Our People

Nicola Aravecchia

• Assistant Professor of Classics and of Art History and Archaeology

• E-mail: nicola.aravecchia@wustl.edu

Jessica Baran

• Graduate Student, PhD
• Lynne Cooper Harvey Fellow in American Culture Studies

• E-mail: jabaran@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Ila Sheren

Otto Brendel

• Professor

Nichole Bridges

• Morton D. May Curator of the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, Saint Louis Art Museum

Karen Brock

• Associate Professor

Jay Buchanan

• Graduate Student, MA/PhD
• Lynne Cooper Harvey Fellow in American Culture Studies

• E-mail: jay.b@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Ila Sheren

Elizabeth C. Childs

• Etta and Mark Steinberg Professor of Art History

• E-mail: ecchilds@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5270

David Conradsen

• The Grace L. Brumbaugh and Richard E. Brumbaugh Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, Saint Louis Art Museum

Maggie Crosland

• Etta Steinberg Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow

• E-mail: mcrosland@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8981

Yue Dai

• Graduate Student, PhD

• E-mail: yued@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Kristina Kleutghen

JJ Degner-Lopez

• Graduate Student, PhD

• E-mail: d.jj@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Kristina Kleutghen

Katie DiDomenico

• Graduate Student, PhD

• E-mail: didomenico.k@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Claudia Swan

Maxwell Dunbar

• Graduate Student, PhD

• E-mail: mdunbar@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5270
• Advisor: Angela Miller

Brooke Eastman

• Graduate Student, PhD
• Lynne Cooper Harvey Fellow in American Culture Studies

• E-mail: b.h.eastman@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Angela Miller

Sabine Eckmann

• William T. Kemper Director and Chief Curator, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum

Jieyu Feng

• Graduate Student, MA

• E-mail: f.jieyu@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Kristina Kleutghen

Esther Gabel

• Lecturer in Art History and Archaeology

• E-mail: esther.gabel@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4358

Cornelia Homburg

• Curator, Washington University Gallery of Art (1994-1996)

Philip Hu

• Curator of Asian Art, Saint Louis Art Museum

Christopher Hunt

• Graduate Student, PhD

• E-mail: christopher.hunt@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5270
• Advisor: Elizabeth C. Childs

Julie James

• Visiting Lecturer

• E-mail: julie.james@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5270

Nathaniel B. Jones

• Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology
• Director of Graduate Studies, Art History and Archaeology

• E-mail: nbjones@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4519

Simon Kelly

• Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Saint Louis Art Museum

John Klein

• Professor of Art History and Archaeology

• E-mail: jrklein@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4662

Kristina Kleutghen

• David W. Mesker Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology
• Director of Undergraduate Studies, Art History and Archaeology

• E-mail: kleutghen@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4427

Gavin Kroeber

• Visiting Lecturer

• E-mail: gkroeber@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5270

Jillian Lepek

• Graduate Student, PhD

• E-mail: j.lepek@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Ila Sheren

Yihao (Rayna) Li

• Graduate Student, MA/PhD

• E-mail: l.rayna@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Kristina Kleutghen

Eric Lutz

• Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Saint Louis Art Museum

Claire Lyman

• Graduate Student, MA/PhD

• E-mail: c.e.lyman@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Nathaniel B. Jones

Meredith Malone

• Curator, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum

Judith Mann

• Curator of European Art to 1800, Saint Louis Art Museum

Alex Marr

• Associate Curator of Native American Art, Saint Louis Art Museum

Hoyon Mephokee

• Graduate Student, PhD

• E-mail: mephokee@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Elizabeth C. Childs

​Rebecca Messbarger

• ​Professor of Italian
• Affiliate Professor of History, Art History, Global Studies, Performing Arts, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Director of Undergraduate Studies in Italian Co-Founder and First Director of Medical Humanities

• E-mail: rmessbar@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5478

Shiva Mihan

• Visiting Lecturer

Angela Miller

• Professor of Art History and Archaeology
• Study Abroad Advisor

• E-mail: almiller@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5275

Eric Mumford

• Rebecca and John Voyles Professor of Architecture

Lacy Murphy

• Visiting Lecturer

• E-mail: lacy.murphy@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5270
• Advisor: Elizabeth C. Childs

George Mylonas

• Chair, Department of Art History and Archaeology Distinguished Professor

Bradley Parton

• Academic & Administrative Coordinator

• E-mail: parton@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5270

Allison Perelman

• Graduate Student, PhD

• E-mail: alperelman@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5270
• Advisor: Elizabeth C. Childs

Caitlin Petty

• Graduate Student, PhD

• E-mail: c.m.petty@wustl.edu
• Advisor: William E. Wallace

Weixun Qu

• Graduate Student, PhD

• E-mail: q.weixun@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Kristina Kleutghen

Eve Rosekind

• Graduate Student, PhD

• E-mail: erosekind@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Elizabeth C. Childs

Susan Rotroff

• Jarvis Thurston & Mona Van Duyn Professor Emerita, Department of Classics

Sara Ryu

• Postdoctoral Fellow in Arts and Sciences, 2018

• E-mail: sararyu@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4358

June Scalia

• Graduate Student, PhD

• E-mail: j.scalia@wustl.edu
• Advisor: John Klein

Tamara Schenkenberg

• Curator, Pulitzer Arts Foundation

Ila Sheren

• Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology

• E-mail: isheren@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4487

Norris K. Smith

• Professor

Deborah Spivak

• Korff Postdoctoral Fellow in Art of the Ancient Americas, 2017-2020

• E-mail: despivak@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-9244

Cara Starke

• Director, Pulitzer Arts Foundation

Lawrence D. Steefel, Jr.

• Steinberg Professor of Art History

Mary Sulavik

• Graduate Student, MA

• E-mail: m.m.sulavik@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Nathaniel B. Jones

Jean Sutherland Boggs

• Steinberg Professor of Art History

Claudia Swan

• The Inaugural Mark Steinberg Weil Professor of Art History

• E-mail: claudiaswan@wustl.edu

Sarantis Symeonoglou

• Emeritus Professor of Art History and Archaeology

• E-mail: ssymeono@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4519

Emily Thompson

• Graduate Student, PhD

• E-mail: emily.thompson@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5270
• Advisor: William E. Wallace

Robert Thorp

• Professor
• Chair, Department of Art History and Archaeology

Harper Tooch

• Graduate Student, MA

• E-mail: h.tooch@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Nicola Aravecchia

Amy Torbert

• Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator, American Art, Saint Louis Art Museum

William Wallace

• Barbara Murphy Bryant Distinguished Professor of Art History
• Chair of Art History and Archaeology

• E-mail: wwallace@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5223

Mark S. Weil

• E. Desmond Lee Professor Emeritus

Scott Weiss

• Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Spring 2022

Sarah Weston

• Assistant Professor of English
• Art History & Archaeology Department (Affiliate)

• E-mail: westons@wustl.edu

Betha Whitlow

• Curator of Visual Resources + Lecturer

• E-mail: bwhitlow@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5256

Hannah Wier

• Graduate Student, PhD

• E-mail: hannah.wier@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Elizabeth C. Childs

Melissa Wolfe

• Curator of American Art, Saint Louis Art Museum

Nelson Wu

• Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of the History of Art and Chinese Culture