Carol A. Wells is an activist, art historian, curator, lecturer and writer. She has been collecting posters and producing political poster art exhibitions since 1981. Trained as a medievalist at UCLA, she taught the history of art and architecture for 13 years at CSU Fullerton. In 1988, Wells founded the Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG), an educational and research archive that collects, documents, and exhibits posters relating to diverse movements for social change. CSPG holds over 90,000 posters from the 19th century to the present, including the largest collection of post-WWII human rights and protest posters in the U.S. Her articles on poster art have appeared in numerous U.S. and international publications. Wellshas produced or co-curated more than 100 exhibitions that have traveled to over 400 venues worldwide. Her most recent exhibitions are: To Protect & Serve? Five Decades of Posters Protesting Police Violence(2018) and Health Care Not Wealth Care: Posters on Health Activism & Social Justice(2019) Wells believes that the power of graphics can combat public apathy and feelings of helplessness, help open up a truly democratic arena for political debate, and inspire people to action.