Ellen K. Levy, PhD, is a visual artist and Independent Scholar. Until recently Special Advisor on the Arts and Sciences at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA), she has taught art and neuroscience extensively. She was President of the College Art Association (2004-2006) before earning her doctorate (2012) from the University of Plymouth (UK). She received her diploma from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1981) following a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in Zoology. Levy has had numerous group and solo exhibitions in NYC and abroad, including at the New York Academy of Sciences (1984), the National Academy of Sciences (1985), Associated American Artists (NYC), and Michael Steinberg Fine Arts (NYC). Her honors include an arts commission from NASA (1985).