Yola Monakhov Stockton SUNY Buffalo State

Yola Monakhov Stockton directs the photography program at SUNY Buffalo State, where she is Assistant Professor. She has worked as a photojournalist throughout the Middle East, Central Asia, and former Soviet Union, and her work has appeared in Harper’s, The New York Times, and The New Yorker. Her monograph, The Nature of Imitation, was published by Schilt (Amsterdam). She received an M.A. in Italian Literature and M.F.A. in Visual Arts from Columbia University, and served as Harnish Visiting Artist at Smith College.