested in the ways in which BAM/PFA can provide experiences outside the classroom that enhance undergraduate learning. Ms. Goodman was awarded a Fulbright Senior Specialist grant to teach American art history at the University of Hanoi in 2007.