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 Ellen Hoobler is the William B. Ziff, Jr., Curator of Art of the Americas at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, MD. Prior to joining the Walters, Hoobler was Assistant Professor of Art History at Cornell College (Mount Vernon, IA), and has also taught at Columbia University and the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA). Hoobler holds a doctorate from Columbia University in Art History and Archaeology, and an undergraduate degree in Latin American Studies from Wellesley College. A specialist on ancient art of the Americas and its historiography, she is author and co-editor of numerous essays and books related to the Ancient Americas and their collecting, display, and use in cultural diplomacy between the United States and Mexico. 

Hoobler is a fan of all things Oaxacan and in the early 2000s was the co-founder (with Nimcy Arellanes Cancino) and proprietor of a tour company focused on folk and fine art, architecture, and archaeology of the region.