Graduate Alumni

Today our Art History and Archaeology program comprises about eighty majors and twenty graduate students. Our PhD program is one of the oldest in the midwest, and we have a long record of placing our MA and PhD students in academic and museum positions, as well as in non-profit and gallery positions. Recent graduates have accepted positions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, University of Oklahoma, New York University, Covenant College, Wright State University, Northern Arizona University, Gettysburg College, Bucknell University, University of Illinois at Springfield, Ithaca College, Saint Louis Art Museum, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kimbell Art Museum and Southern Methodist University, among others.

Department Alumna Nicole Myers Named Chief Curatorial and Research Officer at the Dallas Museum of Art

Dr. Myers graduated with a BA from the Department in 1999.

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Where are they now?

PhD Alumni

2022

Tola Porter, Interim Assistant Director for Learning, Engagement, and Technology at the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami                                                                                                                                                                      

2021

Kirsten Marples, Assistant Curator, Menil Drawing Institute

Lindsay Sheedy, Assistant Director, National and International Scholarships Office, Purdue University

Orin Zahra, Associate Curator, National Museum of Women in the Arts

2020

Amanda Beresford, Independent Art Historian, France

Max Valsamas, Curatorial Assistant, European Art, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University

2019

Kate Harnish, Senior Tutor at the Writing Center and Graduate Support Coordinator, Washington University in St. Louis

Mia Laufer, Irene Leache Curator of European Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art

Holly Chen, Collections Assistant/Department Manager, Department of Asian Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art 

2018

Stephanie Kaplan, Professor of Art History, Savannah College of Art and Design

Jennifer Padgett, Associate Curator and Acting Windgate Curator of Craft, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Heather Read, Provenance Research Consultant

2017

James Anno, Associate Curator of European Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston

2015

Clara Barnhart, Lecturer, Smith College

Bryna Campbell, Co-owner of Art Nature Place in Portland, Oregon

Erin Sutherland, Adjunct Instructor, Meramec Community College

2014

Jodi Kovach, Director of Academic Programs, Gund Gallery, Kenyon College

Theresa Huntsman, Associate Director, Special Stewardship, Office of Development, Yale University

Matthew Bailey, Director of Windgate Gallery and Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith

2013

Emily Burns, Associate Professor of Art History, Auburn University

Sarah McGavran, Editor, National Portrait Gallery

Anna Warbelow, Director of Equity and Inclusion, Whitfield School

Elissa Weichbrocht, Associate Professor of Art History, Covenant College 

2011

Ling-Yu Hung [deceased 2018], former Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University-Bloomington

2009

Carrie Hillard, Associate Professor, Wright State University

Noelle Paulson, Hosoya Schaefer Architects, Zurich, Switzerland 

2008

Mayu Fujikawa, Associate Professor, Meiji University

 

 

MA Alumni

2021

Emily Bryan, Upper School History Teacher, The Fulton School at St. Albans

Jenny Wu, Fellow, Tulsa Artists Fellowship

2020

Hannah Wier, Research Assistant in Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Saint Louis Art Museum; and Digital Art History Lab Assistant, Washington University in St. Louis

Hua Zhao

2019

Victoria Barry, Senior Editorial Associate, University of Chicago Press

Holly Chen, Collections Assistant/Department Manager, East Asian Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art

2016

Lindsay Sheedy, Assistant Director, National and International Scholarships Office, Purdue University

Margaret Sherer, Research and Curatorial Associate, Barrett Barrera Projects

2014

Sarah Griesbach, journalist, co-founder of All the Art, arts journal in St. Louis

2013

Elizabeth Wolfson, Ph.D. in Classical Art, University of Missouri-Columbia

James Gardner, Library Associate, Kranzberg Art and Architecture Library, Washington University 

Winnie Tsang, Teaching as adjunct instructor at several colleges in upstate New York

2012

Emily Hanson, Head of Study Abroad Cortona Program, University of Georgia

Aliya Reich, Program Manager for Conferences and Events - Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

Ashley Eckhardt, a Ph.D. student in Classical Art and Archaeology, Emory University

2011

Eric Hupe, Assistant Professor, Lafayette College

Maria Fierro, Cultural Programs Officer at the French Cultural Center in Boston, MA

Julia Reardon, Law School graduate, University of Michigan 

2010

Samantha Wilson, English Faculty and Soccer Coach, Saint Mark’s School, Boston, MA

2008

Emilie Boone, Assistant Professor of Art History, New York University