Job Placement | Department of Art History

Job Placement

Graduates of the PhD program launch their scholarly careers both in academia and collecting institutions. Listed below are the first job placements for graduates of the PhD program. Alumni are listed by academic year of graduation.

Sylvia Wu	Assistant Professor University of Texas at Austin
Zhiyan Yang	Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow University of Chicago Harper-Schmidt Fellow, Society of Fellows & Collegiate Assistant Professor

Jadine Collingwood	Assistant Curator Museum of Contemporary Art
Luke Fidler	Assistant Professor of Art History University of Southern California
Zsofia Valyi-Nagy	Postdoctoral Fellow Getty Research Institute
Meng Zhao	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Assistant Professor Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at University of Michigan Postdoctoral Fellow
Zhenru Zhou	Postdoctoral Fellow Tsinghua University

Maggie Borowitz	Penn State Assistant Teaching Professor of Latin American Art and Architecture University of Chicago Humanities Teaching Fellow
Carly Boxer	Rice University Nancy and Robert J. Carney Postdoctoral Fellow in Medieval Art and Architecture
Katerina Korola	University of Minnesota Assistant Professor of German Studies University of Chicago Humanities Teaching Fellow
Nancy P. Lin	Cornell University Assistant Professor
Jesse Lockard	Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max Planck Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
Catalina Ospina	Yale University Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Art Yale University Interdisciplinary Fellow at the Institute of Sacred Music
Chloé Pelletier	Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Curator of European Art (Before 1800) Art Institute of Chicago Curatorial Associate, Painting and Sculpture of Europe Department
Yunfei Shao	Central China Normal University Assistant Professor
Christine Zappella Papanastassiou	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), Neurosurgery Assistant Professor of Research
Dongshan Zhang	Peking University Postdoctoral Fellow

Savannah Esquivel	University of California, Riverside Assistant Professor
Meekyung MacMurdie	University of Utah Assistant Professor of Art History University of Bern Postdoctoral Fellow
Martin Schwarz	University of Basel Postdoctoral Assistant
Anatole Upart	Binghamton University Lecturer University of Alabama at Birmingham Visiting Assistant Professor of Early Modern Art History
Tingting Xu	University of Rochester Assistant Professor of Art History Columbia University Mellon Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Art History and Archaeology

Kristopher Driggers	San Antonio Museum of Art Associate Curator of Latin American Art Tucson Museum of Art Assistant Curator, Schmidt Curator of Latin American Art
Max Koss	Leuphana University Lüneburg Research Associate, Provenance Lab Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz Affiliate Fellow

Anne Feng	Boston University Assistant Professor Harvard University Post-Doctoral Fellowship in East Asian Languages & Civilizations
Jennifer Sichel	University of Louisville Assistant Professor University of Chicago Post-Graduate Preceptor, MAPH
Nancy Thebaut	University of Oxford Tutor and Fellow, St Catherine's College Associate Professor of Medieval Art History Skidmore College Assistant Professor of Art History University of Basel NOMIS Fellow at eikones

Hannah Klemm	Blanton Museum Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art St. Louis Art Museum Assistant Curator
Alexandra Marraccini	Warburg Institute, University of London Bilderfahrzeuge Project, Research Associate
Caroline Schopp	Johns Hopkins University Assistant Professor Berlin University of the Arts Guest Professor of Art History, Art Theory, and Aesthetics University of Vienna Postdoctoral University Assistant
Leslie Wilson	Art Institute of Chicago Associate Director, Academic Engagement and Research Smart Museum Curatorial Fellow for Diversity in the Arts SUNY Purchase Assistant Professor
Beth Woodward	Lake Forest College Visiting Assistant Professor
Jin Xu	Columbia University Associate Professor Vassar College Assistant Professor of East Asian Art History

Emily Capper	University of Minnesota Assistant Professor in Art History University of Minnesota Lecturer
Jennifer Cohen	Dali Museum Director of Curatorial Affairs Art Institute of Chicago Curator of Provenance and Research Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation Research Fellow
Ingrid Greenfield	Harvard University, Villa I Tatti Center for Italian Renaissance Studies Postdoctoral Fellow
Tamar Mayer	Tel Aviv University Assistant Professor Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery Head Curator
Quincy Ngan	Yale University Assistant Professor in Art History and Research Fellow at the MacMillan Center
Victoria Salinger	Pennsylvania State University Junior Visiting Fellow
Marin Sarve-Tarr	San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA) Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA) Fisher Collection Curatorial Fellow Postdoc
Jie Shi	Bryn Mawr College Assistant Professor
Kelli Wood	University of Tennessee, Knoxville Assistant Professor of Renaissance Art University of Michigan Postdoctoral Scholar and Assistant Professor

