Education
Ph.D. History of Art, 1992, The
Major Field of Study: Italian
Renaissance Art;
Minor Fields: Classical Art, Baroque
Art
Dissertation
Title: Donatello's Putti: Their
Genesis, Importance, and Influence on Quattrocento Sculpture and Painting
M.A. History of Art, The
B.A. Art History and Classics,
Graduated summa cum laude, with
university and departmental honors
Studied in
Art of the
Studied Minoan, Mycenaean, Archaic, Classical and
Hellenistic Greek art on site in
(
Through
a National Endowment for the Humanities Institute for College Teachers
Culture in Crisis:
Topics
studied in-depth:
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Machiavelli and
the revolution of political theory
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Castiglione and
Court Culture
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Michelangelo and
the Arts in
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The Rebirth of
Comic Theatre
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Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso an the Transformation of
Epic
Career
History
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2003 - Present |
Dean, Fine and Performing Arts
Division, |
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2002 - 2003 |
Interim Dean, Fine and Performing Arts
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1996 - 2002 |
Chairperson, Department of Art, Supervised 8 full-time and 25 part-time faculty, 2 full-time staff
members and numerous student workers. Managed curriculum, created
articulation agreements, scheduled and staffed classes, acted as liaison to
art community. Oversaw campus art
galleries and art studios. Planned and
managed budget of over a million dollars. With departmental team, received
National Association of Schools of Art and Design Accreditation for
department in 2002. |
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2000 - 2002 1995 - 2000 1991 - 1995 1991 - 1987 - 1990 |
Professor,
Associate
Professor, Assistant
Professor, Regular
Adjunct, Part-Time
Faculty, |
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Primary
Teaching Duties:
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Developed:
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1987 - Present |
Adjunct
Instructor, Teaching
Humanities and Art Appreciation |
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1990 |
Adjunct
Instructor, Teaching
Art Appreciation |
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1990 |
Instructor,
Teaching
Art Appreciation |
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1982 - 1986 |
Graduate
Teaching Associate, The |
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1983 - 1988 |
Clerical
work, supervision, Elliott Market Research, |
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Wright State
University Art and Art History Department’s Distinguished Alumna (2004)
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Wright State
University Honors Program’s Distinguished Alumna (2003)
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Who’s Who of
American Teachers (2000,
2003/4, 2004/5)
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Faculty of the
Year Award,
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SOCHE Teaching
Excellence Award (1995)
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NISOD National
Teaching Excellence Award (1995)
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“Up and Comers”
Award,
Selected
Leadership Activities
As Dean of Fine and
Performing Arts, provide leadership to 50 full-time faculty, 10 full-time
staff, five separate departments, as well as art gallery and theatre
operations. Oversee $5,000,000
divisional budget. (2002 - Present)
Team Leader “Assessing Course
Scheduling Methodologies,” Instructional Division, Sinclair Community College
2004- 2005. Created greater efficiency
in course scheduling, helped to formulate new guidelines and policy for Faulty
Handbook (2004 - 2005)
Chair of Sinclair's Professor
Emeritus Selection Committee (2002 - Present)
Instrumental
in bringing in four separate gifts to Sinclair of $20,000 and above for Arts Scholarships and endowments (1996 -
2005)
United Way
Team Captain for Sinclair’s Fine and
Performing Arts Division (1996 - 2001)
Co-Chair of
Project
Director/Curator for Judy Chicago & Donald Woodman’s Holocaust Project: Sources
and Collaborations at
Co- Chair
and Chair of Holocaust Remembrance at
Project
Director for Leigh Waltz’s “Gallery of Innovators,” in the skywalk to Building
13. Managed $25,000 Sinclair Foundation
grant for project (2000)
Main author of self-study for
Sinclair's National Association of Schools of Art and Design accreditation
(2001)
Organized the national League
for Innovation in the Community College Student Art Contest and oversaw
publication of catalog and website for it. (2001 - 2002)
Sinclair's Art & Design
departments receive NASAD accreditation (first CC in state, only 5th
in country to do so) (2002)
Selected
Professional Presentations
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“Armchair Travel to
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“Donatello’s David: The Putti Speak,” Wright State University
Distinguished Honors Alumni Lecture Series (2003)
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“Images of Women Artists Visual and Literary),” Jane Austen Society
Annual Meeting,
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“Bugs, Party Games and Herakles in Jeopardy”, Sinclair Winter Institute, co
presenter (2002)
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“Donatello’s David: The Putti Speak,” Barnard College Medieval and
Renaissance Conference,
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“Eggs, Cards, Bugs and Party Games: Innovative Approaches to Teaching,”
(Co-presenter with Ned Young and Gary Mitchner) Innovations 2002 Conference,
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“Party Games and Herakles in Jeopardy,” with Gary Mitchner,
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“Greek Mythology,” at the Dayton Art Institute for Art Trek Participants
(2002)
