Patricia J. Graham, Ph.D serves as a consultant and appraiser of Asian art for institutions, businesses and collectors, and lectures on the subject throughout the U.S.--from the Smithsonian and Metropolitan Museum of Art to Columbia University and U.C. Berkeley. She has an M.A. in Asian art history and a Ph.D in Japanese art history from the University of Kansas. Dr. Graham has worked in numerous art museums throughout her career and has also taught everything from art and cultural history to museum studies at the university level. She is the recipient of several prestigious fellowships, including from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, the Asian Cultural Council, the Fulbright Program and the National Endowment for Humanities, among others. She lives in the Denver area. www.patriciagraham.net