Adrian Anagnost	Tulane University Assistant Professor
Nicola Barham	University of Michigan Assistant Professor and Assistant Curator in Ancient Art Art Institute of Chicago Research Associate
Anna Lee	Smith College Postdoctoral Fellow of History of Photography
Stephanie Su	University of Colorado, Boulder Assistant Professor Scripps College Lecturer

Nancy Lin	Lawrence University Assistant Professor of Art History Harvard University Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the Korea Institute
Michelle Maydanchik	University of Pittsburgh Dietrich School Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellow Amherst College Mellon-Keiter Postdoctoral Fellow
Matt Saba	MIT, Aga Khan Documentation Center Visual Resources Librarian for Islamic Architecture Metropolitan Museum of Art Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, Department of Islamic Art

Irene Backus	Oklahoma State University Assistant Professor
Kris Ercums	Spencer Museum of Art Curator of Global Contemporary and Asian Art
Rachel Jans	San Diego Museum of Art Associate Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA) Assistant Curator, Painting and Sculpture
Julia Langbein	Trinity College, Dublin Postdoctoral Research Fellow Trinity College, Oxford Junior Research Fellow
Seunghye Lee	Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art Curator of Buddhist Art Sookmyung Women's University Lecturer Seoul National University Lecturer Academy of Buddhist Studies, Dongguk University (Seoul) Researcher
Jill Shaw	Detroit Institute of Arts Rebecca A. Boylan and Thomas W. Sidlik Curator of European Art, 1850-1970 Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University Senior Curator of Collections
Michael Tymkiw	University of Essex Senior Lecturer (tenured) Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck Institut Postdoctoral Fellow

Sun-ah Choi	Myongji University Associate Professor Columbia University Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Mia Yinxing Liu	California College of the Arts Assistant Professor in the Visual Studies Program Bates College Assistant Professor of Asian Studies Yale University Postdoctoral Fellow
Catherine Stuer	Denison University Assistant Professor

Ian Bourland	Georgetown University Assistant Professor Maryland Institute College of Art Instructor
Nancy Feldman	School of the Art Institute of Chicago Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art History, Theory and Criticism School of the Art Institute of Chicago Instructor, Theory and Criticism
Julia Orell	University of British Columbia Assistant Professor Kunsthistorisches Institut, Universität Zürich Assistentin
Christina Yu	Museum of Fine Art, Boston Matsutaro Shoriki Chair, Art of Asia Los Angeles County Museum of Art Assistant Curator of Chinese Art

Ana Maria Reyes	Boston University Assistant Professor of Latin American Art
Kris Cohen	Reed College Associate Professor of Art History and Humanities Reed College Assistant Professor
Katie Kirtland	Colgate University Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Film and Media Studies
Harper Montgomery	Hunter College Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Professor in Latin American Art Hunter College Assistant Professor
Evelyn Ramos-Alfred	Smithsonian American Art Museum Deputy Chief Curator and Curator of Latino Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Curator of Latin-American Art
Christa Robbins	University of Virginia Assistant Professor Cornell College Visiting Assistant Professor
Galina Tirnanic	Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan Assistant Professor Research Center for Anatolian Civilization, Koc University, Istanbul Senior Research Fellow
Peggy Wang	Bowdoin College Assistant Professor of Art History and Asian Studies Denison University Assistant Professor

Kerry Boeye	Loyola University of Maryland Assistant Professor
Joyce Cheng	University of Oregon Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies, History of Art and Architecture
Christina Gonzalez	Oklahoma State University Assistant Professor
Christine Hahn	Kalamazoo College Interim Associate Provost, Chair of Department of Art and Art History; Assistant Professor
Chriscinda Henry	McGill University Assistant Professor in Art History American Council of Learned Societies Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowship
Kristine Nielsen	Illinois Wesleyan University Associate Professor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Dawna Schuld	Texas A&M University Associate Professor Indiana University, Bloomington Assistant Professor

