Alumni & Friends
This page lists positions achieved by graduates of the KU History of Art MA and PhD programs and provides prospective students with examples of the kinds of careers they might pursue following graduation. While it is periodically updated, it is not intended to serve as a current reference of History of Art alumni and their present positions.
Graduates in European & American Art
Graduates in East Asian Art
Graduates in European & American Art
Master's Degree
- Anna Allen
- Curator and Art Consultant, Gallery Without Walls, Cleveland, Ohio
- Michael Aurbach
- Professor of Art, Vanderbilt University
- James Ballinger
- Director, Phoenix Art Museum
- Erin Barnett
- Curatorial Assistant, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
- Edward Barr
- Formerly Director, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn Univ., Topeka
- Nancy Bishop (PhD Iowa)
- Assistant Professor of Art History, Arkansas Tech University
- Tracey Boswell
- Instructor History of Art, Johnson County Comm. College
- Alisa Palmer Branham
- Licensure Officer , School of Education, KU
- Jessica Bristow
- PhD candidate, History of Art, University of Iowa
- Sarah Burt
- Holland Curator of American Western Art, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
- David Park Curry
- Senior Curator of Decorative Arts, American Painting & Sculpture, Baltimore Museum of Art
- Diana Daniels
- Assoc. Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
- Tom de Doncker
- Owner, Thomas de Doncker Fine Arts, Chicago
- Victoria Douglas
- Independent Scholar, Lawrence, KS
- Christine Wesender Dunkel
- Claim Spec., Empire Fire & Marine Insurance, Omaha, NE
- Lori Eklund
- Deputy Director , Amon-Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
- Emmeline Erickson
- Formerly Curatorial Assistant, St. Louis Museum of Art
- Christine Fasano
- Curator of Education, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
- Patricia Fidler
- Fine Arts Editor, Yale University Press
- Whitney Gameson
- Registrar, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
- Diana Gaston
- Curator, Fidelity Investment, Boston, MA
- Michael Gaudio (PhD from Stanford)
- Assoc. Prof. History of Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
- Suzanne Gepson
- Docent Coordinator, Depart. Of Museum Education, The Art Institute of Chicago
- Jennifer Green
- Undergraduate College Adviser, Stony Brook University
- Randall Griffin (PhD from University of Delaware)
- Prof. of Art History, Southern Methodist University
- Grant Hayden
- Associate Prof., Law School, Hofstra University
- Ann Hayes
- Curator of Education, Figge Art Museum
- David Henry
- Art Consultant, San Jose, CA, & New York, NY
- Robert Hickerson
- Photographer, Spencer Museum of Art, KU
- Ruth Kolarik (PhD from Harvard)
- Prof., History of Art, Colorado College, Colorado Springs
- Ann Marie Kriss
- Curator of Education, Salina Art Center, Salina , KS
- Joe Lampo
- Deputy Director of Programs, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
- James Martin
- Formerly Curator, Corporate Art Collection, Sprint Corporation, Overland Park, KS
- Amanda Martin Hamon
- Docent Educator & Public Programs Coordinator, Spencer Museum of Art
- William North
- Senior Curator, Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
- Stefanie Olson
- Certified Doula, Doulas of North America
- Morgan Philippi
- Accounting Specialist, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
- Marla Prather
- Senior Consultant for Modern and Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Melissa Riaz
- Friends Development Office, Royal Academy of Fine Art
- Samantha Schramm
- PhD Candidate, Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, Institut für Kunstwissenschaft und Medientheorie
- Dana Self
- Director of Marketing at Univeristy of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance; Independent curator and freelance writer; Formerly Art Critic, Patch Magazine; Formerly Curator of Collections & Exhibitions, Knoxville Museum of Art
- Jurahee Shriver
- Teacher, McPherson, KS public schools
- Stacey Skold
- Formerly Registrar/Collections Manager, Lincoln Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Univ. of Nebraska
- Raechell Smith
- Director, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute
- Karen Stansifer
- Assist. to the Director, Alliance Française, Denver, CO
- Joanna Sternberg
- Director, Julius Freyhan Foundation, St. Francisville, LA
- Drew Stevens
- Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Jennifer Neuburger Talbott
- Director of Internal Operations, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
- Carla Tilghman
- Instructor, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
- Maria Teresa Valero
- Director, Art and Department Chair, Art Department, Tulsa University, Tulsa
- Kim Wagoner
- Assist. Registrar, Kansas City Art Institute
- Suzanne Wise
- Executive Director, Nebraska Arts Council
- Rene Yaws
- Temporary Page Coordinator, Evergreen at Jefferson County Public Library, CO
- Barbara Yoder
- Formerly Curator of Education, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
- Joyce Youmans
- Independent Scholar; Newsletter Editor, ACASA
- Cori Wegener
- Cultural Heritage Preservation Officer, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
- Mike Willis
- Multimedia Specialist, Office of Technology, Univ. of Dubuque
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Doctoral Degree
- Sherman Reed Anderson
- Special Instructor in Art History
- Gretchen Atwater
- Independent Scholar, Bernardsville, New Jersey
- Elissa Auerbach
- Assist. Prof. of Art History, Georgia College and State University
- Susan Baker
- Assoc. Prof., History of Art, University of Houston, Texas
- Temma Balducci
- Assist. Prof. of Art History, Department of Art, Arkansas State University
- Cynda Benson
- Assoc. Prof. History of Art, Savannah College of Art, GA
- Sarah Blick
- Assoc. Prof. History of Art, Kenyon College, OH
- Kathryn Boyer
- Boyer Ink, Writing, Translating, Editing, Sweden
- Diane Boze
- Assoc. Prof. of Humanities, Northeastern State University
- Martha Breckenridge
- Assist. Prof. of Art History, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
- Elizabeth Broun
- Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Rachel Epp Buller
