Béatrice Duchastel de Montrouge (she/her) is a second-year PhD student whose research focuses on contemporary North American artists and the ways they use site-specific mediums, such as museum installations, memorials, monuments, and public art, to critique the power structures found in traditional institutional spaces and forms and traditional modes of histories.  

Duchastel de Montrouge earned a BA in American Studies and the History of Art and Architecture from Brown University, writing her senior thesis on murals in Providence, RI and how they make meaning for various stakeholders around the city. She has presented her original research on memorials and public memory at multiple conferences, including the New England Museum Association and the University of Virginia Art and Architectural History Graduate Symposium.  

Duchastel de Montrouge has worked across multiple art, museum, and collection settings, including most recently as a Curatorial Intern at Monument Lab and an Exhibitions Research Intern at the Barnes Foundation. Prior to her PhD, Duchastel de Montrouge worked most recently as the Public Programs Coordinator at the Museum of Work and Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, where she organized and curated numerous exhibits, including creating interpretation and programming. She currently serves as the President of the Art History Graduate Organization (AHGO) at Tyler and teaches undergraduate courses in the department.