Maurice Berger is a cultural historian, art critic, and curator. He is a research professor and chief curator at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Maryland Baltimore County. A student of the pioneering theoretical art historian Rosalind E. Krauss, he completed a BA at Hunter College and PhD in art history and critical theory at the City University of New York. Berger is the author of many books on the subject of American art, culture, and the politics of race. His writing on art, film, television, theater, law, and the politics of race has appeared in many journals and newspapers, including Artforum, Art in America, the New York Times, the Village Voice, October, Wired, and the Los Angeles Times.