JESSICA S. MCDONALD NAMED CHIEF CURATOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE HARRY RANSOM CENTER

Jessica S. McDonald has been appointed chief curator of photography at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, effective September. She is currently a curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; in 2011 she received an Ansel Adams Research Fellowship from the Center for Creative Photography. Said director Thomas F. Staley: “McDonald’s broad experiences—from teaching to curatorial—confirmed that she can lead our photography department, build the collection, support research, and plan exhibitions. The possibilities under her guidance are exciting.”