Draft:Jill Johnson Deupi

Jill Deupi is the Beaux Arts Director and Chief Curator of the Lowe Art Museum (University of Miami).

Prior to assuming this position in 2014, Deupi was Director and Chief Curator of University Museums at Fairfield University, where she was also an Assistant Professor of Art History. Her prior professional experience includes work at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Snite Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Wallace Collection. The recipient of a two-year “Rome Prize,” Dr. Deupi wrote her doctoral dissertation on art and cultural politics in 18th-century Naples. She is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, the Leading Change Institute, and the Getty Leadership Institute. Deupi is also a Trustee of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) and chair of this organization’s academic art museum affinity group. Additionally, Deupi serves on the Cornell Museum’s Visiting Committee and is a member of AAM, AAMC, AAMD, AAMG, ICOM, and UMAC. She has been a peer reviewer for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and AAM’s Reaccreditation Committee. Dr. Deupi holds a B.A. in French Literature and Political Science (Mount Holyoke College); a J.D. (Washington College of Law, American University); an M.A. in the History of Art (Birkbeck College, University of London); a Ph.D. in Art History (University of Virginia); a graduate certificate in Arts Administration (New York University); and an executive education certificate in Art and Cultural Heritage Law (Georgetown University Law Center).

Early life and education
Deupi was born on the Aleutian island of Adak (Alaska). She attended St. Margaret's School (Tappahannock, VA), before earning her BA in French and Political Science at Mount Holyoke College. She went to receive a JD (summa cum laude) from American University as well as an MA in Art History (Birkbeck College, University of London) and PhD in Art History (University of Virginia). The focus of her MA thesis was Mary Moser, one of only two founding members of the Royal Academy of Arts who were women. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the Bourbons of Naples and cultural politics.

Career
After training as a lawyer and being admitted to the Bar of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Deupi pivoted professionally to pursue her passion for art, art history, and museums. She worked as the Burlington Gardens Project Coordinator and, later, the Assistant to the "Secretary," David Gordon, between 1995 and 1998. During this time she also completed her MA in Art History. Deupi then returned to the United States to pursue a doctoral degree at the University of Virginia, studying under Christopher M. S. Johns. She completed her dissertation, entitled Cultural Politics in Bourbon Naples, 1734-1799, in 2006 after conducting extensive research in Italy, where she was a two-year "Rome Prize" pre-doctoral fellow at the American Academy in Rome.

In January 2008, Deupi joined the Art History faculty at Fairfield University. She later became the founding director of that institution's museum, which she led until 2014, when she was recruited to lead the University of Miami's Lowe Art Museum. Deupi has had professional work experience as an intern, volunteer consultant, and researcher at The Wallace Collection, The Snite Museum of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

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