Miranda Samuels is an educator and researcher working across contemporary art, archives, and artist legacy stewardship. She is the Associate Director at the Center for the Preservation of Artists’ Legacies (CPAL), where she contributes to initiatives that support artists, estates, and cultural workers in developing sustainable approaches to legacy planning and preservation. Prior to that, she was Director at Davila-Villa & Stothart. She is Associate Director and Core Faculty at the Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program (IATP), has worked as a Critic at the Yale School of Art in recent years, and has held roles in museum education and public engagement.