Jeehee Hong	McGill University Associate Professor Dartmouth College Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Lia Markey	Center for Renaissance Studies, Newberry Library Director
Sarah Miller	University of Chicago Terra Foundation Postdoctoral Scholar
Christina Normore	Northwestern University Associate Professor Reed College Visiting Assistant Professor
Rebecca Reynolds	University of West Georgia Assistant Professor
Jeffrey Saletnik	Indiana University, Bloomington Associate Professor Amherst College Visiting Assistant Professor and ACLS Fellow

Paroma Chatterjee	University of Michigan Associate Professor UNC Chapel Hill Assistant Professor University of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities
Karl Debreczeny	Rubin Museum of Art, New York Curator
Stacy Hand	School of the Art Institute of Chicago Instructor
Matthew Hunter	McGill University Associate Professor Courtauld Institute of Art, London Visiting Lecturer
Alexandra Korey	Flod Srl (and The Florentine Srl) Head of Digital University of Georgia - Study Abroad Cortona, Italy Visiting Professor
Delin Lai	University of Louisville Professor and Head of Art History Program University of Louisville Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts
Eileen Michal	Loyola University Instructor
Yun-Chiahn Sena	Trinity College, Hartford CT Kluger Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts University of Texas at Austin Assistant Professor
Yudong Wang	Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China Professor Union College, Schenectady, New York Assistant Professor in East Asian Art, Department of Visual Arts

Nell Andrew	University of Georgia Assistant Professor of Art History
Patrick Hajovsky	Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Southwestern University Associate Professor of Art History Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Southwestern University Visiting Assistant Professor
Erin Hazard	Illinois Institute of Technology Senior Lecturer Western Washington University Assistant Professor
Wei-Cheng Lin	University of Chicago Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies (Art History) Iowa State University Assistant Professor, East Asian Art and Architecture
Małgorzata Lisiewicz	University of Gdansk, Poland
Allison Morehead	Queen's University Associate Professor King's College University of Cambridge Research Fellow, Art History/Visual Culture
Rachel Remmel	Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, University of Rochester Assistant Dean and Executive Director University of Rochester Assistant Professor, American Studies, Eastman School of Music

Joy Beckman	Beloit College Associate Professor of Art History & Director of the Wright Museum of Art Beloit College Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
Amy Bingaman	Bowling Green State University Assistant Professor
Josh Ellenbogen	University of Pittsburgh Associate Professor Princeton University Postdoctoral Fellow
Maki Fukuoka	University of Leeds Lecturer - History of Art (tenured) University of Michigan Assistant Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures
Emily Godbey	Iowa State University, Ames Associate Professor Iowa State University, Ames Assistant Professor
Winston Kyan	University of Utah Director of Graduate Studies, Asian Studies; Associate Professor Macalester College, St. Paul Assistant Professor
Stephanie Leitch	Florida State University Associate Professor Florida State University Visiting Assistant Professor
Rachel Lindheim	California State University, Chico Associate Professor California State University, Fullerton Assistant Professor
Anthony Raynsford	San José State University Associate Professor Temple University Visiting Assistant Professor

Ken Allan	Seattle University Associate Professor Seattle University Assistant Professor
Carmen Fernandez-Salvador	David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor Universidad San Francisco de Quito Professor Universidad San Francisco de Quito Assistant Professor
Ray Hernandez	University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Professor, Spanish Colonial Art and Architecture, Arts of Nineteenth-Century Mexico, and Museum Studies University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Assistant Professor
Matthew Johnston	Lewis & Clark College Associate Professor of Art History, Department Chair Radford University, Virginia Assistant Professor
Kate Lingley	University of Hawaii, Manoa Assistant Professor
Nancy Nield (Buchwald)	Sam Houston State University Visiting Assistant Professor University of Memphis Visiting Lecturer
Georgi Parpulov	Princeton University Visiting Fellow, Fall Walter Art Museum Andrew W. Mellon Fellow University of Birmingham Research Fellow, CATENA Project
Lisa Pincus	Cornell University Visiting Assistant Professor
Allie Terry	Bowling Green State University Associate Professor Bowling Green State University Assistant Professor
Angela Volan	University of South Florida Assistant Professor Princeton University Postdoctoral Fellow in Hellenic Studies

