Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, 2009
Dissertation Title: “The Pop Apocalyptic: Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf’s
Remaking of Contemporary Religious Art”
Advisor: Cécile Whiting
M.A. University of California, Irvine, 2003
Dissertation Title: “The Radiant (Christ) Child: Keith Haring’s Transformations
of the Iconography and Ideals of the Jesus Movement,”
Advisor: David Joselit
B.A. University of the Pacific, 2000
Major: Art History Minor: Religious Studies
Graduated summa cum laude
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY
2009-present
(Assistant Professor: 2009-2015, Associate Professor 2015-present)
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Affiliate Faculty, Women’s Gender Studies
Affiliate Research Faculty, African American Studies
Courses Taught include:
Survey of Art, Introduction to Art, Introduction to Art (online), Contemporary Art, Modern Art, Feminist Art History, Pop Art, Monster Movies: Art and Fear, Pop Art: A Global History, Graduate Seminar in Art History, Art in Italy: Summer Study Abroad (2015), Italian Art and Architecture (2015)
ADJUNCT FACULTY
2004-2009
Marymount College, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Courses Taught include:
Art Appreciation, Survey of Asian Art, Chinese Art, Japanese Art, Indian Art, World Architecture, Egyptian Art and Architecture, London Study Abroad (2009), Egypt Study Abroad (2007)
TEACHING ASSOCIATE
2002-2004
University of California, Irvine
Courses Taught include:
Survey of Western Art, Chinese Art, Japanese Art
BOOKS
· Phillips, Natalie and Grant Hamming, eds. Interrogating the Visual Culture of Trumpism. Forthcoming book from Routledge, to be published in fall 2024.
ARTICLES
· “Edel Rodriguez Takes on Donald Trump: The Time Magazine Covers.” Full-length article to be included in Interrogating the Visual Culture of Trumpism. Forthcoming book from Routledge, to be published in fall 2024.
· “Wholly Ghost: Richard Hambleton and the Traces of Violence.” Full-length academic article currently under review.
· “Anthony Stellaccio: Drink from the River.” Ceramics Monthly (April 2015): 52-54.
· “Monuments to the Mundane: A Tour of the Midwest’s Unusual Roadside Attractions.” Interdisciplinary Humanities (Summer 2014): 128-47.
· “A Nuclear Rapture: The Apocalyptic Art of Kenny Scharf.” Religion and the Arts 17 (2013): 74-97.
· “Parades and Events: The Works of Ned Griner: 1968-1983.” Metalsmith 31 no. 5: (2013): 54.
· “The Radiant (Christ) Child: Keith Haring and the Jesus Movement.” American Art 21 no. 3 (Fall 2007): 54-73.
· “Carl Beetz: Reflections of California Life.” In Carl Beetz, a Catalogue Raisonné. Stockton, CA: University of the Pacific, 2000.
CATALOGUES
· “Sky Kim and the Multiverse.” New York: Chase Contemporary, 2022: 6-7.
· “Ball State University School of Art: Fostering Dialogue and Collaboration,” with Davira S. Taragin. SOFA Chicago, 2017.
· “To Belie the Dragonfly: Elisabeth Subrin’s Rhetoric of Silence” in Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art. Shenyang, China: Women’s Caucus for Art and the LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, 2014.
· “Negotiating Distance: A Neon Invitational.” In Negotiating Distance: A Neon Invitational. Atrium Gallery, 2014: pages 4-20.
· “The Echo of the Object: Interview with Participants.” In The Echo of the Object. The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Art and Design (Wrocław, Poland) and Downtown Gallery (Nashville, Tn.), 2013.
BOOK REVIEWS
· “The Bob Ross Experience” (review), The Public Historian 43 no. 4 (November 2021): 106-112.
· “Book Review: Modernism and the Reinvention of Decadence.” By Vincent Sherry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. xi + 287.” Nineteenth Century Studies (Dec. 2016).
· “Book Review: Esanu, Octavian, Transition in Post-Soviet Art: Collective Actions Before and After 1989.” Interdisciplinary Humanities (Fall 2016).
· “Exhibition Review: Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity.” Art Review (China) 3 (Summer 2015): 247-53.
· “Ai Weiwei: According to What?” SECAC Review XVI No. 4 (2014): 515-18.
· “Review: In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States.” In Woman’s Art Journal vol. 33 no. 2 (Fall/Winter 2012): 53-55.
· “Exhibition Review: ‘Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective” Art Review 2 (Autumn 2013): 243-49.
· “Book Review: Harpring, Patricia, Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies: Technology for Art, Architecture, and Other Cultural Works.” Interdisciplinary Humanities(Spring 2014): 116-119.