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“Greek Art,” at the Dayton Art Institute, for Art Trek Participants
(2002)
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“Tempting
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“Introduction,
Medieval and Renaissance Women Artists,” “Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century
Women Artists,” “Nineteenth Century Women Artists,” and “Twentieth Century
Women Artists.” Lecture Series for
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“‘Oh, What a
Tangled Web...’ Three Approaches to Web-Based Courses,” co-presented with Ned
Young at Innovations 2000, March 1, 2000,
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“Photographers of the American West,” Docent
training presentation,
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“Women
Photographers of the American West,”
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“Women Artists in the Age of Jane Austen,”
Jane Austen Gala, The University of
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“The Art of
Florence,” Dayton Women’s Club (1999)
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“Women Artists in
Art History,”
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“Florentine Art
in the Age of Dante,” Center for Interactive Learning,
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“The Business of
Art: A Historical Perspective,” (co presenter) Innovations 1998 Conference,
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“The Photography
of Jane Reece,” Gallery Talk at the Dayton Art Institute (1997)
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“Renaissance Decorative
Arts and New Acquisitions,” Docent Training Talk at the Dayton Art Institute
(1997)
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“Architecture and
Liturgy,” St Agnes Church Lenten Lecture Series,
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“The Seven Deadly
Sins of Hieronymus Bosch,” Medieval Forum,
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“Scientific
Aspects of Leonardo da Vinci’s Drawings: An Interdisciplinary Model,” NISOD
Conference, Austin TX (1995)
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“Developing a
Team-Taught, Cross Disciplinary Course on Greek Art, Theatre and Poetry,” Ohio
General Education Conference (1995)
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Teaching
Excellence Panel, SOCHE Conference,
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“Greek Art,
Theatre and Culture,”
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“Twentieth
Century Women Artists,” Dayton Women’s Club (1994)
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“Leonardo da
Vinci’s Scientific Drawings,” Torch Club,
Selected
Professional Presentations continued
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“The Art of
Michelangelo,” presented to NEH Scholars at
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“Donatello's Cantoria: A New Iconographic
Interpretation,” Midwest Art History Society annual meeting,
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“Using the Arts
to Teach the Holocaust,” at the Ohio Art Education Association's annual
conference, Convention Center,
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“Using Art to
Teach the Holocaust," at Holocaust
Education: A Conference for Teachers,
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“Donatello's Amor Atys,”
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“Animal Symbolism
in the Left Panel of Bosch's Garden of
Earthly Deligthts” Medieval Conference of the Midwest,
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“Bosch's Animal
Symbolism,” Bosch Symposium, The
Publications
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“Greek Poet Sappho Dies,” Great
Events in History: The Ancient World,
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“Callicrates,”
“Crete,” “Antonia the Younger,” “Antonia the Elder,” in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,
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Photograph “
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“Mother of
Invention,” published by
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Reviewed Rita
Gilbert’s Living With Art (Fifth Edition) (1998)
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Reviewed
Preebles’ Artforms, (1998)
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“Animal Symbolism
and the Seven Deadly Sins in the Art of Hieronymus Bosch,“ Profane Arts,
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Reviewed Thomas
Buser’s Understanding Art in the World Around Us, West Publications
(1995)
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“Scientific
Aspects of Leonardo da Vinci’s Drawings,” ERIC Database (1995)
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"Albrecht
Durer's Knight, Death and the Devil,"
Art Exhibition Record
Solo Shows:
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Sinclair Community College Triangle Gallery (January 2003)
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Showcase Gallery,
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Seton Hall,
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Dayton
Contemporary Dance Company Lobby,
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Zone VI Gallery,
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Showcase Gallery,
Art Exhibition Record continued
Two-Person
Shows:
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The Gallery at
One
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Juried
Shows:
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Artspace/Lima
Annual Spring Juried Show (May/June
2000)
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Focus 2000:
Juried Photography and Digital Image Exhibition, The
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75th Annual
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“One Who Sees
With a Wild Eye” at the Herndon Gallery,
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Annual All-Ohio
Juried Art Exhibition,
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