BBF Welcomes Colleen Foran as a Spring 2026 Intern

Colleen Foran is a PhD candidate studying African art history at Boston University (BU). Her research focuses on contemporary West African art, particularly performance and participatory art hosted in Ghana’s capital of Accra.

Colleen received her MA at BU in spring 2020, as well as a Graduate Certificate in African Studies from BU’s African
Studies Center. She was previously a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow studying Akan Twi and has taught courses at BU, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.

Prior to BU, Colleen worked at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C.

She is passionate about exploring cities via walking and making history accessible to wide audiences, so she is delighted to be interning with Boston By Foot!

Welcome, Colleen!