Caitlin McKenna Thakral joined the Brooklyn Museum in 2011, and is now Research Associate of Islamic Art. She studied art history at Colgate University (BA) and the Institute of Fine Art Arts, New York University (MA). Before coming to Brooklyn, she was involved with museum projects and exhibitions at various institutions, including the Grey Art Gallery at NYU and the Guggenheim Museum. Her academic research on medieval Islamic architecture has been supported through travel abroad sponsored jointly by the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, and the Getty Foundation. Her interests include working with content in all forms, taking field trips to grocery stores in foreign cities, and attempting Bollywood dance.