Dr. Roksana Filipowska brings an extensive background and multiple publications in education and the arts to Keen Independent. Her academic experience ranges from curriculum development, teaching and advocacy for the arts at Yale University and University of Pennsylvania to curating arts exhibitions and programming. Recently, Roksana directed the development of the Wurtele Study Center at Yale. Her initiatives cultivate diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and belonging. Roksana is a founding member of the Yale West Campus
Anti-Racism Working Group. She is fluent in Polish.

Project Experience:

• Arts and culture assessments and curatorial consulting
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)
• Education programming
• Qualitative and quantitative research
• Outreach and community engagement
• Survey development and implementation
• Grant writing
• Event planning and facilitation

Education

Ph.D., History of Art, Certification in Education, University of Pennsylvania,
School of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, PA

B.A., Art History and English, minor in Philosophy, Fordham University, New York, NY

Training

Undoing Racism Training, People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond