Paulette Young, Ph.D. is a New York based cultural anthropologist, curator and independent scholar in the visual arts and artistic cultural practices of communities in Africa and the African Diaspora. Her research centers on the historical and contemporary roles of global dress, design and style as an expressive artistic and cultural form. She examines the ways that people of African descent articulate power and meaning through the visual and verbal arts, particularly as presented in photography. Paulette is an educator and advisor in the visual and performing arts for a diverse range of universities, museums, galleries and community-based organizations. She lectures and provides ethnographic and archival research for local and international cultural, educational, and business institutions. Young is Director of the Young Robertson Gallery in New York, NY. The gallery specializes in fine arts from Africa and the African Diaspora, focusing on traditional African fine art, textiles and photography.