Biography

Joy Christiansen Erb currently resides in Youngstown, Ohio, where she is an Assistant Professor of Photography and Photography Program Coordinator at Youngstown State University.  She received an M.F.A. degree from Texas Woman’s University and a B.F.A. from Miami University.

Christiansen Erb is an active exhibiting photographer and installation artist. Her creative research incorporates a variety of photographic media including traditional, digital and alternative photographic processes.   Her work has gained recognition through regional and national exhibitions and lectures. Christiansen Erb is a grant recipient from Miami University and received a fellowship to The Photography Institute’s National Graduate Seminar at Columbia University, New York, in 2004.