[5][6] From 2009 - 2015 she served as the Dean of Sarah Lawrence College, where he currently holds the Harlequin Adair Dammann Chair in Islamic Studies.
[7] Throughout much of her career, Dodds research has focused on transculturation and artistic interchange between Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Medieval Spain.
[4] Her publications include Architecture and Ideology in Early Medieval Spain (1990); NY Masjid: The Mosques of New York (2002); and, as co-author, The Arts of Intimacy: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture (2008), which was named a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year.
[8] In addition to her academic work, Dodds served as a consultant, curator, and lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Also a prolific filmmaker, Dodds directed four documentaries for the Met, including Journey to St. James: A Pilgrim’s Guide (1993), An Imaginary East (1995), NY Masjid (1996), and Hearts and Stones: The Bridge at Mostar (2004).