Professional History
Education
Ph.D., African art history, School of Art + Art History, College of Fine Arts, University of Florida, 2013
Dissertation: The Global Reach of a Fashionable Commodity: A Manufacturing and Design History of KangaTextiles
Committee members: Victoria L. Rovine (chair), S. Prita Meier, Robin Poynor, Luise White
M.A., African art history, School of Art + Art History, College of Fine Arts, University of Florida, 2008
Thesis: Apt Appropriation: Contemporary African Artists’ Utilization of Canonical Western Art
B.A., Art History and History, College of Liberal Arts, Hamline University, 2006; Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Academic Positions
2019- Associate Professor of Art History, Department of Art & Art History, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
2013-2019 Assistant Professor of Art History, Department of Art & Art History, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
2012-2013 American Dissertation Fellow, American Association of University Women (AAUW), Washington, D.C.
2008-2012 Graduate Fellow, School of Art + Art History, University of Florida
2009-2011 Fellow, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) in Swahili, United States Department of Education
2012-2013 American Dissertation Fellow, American Association of University Women (AAUW), Washington, D.C.
2008-2012 Graduate Fellow, School of Art + Art History, University of Florida
2009-2011 Fellow, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) in Swahili, United States Department of Education