Kayla Kane

Kayla (she/her) is a part-time M.A. student working on the history of U.S. museum deaccessioning. She holds a BA in art history (with honors) from Wellesley College, and her studies at Columbia are supported by a Wellesley College Graduate Fellowship and Mary Clothier Slade Art History Fellowship. 

Outside of Columbia, Kayla is the Research Coordinator for cultural property initiatives at the Penn Cultural Heritage Center. There, she oversees the Cultural Property Experts On Call Program, which helps law enforcement agents identify and assess the legal status of cultural property under investigation by facilitating consultations with subject matter experts in art history, archaeology, and related fields. 

Kayla also works as a freelance copy editor and grant writer for cultural organizations. She previously worked as a research assistant at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wellesley College Art History Department, and MIT School of Architecture.