· “Book Review: The Future of Feminism by Sylvia Walby.” Artlines (Women’s Caucus for Art): Fall 2011, page 8.
OTHER
· “Judy Chicago: Retrospective in a Box,” wall label for the David Owsley Museum of Art, “20/20: Twenty Women Artists of the Twentieth Century” exhibition, fall 2020.
· “East Village Art Scene.” Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press, 2019.
· “Keith Haring.” Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press, 2019.
· Wrote and revised the online test and quiz banks for Gardner’s Art through the Ages: A Concise History, 3rd edition.
· “Third Wave-Feminist Art.” The Indiana N.O.W. Quarterly. Spring 2012: page 1+.
· “Second Wave-Feminist Art.” The Indiana N.O.W. Quarterly. Winter 2012: page 1+.
· “First Wave-Feminist Art.” The Indiana N.O.W. Quarterly. Fall 2011: pages 2 and 6.
EDITORIAL ROLES
· Co-Editor of Art Review (China). Sichuan University, China (2009-2018).
· Founding editor of Octopus: A Journal of Visual Culture. University of California, Irvine: 2003-2007.
PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS
· “Re-Writing the Black Canon: Basquiat, the Catalogue, and its Omissions,” forthcoming article, expected completion in 2024.
· Acts of Resistance: The Defiant Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, forthcoming book project, expected completion in 2025.
· The Pop Apocalyptic: Pop Art and the Anxieties of the Atomic Age and Beyond, forthcoming book project, early stages.
INTERNATIONAL
· The Courtauld Institute of Art, London. “My Mouth/Therefore an Error: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Modes of Resistance.” Approaching Downtown: Avant-Garde Cultural Production in New York City, 1970s-1990s. An Interdisciplinary Workshop. Centre for American Art. July 11-14, 2022
· The Tate Liverpool. “The Pop Apocalypse: The Continuing Legacy of Keith Haring’s Apocalyptic Creations,” at “Keith Haring: Art and Activism” conference, Nov. 7-8, 2019
· Museé d’Arts Contemporain, Montreal. “A Nuclear Rapture: Kenny Scharf’s Apocalyptic Art.” Paper presented at “Art + Religion,” April 15-17, 2010
NATIONAL
· “Victims of Embellished History: Basquiat and the Catalogue.” College Art Association Conference, Chicago, Feb. 2024.
· “Basquiat and The Art of Noise.” Southeastern College Art Association Conference, Richmond, VA, October 2023.
· “Richard Hambleton and the Traces of Violence.” College Art Association, New York, Feb. 2023.
· “Art History Professionalization Panel.” Invited talk at the University of Notre Dame, March 22, 2016
· “Bridging the Gap: Art History for Animation Majors.” Mid-American College Art Association Conference (MACAA), Cincinnati, OH, Oct 26-28, 2016
· “Looking and Learning at the David Owsley Museum of Art: Effective Strategies for Incorporating the Museum into University Education.” Panel chair, Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE) Biennial Conference, March, 2015, Indianapolis, In.
· “The Changing Face of Portraiture.” Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE) Biennial Conference, March, 2015, Indianapolis, In.
· “Incorporating the Museum into University Teaching.” Mid-America College Art Association’s Annual Conference, Oct. 22-25, 2014
· “The Pop Apocalyptic: Pop Art and the Atomic Bomb.” Humanities Education and Research Center Conference, Feb. 27-March 1, 2014, Washington D.C.
· “Monuments to the Mundane: A Tour of the Midwest’s Unusual Roadside Attractions.” Humanities Education and Research Center Conference, March 20-23, 2013, Houston, Texas
· “Pain as Medium: The Performances of Chris Burden, Fakir Musafar, Bob Flanagan and Orlan,” SECAC Conference, Durham, North Carolina, Oct. 18-20, 2012
· “Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?: Existential and Practical Tips for Planning a Successful Study Abroad Experience.” Co-chair of panel, Mid-America College Art Association’s Annual Conference, Oct. 2-6, 2012
· “Basquiat’s Minor Language.” Midwest Art History Society’s Annual Conference, March 29-31, 2012
· “Conflicting Identities: The Construction of Artemisia Gentileschi in Recent Biographical Narratives”. The Art of Gender in Everyday Life at Idaho State University, March 2004 and “Feminist Locations” in Savannah Georgia, April 2004
· “Sanitizing Shit: Contradiction and Confrontation in the Art of Chris Ofili”. The Black Body: Imagining, Writing (Re)Writing at DePaul University, Chicago, April 2004
· “Multiple Masochisms: Embodiment and Pain in Masochistic and Sadistic Cinema”. The Ends of Violence: Detonations of Vision at the University of California, Irvine, April 2004
· Conference Coordinator, Life by Design: Everyday Digital Culture, University of California, Irvine, April 10-12, 2003
REGIONAL
· “Centering Black Narratives in Contemporary Art.” Midwest Regional African American Studies Biennial Conference, February 2024.
