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Yoon , a distinguished scholar of contemporary art and media theory, begins June 16, 2026. She will lead the program as it welcomes a new class of artists, curators, and scholars in fall 2027.  \nPrior to joining the Whitney Museum, Yoon served as the Director of the Fine Arts MFA Program at Parsons School of Design at The New School , where she strengthened its international reputation as a leading program for the theorization and practice of art. She also redesigned the program's graduate admissions process to recruit one of its most ambitious cohorts in recent history , while overseeing more than 200 BFA and MFA students. Yoon is also Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at The New School's Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts. From 2013 to 2024, she served as the Director of the Visual Studies Program at Lang, where she developed a new curriculum and grew the undergraduate program to triple its original size, building one of the most international and diverse faculties and student bodies on campus, with program strengths in photography, film, media, and performance studies , along with curatorial studies and research-based art practices.  \nYoon comes to this position with a unique familiarity and connection to the ISP. She was a Helena Rubinstein Critical Studies fellow as part of the 2006–2007 ISP class. She then returned to the program as a faculty member from 2012 to 2023, leading seminars in critical theory and advising students across the Studio, Curatorial, and Critical Studies tracks. Yoon was named the Joanne Cassullo Faculty Fellow in 2013–2014 and served on the editorial board and organizing committee for the ISP’s 50th Anniversary Symposium in 2018. Most recently, Yoon served on an advisory committee dedicated to helping shape the future of the ISP. Convened by Adrienne Edwards, the Engell Speyer Family Senior Curator and Associate Director of Curatorial Programs at the Whitney Museum of American Art, who oversees the ISP , the group consisted of 15 external advisors drawn from the ISP alumni and faculty network.  \n“This appointment is the culmination of a process undertaken with deep consideration over many months,” said Edwards. “Soyoung stood out as a compelling leader during her time as a member of our ISP working group. She knows the ISP intimately, as a former participant and longtime member of its faculty, and understands what makes the program unique and vitally important to our field. She brings intellectual rigor, a superb administrative acuity, and unwavering belief in the importance of theoretical and artistic inquiry and I cannot imagine amore thoughtful or committed steward to lead the Whitney’s ISP forward.”  \n“The Independent Study Program holds a singular place in the Whitney's history and in the wider field as a laboratory and learning community for artists, critics and curators,” said Scott Rothkopf, the Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney Museum. “Over the past half century, its distinguished alumni have made important contributions to the arts and broader critical inquiry. As an exceptional scholar and leader, Soyoung will build on this legacy while charting a bright path for the ISP’s future.”  \n“I first encountered the ISP as an ideal for theory in practice, as a mode of study as well as politics and ethics, through my activism in the student movements in Seoul. The ISP continues to be a community for those who are not quite at home in their institutions, disciplines, and practices, for those who question the methodologies, the discourses , the habitus, the social worlds of such practices, and thereby effect changes, become leaders, new legends, teachers for those to come ,” said Yoon. “In continuity with this history , I am honored and thrilled ","cbCairrO8Hd0vhkO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairrO8Hd0vhkO","pdf",204167,"English","# Appointment Overview\n## Start Date and Upcoming Cohort\n# Yoon’s Background\n## Roles at Parsons and The New School\n## Prior ISP Involvement\n# Leadership Statements\n## Whitney Officials and ISP Leadership","[{\"question\":\"When does Soyoung Yoon begin her role as director of the Whitney ISP?\",\"answer\":\"Soyoung Yoon begins on June 16, 2026, according to the announcement.\"},{\"question\":\"What role will Yoon play in the ISP’s next class cycle?\",\"answer\":\"She will lead the program as it welcomes a new class of artists, curators, and scholars in fall 2027.\"},{\"question\":\"How has Yoon previously been connected to the Independent Study Program?\",\"answer\":\"She participated as a Helena Rubinstein Critical Studies fellow in the 2006–2007 ISP class and later returned as faculty from 2012 to 2023, leading seminars and advising across multiple tracks.\"}]","WHITNEY MUSEUM APPOINTS SOYOUNG YOON AS DIRECTOR OF ITS INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM - June 16, 2026 | PDF",1792703636]