Nicole L. Woods is an art historian and critic who teaches at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) and previously taught at the University of Notre Dame. She is the recipient of several internationally competitive grants and fellowships, including The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts in Chicago, IL. Woods is the author of the forthcoming book, Performing Chance: The Art of Alison Knowles In/Out of Fluxus, published by the University of Chicago Press.