Aisha Motlani is a creative workforce researcher and currently leads the Illinois Creative Workforce Partnership (ICWP), using quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the career trajectories of artists and arts graduates. In addition to studying the creative workforce, Aisha is an independent art historical researcher. She holds a Ph.D. in art history from Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Cambridge. She has published peer-reviewed articles and book reviews on the visual culture of colonialism in Oxford Art Journal, Art History (forthcoming), Archives of Asian Art, and  Victorian Periodicals Review. Her research has been funded by the American Council of Learned Societies, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the American Association of University Women.