Courses include Survey, Impressionism, Modern Art, and Contemporary Issues in Sculpture. In the fall of 2000, an art colleague and I offered the first cross-disciplinary course at the school. The class focused on issues of gender and integrated current theory with contemporary art practice. In the classroom, I introduce a variety of methodologies and encourage critical thinking. My teaching is object-based.
Artworks illuminate aesthetic elements, reflect social history, and test theoretical frameworks.
I am a modernist with expertise in European and American art of the nineteenth and twentieth century. My dissertation dealt with the alliance between ethnography and the Parisian avant-garde between the wars. My research explored the influences on these artists during critical transitions in their careers. My investigation of European art has been complemented by a number of curatorial projects focusing on developments in postwar American art. My teaching is also informed by a broad liberal arts background.