The study of art history is a study of visual and material cultures. The methods of art history, however, are primarily verbal and textual. My work with students teaches them to attend to visual analysis and verbal communication simultaneously. Their process of translating between the visual and the verbal engenders discovery, understanding, creativity, and critical thinking.
Courses Taught
Courses at Eastern Connecticut State University
- ART 211 Introduction to Art History: Prehistory to 1400
- ART 212 Introduction to Art History: 1400 to the Present
- ART 229 Medieval Art & Architecture
- ART/WST 355 Women, Gender, and Art
- ART 340 Modern Art Topics (topic: Medievalisms from the Eighteenth Century to the Present)
- ART 371 Islamic Art
- ART 401 Art History Topics (topic: Histories of Portraiture)
- FYI 100 Introduction to Art & Art History
- HON 150 Great Ideas in the Advancement of Knowledge (team taught)
Courses in Previous Positions
- AH 111 Convention, Canon, Sign (Moore College of Art & Design, Fall 2015 and Spring 2016)
- ART 107 Women, Gender, and Art (Saint Joseph’s University, Spring 2016)
- ARTH 1155 Art Heritage of the Western World I (Temple University, Fall 2016)
- ART 202 Early Christian and Medieval Art and Architecture (Saint Joseph’s University, Spring 2016)
- HART 212 Medieval Art and Architecture (Bryn Mawr College, Spring 2017)
- ARTH 2200 Every People Under Heaven: Art in the Age of the Crusades (Temple University, Fall 2016)
- HART 311 Topics in Medieval Art: Discovering Medieval Manuscripts (Bryn Mawr College, Spring 2017; taught in Special Collections)
Senior Thesis and Independent Study Supervision
I have supervised over a dozen senior theses and independent studies in Art History on topics including the representations of royal women in Ancient Egypt, women artists in Baroque Italy, Orientalist architecture in Victorian London, the market for contemporary Latinx art, and the history of queer art.
