Deirdre Boyle is a media historian, critic, curator, and psychotherapist based in New York, United States. While her early work explored early portable video art and technology, her research primarily focuses on the relationship between media, death, and grief. Boyle is Professor Emeritus in the School of Media Studies at The New School, and has taught in the United States, Russia, Turkey, and Hong Kong. She has programmed independent film and video series for cable and public television, museums, universities, public libraries, and international traveling exhibitions.