· “The Vore Arts Fund: A New Paradigm for Community Arts Funding” with Graham Watson, Mid-American College Art Association Virtual Conference, March 2024.
· “Place/Displacement: Negotiating Identity and Belonging in the Midwest.” 6th Annual Midwestern Women Artists Symposium, October 2023.
· “Engaging the Local Community through Art Events and Programming,” with Natalie Phillips, Erin Williams, and Kristin Reeves, Indiana Arts Homecoming, October 14, 2021. Virtual talk.
· “The March to More Merch! Pop Art, Merchandising, and Consumer Culture,” The David Owsley Museum of Art, March 10, 2021. Virtual talk.
· Pecha Kucha Presenter, “The History of Groundhog Day,” Final Fridays at the David Owsley Museum of Art, June 26, 2020
· “’My Kid Could Do That!’ Understanding (and Teaching!) Contemporary Art,” a workshop/symposium for secondary school teachers, Arts Place Portland, Feb. 22, 2017
· Vore Arts Fund, Vice-President, a non-profit public arts fund for local Muncie artists, 2019-present.
· Muncie’s First Thursday Gallery Walks, Coordinator, 2016-present.
· Sloan’s Auction, Washington D.C., Fine Arts Department Assistant, 2000-01.
· The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Curatorial Records and Files Intern, 2000.
· The University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, Art History Research Assistant, 2000.
· Carl Beetz: Reflections of California Life, a Catalogue Raisonné, Author, Collaborator, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, 1999-2001.
· The Smithsonian Institution, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., Intern for Curator of Painting, 1999.
· The Haggin Museum, Registrar Intern, Stockton, California, 1999.
· The McCaffrey Center Gallery, Assistant Director, The University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, 1997-98.
· Wagner Grant Recipient, Ball State University. Awarded funding to update my Contemporary Art class and attend Art Basel in Miami, December 2023.
· Diversity Associates Program Fellowship, Ball State University, 2021-2022.
· Fellow for the Antiracism and Intersectionality Faculty Learning Community, Ball State University, 2020-2021.
· NEH Summer Stipend Finalist, Ball State University 2019.
· Scholarship winner, Indiana Arts Homecoming, Fort Wayne, IN, 2018.
· Ball State University ASPIRE award for my book on Basquiat, $5000, Summer 2018.
· Diversity Research Associate Fellowship at Ball State University, 2017-18.
· Diversity Research Award, from Ball State University’s Office of Institutional Diversity, Spring 2016 and 2018.
· Winner, Half the Sky Essay Competition, Women’s Caucus for the Arts, 2014.
· Finalist, Half the Sky Delegate Competition, Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Spring 2014.
· Summer Teacher’s Institute in Technical Art History Fellowship, Yale University, 2013
· Robin Shikiya Memorial Award for Visual Studies, University of California, Irvine, 2005-06
· Humanities Graduate Student Individual Research Project Grant from the Humanities Center at the University of California, Irvine, 2007
· Summer Dissertation Fellowship from the Humanities Center at the University of California, Irvine, 2006
· Graduate Student Research Grant in the Humanities from the Humanities Center, University of California, Irvine, 2006
· University of California, Irvine Graduate Student Research and Travel Grant from the Humanities Center, 2004
· Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in the Dept. of Visual Studies at the University of California, Irvine, 2002
· Council Of Readers, College Art Association, 2024-present· AP Art History Exam Grader, 2021-present.
· Advisory Panel, Indiana Arts Commission, Individual Advancement Program, 2020.
· Co-Coordinator, Artswalk, Muncie, IN 2018-present
· Art Show Juror, New Castle Correctional Facility, 2018-present.
· Member of the Steering Committee for the Indiana Arts Homecoming, a conference organized by the Indiana Arts Commission, 2018-2020.
· Exhibitions Board Member, Arts Place, Portland, Indiana, 2017- present.
· Peer Reviewer for: Art Journal, Routledge, Cognella
· Textbook reviewer for Oxford University Press, Thames and Hudson, OC&C Consultants, Prentice Hall, and Pearson (ongoing)
· Mock Interviewer, CAA Conference, 2014, Chicago.
· Member of the Development Project Committee for Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: A Concise Global History, 3rd edition (2011).
· Chair Person, Young Women’s Caucus for Art (2010).
American Mensa
College Art Association (CAA)
Mid-America College Art Association (MACAA)
Southeast College Art Conference (SECAC)
Phi Kappa Phi: The National Honor Society
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