Roni Feinstein has been an independent scholar for more than two decades while living in the New York area, South Florida, Toronto, Sydney, and, currently, Southern California. She wrote her dissertation on Robert Rauschenberg at the Institute of Fine Arts under the guidance of Kirk Varnedoe; she has since published extensively on the artist and lectured on his art at museums across the United States. She served for seven years as director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County, organizing exhibitions and supervising all museum functions. Feinstein contributed feature articles and reviews to Art in America for more than twenty years and has written for a host of other publications. She has guest-curated exhibitions for museums and galleries and has taught at numerous universities. She is an active ArtTable member and currently serves as the Co-Chair of ArtTable’s Southern California chapter.