Email: marianne.petit@nyu.edu.
Website: https://mariannerpetit.com

ARTS PROFESSOR, GLOBAL NETWORK ARTS PROFESSOR, ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR GLOBAL NETWORK ACADEMIC PLANNING

Marianne R. Petit is an artist and educator whose work explores fairy tales, the body, graphic and narrative medicine, and collective storytelling practices through mechanical books that combine technology, paper craft, and traditional book arts. Her artwork has appeared at festivals and exhibitions internationally, been featured in publications such as Hyperallergic, Make, and Wired, and been broadcast on IFC and PBS. Her movable books appear in museum, library, and university collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Library of Congress, the British Library, and the Wellcome Collection, as well as numerous university and private collections. 

Marianne teaches courses in digital media, animation, paper arts, storytelling, and adaptive assistive technology. She co-founded the NYU Shanghai Interactive Media Arts Program (IMA), served as its founding director from 2013-2016, and remained on its faculty through 2018. She has taught at the NYU Abu Dhabi campus, co-founded the NYU Ability Project, and received the 2016 NYU Distinguished Teaching Award. She currently serves as an Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Network Academic Planning.