Dr. Diane Durant

Dr. Diane Durant is associate professor of instruction and director of the Comer Collection of Photography at The University of Texas at Dallas, from which she earned a PhD in Aesthetic Studies. She serves on the University’s IDEA Committee and is faculty advisor for PRIDE@UTD, an LGBTQ+ student organization.

Diane is a member of the board of directors for both the Dallas Wings Community Foundation and Texas Photographic Society. In 2018, she was named one of four inaugural Carter Community Artists with the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and belongs to the permanent collection of the National Park Service. Diane’s first monograph, Stories, 1986–88, was released by Daylight Books in 2020.