Nell Irvin Painter

Nell Irvin Painter is the Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, at Princeton University and author of the New York Times bestseller The History of White People, among other books. She has an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, and her visual artwork has been shown at galleries and in many collections, including the San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, the Brooklyn Historical Society, and Gallery Aferro. Her book Old In Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over is forthcoming in June. (January 2018)