Ph.D. Art History, University of Texas at Austin, 2001M.A. American Studies, University of Notre Dame, 1994B.A. American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1991
Field of interest: History and Theory of Design and Science
Ph.D. Art History, Boston UniversityM.A. Art History, University of Texas at AustinB.A. French Language and Literature, Vanderbilt University
Fields of interest: History of modern & contemporary art & design. Marcel Duchamp, museums, narrative environments, and experience design. Book design after Mallarmé.
Ph.D. History of Art, Open UniversityM.A. History of Art, Design & Contextual Studies, Birmingham City UniversityB.A. History, King’s College, University of London
Ph.D., candidate, University of Pennsylvania
M.A., Boston University
B.A., Boston University
Bio
Field of interest: Japanese art and visual culture of the Edo period; woodblock prints and illustrated books of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the development of Edo landscapes and cityscapes; print publishing practices and networks.
In May 2018, Quintana defended her dissertation “Imagining Place in Late Edo Print Culture.
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
M.A., University of California, Berkeley
B.A., University of Utah
Bio
Field of interest: Pre-Gupta Vaisnava iconography and numismatics in South and Southeast Asia; Buddhist survivals in Tamil Siddha tradition; the representation of Hinduism and Buddhism in American popular literature from 1880-1968.
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Bio
Fields of interest: Ancient Mesoamerican art and writing; colonial and contemporary Maya textiles and dance; performance theory; post-colonial theory; structuralism and semiotics
Office Hours: 8:00-5:00 M-FAdvising Hours: 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00
Julie McGilvray, academic advisor for the Arts Group Advising Center, received a M.S. degree in Career Counseling from California State University, Sacramento. Julie was an intern during the 2014-2015 year at the UC Davis Internship and Career Center, facilitating workshops and providing career advising to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars seeking careers beyond academia. Her previous work experience includes over 12 years of experience in the career transition services, and providing career advising to diverse population of adults in career transition from many different career paths. Previously, she has worked for outplacement organizations in the SF Bay Area and Sacramento, and a Sacramento non-profit supporting homeless women and children become self-sustainable. Julie has a passion for assisting individuals to achieve educational and career goals.
Office Hours: 8:00-5:00 M-FAdvising: 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00
Barbara Olivier is one of the undergraduate program coordinators and academic advisor in the Arts Group Advising Center. Her previous work experience has been extensive in the public and private sector with a vast range of administrative and clerical duties and responsibilities, which has led her to UC Davis. She has held various positions within the University, beginning as a senior secretary in the temp pool and had led her to begin her career in advising in 2002. Barbara has held positions in Political Science/International Relations, as well as Languages and Literatures, before accepting a position with the Music Department. Her main focus is assisting undergraduates with their academic and future career goals.
UC Davis, B.A. Art History, Native American Studies, minor
Noël earned her B.A. summa cum laude in art history with a minor in Native American studies from U.C. Davis. Her undergraduate thesis focused on the art and design of a local nineteenth-century picturesque cemetery and the social narrative of its aesthetics. She has worked for numerous art galleries and museum collections and most recently researched and wrote for several exhibits in Sacramento.
Originally from Brazil, Luiza Berthoud relocated to the Bay Area in 2014 to complete a BA in Art History at San Francisco State University. Her undergraduate thesis was selected for the de Young Museum’s Undergraduate Art History Research Symposium in 2016. After graduation, Berthoud was a fellow at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts – Citizenship Cohort, which culminated in a presentation of her writings in the 2017 Public Square event.
Allison earned her B.A. summa cum laude in 2017 studying Greek and Roman antiquity. She received the Undergraduate Research Scholars Award at UCLA for her honor’s thesis “A New Neighborhood for an Old City: The Resettlement of the Athenian Agora in the Middle Byzantine Period” which was also published in UCLA’s undergraduate journal Aleph. Allison has performed archaeological fieldwork at the Roman forum of Grumentum in southern Italy and interned at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Amanda recently graduated form CSU Sacramento where she studied Art History. At CSUS, she was awarded the Raymond W. and Joyce Witt Scholarship in 2016. At UC Davis, she intends to study the role of women in art production as subjects, artists or patrons.
Grace received her B.A. from UC Davis in Art History with a minor in Human Rights in 2016. Her research interests include Islamic illuminated manuscripts and Persian poetry produced in the Timurid and Safavid Dynasties specifically allegorical representations of the Sufi doctrine. Grace has interned at The Pence Gallery in Davis. There she participated in research, development, PR for upcoming exhibits, helped with art installation and fundraising events.
Graham received hi B.A. from UC Irvine where he double majored in English and Art History. Now in his second-year in the MA program, Graham will write his master’s thesis on the artist James McNeill Whistler and focus on the influence of Japanese prints on Whistler’s nocturne paintings of the Thames.
Katharine Schultz received her BA in Art History from UC Davis with an emphasis in architectural history. During her undergraduate career, she completed a thesis examining the Arcadian landscapes of William Blake and Samuel Palmer. Her research interests include nineteenth-century British art and seventeenth-century Chinese painting. During her time at Davis, Katharine has also explored art curation and education through internships at Pence Gallery and The Basement Gallery.
Case Western Reserve University, B.A. Art History, Anthropology
Caitlin Schwarz completed her undergraduate work at Case Western Reserve University, located in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2017. She received her BA in Art History as well as Anthropology with a specialization in Archaeology and a minor in French. Her research interests lie in the art of the high to late medieval periods of the Western world and specifically in how the holy and secular human body is depicted and therefore perceived.
Office Hours: 8:00-5:00 M-FAdvising: 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00
Barbara Olivier is one of the undergraduate program coordinators and academic advisor in the Arts Group Advising Center. Her previous work experience has been extensive in the public and private sector with a vast range of administrative and clerical duties and responsibilities, which has led her to UC Davis. She has held various positions within the University, beginning as a senior secretary in the temp pool and had led her to begin her career in advising in 2002. Barbara has held positions in Political Science/International Relations, as well as Languages and Literatures, before accepting a position with the Music Department. Her main focus is assisting undergraduates with their academic and future career goals.
Office Hours: 8:00-5:00 M-FAdvising Hours: 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00
Julie McGilvray, academic advisor for the Arts Group Advising Center, received a M.S. degree in Career Counseling from California State University, Sacramento. Julie was an intern during the 2014-2015 year at the UC Davis Internship and Career Center, facilitating workshops and providing career advising to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars seeking careers beyond academia. Her previous work experience includes over 12 years of experience in the career transition services, and providing career advising to diverse population of adults in career transition from many different career paths. Previously, she has worked for outplacement organizations in the SF Bay Area and Sacramento, and a Sacramento non-profit supporting homeless women and children become self-sustainable. Julie has a passion for assisting individuals to achieve educational and career goals.
We would like to hear about your life after UC Davis, including your awards, achievements, job and life changes. Please send us an email that includes your full name (and maiden name, if relevant), year of graduation, and current professional info.