Matt Canepa	University of California, Irvine Professor and Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Presidential Chair in Art History and Archaeology of Ancient Iran College of Charleston Assistant Professor
Bonnie Cheng	Oberlin College Associate Professor Oberlin College Assistant Professor
Anne Eaton	University of Illinois at Chicago Associate Professor Bucknell University Assistant Professor
Craig Hanson	Calvin College Associate Professor and Department Chair Calvin College Assistant Professor
Naomi Hume	Seattle University Associate Professor Seattle University Assistant Professor
Dana Katz	Reed College Joshua C. Taylor Professor of Art History and Humanities
Sonya Lee	University of Southern California Associate Professor of Art History, East Asian Languages & Cultures, and Religion University of Southern California Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Liebman	Northwestern University Visiting Assistant Professor Chicago Dance History Project Co-Founder
Hajime Nakatani	Graduate School of Intercultural Communication, Rikkyo University Associate Professor Rice University Assistant Professor
Dawn Odell	Lewis and Clark College Associate Professor Virginia Tech Assistant Professor
Sabine Wieber	University of Glasgow Lecturer in History of Art, Architecture & Design Oxford University Oxford Brookes Postdoctoral Fellow

Cecily Hilsdale	McGill University Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director University of Michigan Postdoctoral Fellow
Adam Jolles	Florida State University Associate Professor, Chair Florida State University Assistant Professor
Christina Nielsen	Huntington Library Hannah and Russel Kully Director of the Art Collections Art Institute of Chicago Curator
Elizabeth Siegel	Art Institute of Chicago Curator of Photography Art Institute of Chicago Associate Curator of Photography
Jacqueline Tuerk	Kean University Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Bloom Avery	Colorblends Full Stack Web Developer Wabash College Visiting Assistant Professor
Marian Bleeke	Cleveland State University Associate Professor & Director of General Education Beloit College Adjunct Assistant Professor
Karen Carter	Kendall College of Art and Design, Ferris State University Professor Miyazaki International College, Japan Assistant Professor
Katherine Haskins	Yale University Office of Development Associate Director, Arts, Humanities, and Collections Yale University Director of the Art Library

Lisa Deam	Lily Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
Rececca DeRoo	Rochester Institute of Technology Associate Professor Washington University, St. Louis Assistant Professor
Lisa Meyerowitz	Art Institute of Chicago Editorial Director Art Institute of Chicago Special Projects Editor, Publications

Anna Arnar	Moorehead State University, Minnesota Professor of Art History
Anna Brzyski-Long	University of Kentucky Professor of Art History Southern Illinois University Department of Art History
Anne Harris	Depauw University Professor Depauw University Visiting Assistant Professor
Erin Hogan	Art Institute of Chicago Head of Interpretation University of Chicago Press Publicity Manager
Rebecca Houze	Northern Illinois University Professor Northern Illinois University Assistant Professor
Barbara Jaffee	Loyola University Instructor of Fine Arts in Art History Northern Illinois University Professor Emerita Northern Illinois University Assistant Professor
Michael Mackenzie	DePauw University Professor Wabash College Assistant Professor
Michael Schreffler	University of Notre Dame Associate Professor Virginia Commonwealth University Assistant Professor
Rebecca Zorach	Northwestern University Mary Jane Crowe Professor in Art and Art History University of Chicago Harper-Schmidt Fellow

Paula Lee	Center for Animals and Public Policy, Tufts University Faculty Fellow University of South Florida Instructor
John Ricco	University of Toronto Professor of Contemporary Art, Queer Theory, Aesthetics & Ethics University of Toronto Professor of Contemporary Art, Media Theory, and Criticism Texas Tech University Instructor, Department of Art History

Stephanie D'Alessandro	The Metropolitan Museum of Art Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Associate Curator of Modern Painting and Sculpture
Julie Johnson	University of Texas at San Antonio Associate Professor of Art History Utah State University, Logan Assistant Professor
Kate Luchini	City of Salem, MA Staff Planner for Art and Culture Loyola University, Chicago Assistant Director of the Martin D'Arcy Museum
Claudia Mesch	Arizona State University Professor, School of Art Cleveland State University Department of Art
Alison Pearlman	Cal Poly Pomona Professor Cal Poly Pomona Assistant Professor
Britt Salvesen	Los Angeles County Museum of Art Department Head and Curator, Photography and Prints and Drawings Art Institute of Chicago Department of Publications
Woodman Taylor	American University in Dubai, UAE Associate Professor of Art History University of Illinois, Chicago Assistant Professor

Ikumi Kaminishi	Tufts University Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Adrienne Kochman	Columbia College Assistant Professor School of the Art Institute of Chicago Lecturer
Pamela Loos-Noji	Georgia State University Visiting Professor
Sue Taylor	Portland, Oregon Assistant Professor