Laurel V. McLaughlin (she/her) is a writer, curator, and art historian working as the Curator and Director of the Collective Futures Fund at Tufts University Art Galleries. McLaughlin completed her Ph.D. at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania in 2023, writing a dissertation on performative migratory aesthetics. Her writing is published in Art Papers, ASAP/J, BOMB Magazine, Burnaway, C Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, Contact Quarterly, Performance Research, te magazine, and women & performance, among others.