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 LondonFields of interest: history and theory of architecture, design and urbanism
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2019
M.A., Stanford University, 2011
B.A., Seoul National University, 2005
Bio
Field of interest: History of Chinese painting; art during
dynastic transitions in China; Ashikaga shoguns’ Chinese and
Korean art collections in Muromachi Japan; transregional art
practice in East Asia; history of art patronage, acquisition and
display in East Asia
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.
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.
University of California, San Diego, B.A., Art History and Criticism
Wei Rodriguez earned her B.A. in Art History from U.C. San Digeo.
Her primary interest of study and research in the field is in
modern/contemporary Chinese art, especially in the impact of
colonial modernity on visual culture. Her undergraduate honors
thesis focused on the early life and professional career of
Guan Zilan, a female artist who was active during the
mid-Republican era. While Wei continues her study at U.C.
Davis, she will intern at the Pence Gallery and the Crocker
Museum.
California State University, Sacramento, B.S. Business Administration
Darya Ryan was born in Siberia, Russia. She earned her B.A. in
Business Administration (Management Information Systems) from
California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). Her primary
interest of study is the iconoclast art culture of Post-Soviet
Russia. She is interested in the notion of unrestricted creative
idea and its potential to impact and transform the contemporary
world. Darya’s photography has been published in National
Geographic, Social Documentary Network, and the Edge of
Humanity magazine.
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