Born in 1970, Otto has a B.A. from
Oberlin College and an M.A. from
Queen's University at Kingston. In 2003 she received her Ph.D. in Art History from the
University of Michigan. Otto is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the State University of New York at Buffalo and
Tempo, Tempo! The Bauhaus Photomontages of Marianne Brandt (2005). With Patrick Rössler, she co-authored
Bauhaus Women: A Global Perspective. Otto is a 2025
Guggenheim Fellowship recipient. She has also received fellowships from the
National Humanities Center, the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the
National Gallery of Art, the
Getty Research Institute, and the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. == References ==