Philip Eliasoph

Philip Eliasoph (born 1951) is an American art historian, educator, critic, and curator. He began his teaching career in 1975 at Fairfield University, a Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut where Eliasoph is now professor of art history. He is also the Sam & Bettie Roberts Endowed Lecturer in Judaic Studies at the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies, a position he has held since 2005. In 1996, Eliasoph founded, and remains director and moderator, of the “Open Visions Forum,” a public affairs series held at Fairfield University's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. Since 2016, Eliasoph has also been a faculty consultant for The New York Times digital inEducation blog, a global higher education platform.