Jessica Bal

ERI/PS2 Public Research Fellow

 Jessica (Jess) Bal (she/her) is a researcher, educator, and photographer pursuing a PhD in Art History at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Her research focuses on documentary ethics, histories of photographic illusion, and emerging imaging technologies. A former journalist, Jess is also currently working on a community memory project and digital archive about labor organizing in U.S. newsrooms. Jess  is a 2025 ERI/PS2 Summer Public Research Fellow.