Stefanie Jason is a writer and researcher. Currently an Art History PhD student at Rutgers University, Stefanie’s dissertation examines critical memory practices and artistic experimentation in Southern African art today. Stefanie completed her MA at Wits University with a thesis on the archival absence of pioneering photojournalist Mabel Cetu.

Stefanie is a Rutgers Presidential Fellow 2020-2025 and a 2022 ArtTable Fellow working with Amant Foundation on the forthcoming exhibition Jayne Cortez: A Poet’s Guide to the World. She has also written for publications such as Aperture, Africa South Art Initiative, ContemporaryAnd, and The Brooklyn Rail.