Degrees:

• • M.A. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Art History, 2006

Thesis: The Hope of a Nation: Frederic Edwin Church's 'Our Banner in the Sky' and 'Aurora Borealis'

• B.A. Carroll College, Psychology, 2002

Research & Teaching Interests:

• American Art
• American Illustration
• Italian Renaissance Art
• Northern Renaissance Art

Field Work:

• Led four month-long study abroad programs in Florence for the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 2008, 2012, 2015 and 2018.

Courses Taught:

• ArtHist 101: Ancient and Medieval Art and Architecture
• ArtHist 102: Renaissance to Modern Art and Architecture
• ArtHist 103: History of Architecture
• ArtHist 220: The Beginning of Medieval Art
• ArtHist 237: Northern Renaissance Art
• ArtHist 250: Introduction to American Art
• ArtHist 333: High Renaissance Art
• ArtHist 353: American Art: Colonial Period - 1870
• Arthist 354: American Art: 1870 - Present

Experience

• Lecturer at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD)
• Lecturer at Carroll University
• Art Minor