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Where are they now?

The Graduate Program in Art History is designed to prepare our graduates for academic research and teaching, work in museums and beyond, and other careers in the visual arts.  Such experiences are one part of the extensive scholarly training, mentorship, pedagogical guidance, and assistance on the job market that we provide for our graduate students. We are proud of our placement record and of our record of national and international fellowships for predoctoral study.

Current Employment for Alumni from THe Past Twenty Three YEars

 
2024
  • Maryam Athari / Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Wolf Humanities Center, University of Pennsylvania
  • Jessy Bell / Visiting Assistant Professor for the Department of Art History at Northwestern University
  • Cait DiMartino / Visiting Assistant Professor, Bowdoin College, 2024–25
  • Benjamin Jones / Provost’s Fellow (Assistant Professor, Fall 2025) in History of Art at the Ohio State University
  • Tamar Kharatishvili / Curatorial Fellowship at the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Brian Leahy / Assistant Professor of Art History at Montana State University, Billings
  • Alissa Schapiro / Curator at Skirball Cultural Center, LA
2023
  • Adrienn Kácsor / Humboldt University Postdoc, Berlin
  • Thomas Love / PFFIE Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Missouri
2021

  • Talia Shabtay / Postdoctoral Researcher in Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of Chicago

2019
  • Ashley Dunn / Assistant Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Douglas Gabriel / Assistant Professor of Global Contemporary Art, University of Florida
  • C.C.  McKee / Assistant Professor, Bryn Mawr College
  • Aisha Motlani / Adjunct Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and School of the Art Institute, Chicago
2018
  • Xinran Guo / Art Director, Fu Qiumeng Fine Art
  • Kevin Lam / Associate Curator at the Hong Kong Palace Museum
  • Catherine Olien / Associate Director of the Center for Humanities Research, George Mason University
2017
  • Alison Boyd / Director of Research and Interpretation at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
  • Emma Chubb / Curator of Contemporary Art, Smith College Museum of Art
  • John Murphy / Philip and Lynn Straus Curator of Prints and Drawings at The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College
  • Erin Reitz / Assistant Professor, School of Art + Design, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Xiao Yang / Research Fellow, Research Institute of Fine Art, National Academy of Arts, Beijing
2016
  • Elizabeth Benjamin / Associate Editor, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Emilie Boone / Assistant Professor of African American/African Diaspora Arts in the Department of Art History at New York University
  • Faye Gleisser / Assistant Professor, Indiana University Bloomington
  • Brynn Hatton / Assistant Professor, Colgate University
  • Tera Hedrick / Curator, Wichita Art Museum
  • Nicholas Miller / Assistant Professor of Art History, Gettysburg College
2015
  • Alison Fisher / Associate Curator of Architecture and Design, Art Institute of Chicago
  • Maureen Warren / Curator of European and American Art, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2014
  • Jill Bugajski / Executive Director of Academic Engagement and Research, The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Angelina Lucento / Assistant Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies at Duke University
  • Liza Oliver / Assistant Professor, Wellesley College
2013
  • Min Lee / Assistant Professor, Bryn Mawr College
  • Jacob Lewis / Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
  • Molly MacKean / Head of Upper School, Germantown Academy
  • Patrick Tomlin / Head of Art + Architecture Library, Virginia Tech
2012
  • Zirwat Chowdhury / Assistant Professor, UCLA
  • James Glisson / Curator of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
  • Laura Veneskey / Consulting UX Writer, ClearScore Financial Services
  • Lily Woodruff / Associate Professor, Michigan State University
  • Shaoqian Zhang / Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University
2011
  • Chad Elias / Associate Professor, Dartmouth College
2010
  • Jessica Keating / Associate Professor, Carleton College
  • Hector Reyes / Associate Professor, University of Southern California
  • Meredith Tegrotenhuis Shimizu / Professor, Whitworth University
2009
  • Justine De Young / Assistant Professor and Chairperson of the History of Art Department, Fashion Institute of Technology
  • Shalini Le Gall / Chief Curator, Portland Museum of Art
  • Leslie Urena / Associate Curator of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian
2007
  • Christine Andrews / Visiting Lecturer, Mount Holyoke College
  • Leah Boston / Principal, Boston Art Appraisal & Research
  • Touba Ghadessi / Professor and Associate Provost for Academic Administration and Faculty Affairs, Wheaton College
  • Meghan Pennisi / Interpretative Planning Coordinator, Detroit Institute of the Arts
2006
  • Ananda Chakrabarty / Assistant Professor, Ontario College of Art and Design
  • Eliza Garrison / Professor, Middlebury College
  • Sarah Gordon / Adjunct Professional Lecturer, American University in Washington D.C.
  • Toby Norris / Associate Professor, Assumption College
  • Wei Yang / Chinese Art Adviser, Certified Art Appraiser, Accredited Senior Appraiser, Wei Yang Art
2004
  • Melody Chua Tiampo / Professor and Director of the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature Art, Carleton University
  • Michael Golec / Associate Professor and Department Chair, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2003
  • Sarah Betzer / Associate Professor, University of Virginia
  • Rebecca Brienen / Professor and Associate Dean for Personnel and Faculty Development, Department Head, Oklahoma State University
  • Nnamdi Elleh / Head of School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersand
  • Gregory Foster-Rice / Associate Professor, Photography, Columbia College Chicago
  • Jennifer Jolly / Professor, Ithaca College
2002
2001