- Assistant Prof. of Art, Bethel College, Newton, KS
- Maria-Elena Buszek
- Assoc. Prof. of Art History, College of Arts and Media, University of Colorado, Denver
- Jill Chancey
- Chief Curator, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art , Laurel, MS
- Sarah Crawford-Parker
- Special Assistant to the Provost for Academic Affairs and Learning Initiatives, University of Kansas
- Lea Rosson DeLong
- Independent Scholar and Curator, Iowa
- Lisa Dorrill
- Adjunct Prof., History of Art, Dikinson College, Carlisle, PA
- Mary M. Dusenbury
- Research curator, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas
- Martha Elton
- Independent Scholar, Shawnee Mission, KS
- Leesa Fanning
- Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, KC, MO
- Steve Golan
- Independent Scholar, Cincinnati, OH
- Jill Vessely Greenwood
- Visiting Assist. Prof. of History of Art, Williamette University, Salem, OR
- Randall Griffey
- Curator of American Art, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
- Richard Gruber
- Director Emeritus, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans
- Valerie Lind Hedquist
- Assoc. Prof. History of Art, University of Montana, Missoula
- Reinhild Kauenhoven Janzen
- Professor of Art History, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
- Heather Belnap Jensen
- Assist. Prof. of Art History, Brigham Young University
- Diane Chalmers Johnson
- Prof. of Art History, School of the Arts, College of Charleston
- Beverly Joyce
- Assist. Prof. History of Art, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
- Jan Kennedy
- Assist. Prof. of Art History , Kansas City Art Institute, KC, MO
- Brett Knappe
- Assistant Professor of Art History, Baker University, Ottawa, KS
- Stephanie Fox Knappe
- Samuel Sosland Curator of American Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
- Janey Levy
- Copy Editor, Rosen Publishing, Buffalo, NY
- Brittany Lockard
- Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
- Lynne Lokensgard
- Professor of Art History, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
- Diane Cearfoss Mankin
- Assoc. Prof. History of Art, University of Cincinnati
- Vernon Hyde Minor
- Research Professor/Research Scholar, School of Art & Design and School of Architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Kerry Morgan
- Director, Gallery and Exhibition Programs, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
- Joni Murphy
- Prof. of English, Haskell Indian Nations Univ., Lawrence, KS
- Kate Meyer
- Assistant Curator of Works on Paper, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
- Mindy Nancarrow (formerly Taggard)
- Prof. of History of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
- Roberta Pokphanh
- Program Coordinator, Research and Graduate Studies, University of Kansas
- Ron Rarick
- Associate Prof., History of Art, Ball State Univ., Muncie, Indiana
- Michelle Robinson
- Formerly Curator of Exhibitions, Davenport Museum, IA
- Scott Shields
- Chief Curator, Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA
- Donald Sloan
- Assist. Prof., History of Art, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
- Emily Stamey
- Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University
- Shana Stuart
- Adjunct Prof., School of Library and Information Science,University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Jerry N. Smith
- Curator of American and Western American Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AR
- Pamela Trimpe
- Director, Pentacrest Museums-Old Capital Museum and the Museum of Natural History, University of Iowa
- April M. Watson
- Curator of Photography, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
- Sam Watson
- Formerly Assist. Prof. History of Art, Central College, Pella, IA
- Dixie Webb
- Interim Dean, College of Arts and Letters, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
- Mark White
- Director, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman
- Deborah Wilk
- Assist. Prof. of History, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
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Graduates in East Asian Art
Master's Degree
- Ellen Avril
- Curator of Asian Art, Johnson Museum, Cornell University
- Michael Bass
- Working at Sothebys, New York
- Karen Brock
- (Ph.D. Princeton University) Retired Associate Professor of Japanese Art History, Washington University in St. Louis
- Robin Burlingham
- Johnson Museum, Cornell University
- Frank Chance
- Associate Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania
- Chang Shu-Hsien
- Research Associate at the Taipei City Library and lecturer at the Chung-yuan University in Taipei
- Chang Yaun-chien
- Executive Director of an Art Foundation in Taipei
- Chou Hai-Sheng
- Deputy editor-in-chief, Chinese Art News Monthly, Taipei
- Walter Davis
- Doctoral student at Ohio State
- Do Yoohyang
- Doctoral Student, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
- David Dunfield
- Architect, Lawrence, KS.
- Hollis Goodall
- Curator at the Pavilion for Japanese Art, L.A. County Museum of Art
- He Li
- Associate Curator of Chinese Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
- Nancy (Dolinich) Hope
- Associate Director of the Kansas Consortium for Teaching about Asia, KU
- Hsieh Shih-ying
- Curator, National History Museum, Taipei
- Lee Brushke-Johnson
- Ph.D., University of Leiden; Independent scholar, Netherlands
- Brenda Jordan
- Adjunct Associate Prof., History of Arts & Architecture; Japanese Studies Coordinator, University of Pittsburgh
- Kim Hong-nam
- (Ph.D. Yale University) Director of the National Folk Museum, Seoul, Korea; Professor, Ehwa Women's University, Seoul, Korea.
- Kim Sung Lim
- Doctoral student, University of California, Berkeley; Research Associate, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
- Lai Hsiang-ling
- Executive Director, Dimension Foundation for Art Education, Taipei
- Lin Hui-hsien
- Department of Exhibitions, National Palace Museum, Taipei
- Lin Lina
- Department of Painting and Calligraphy, National Palace Museum, Taipei
- Lin Yuan-wen
- Doctoral student in art education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- Liu Shi-yee
- Doctoral student, Yale University
- Gerald Marsella
- Registrar, Mid-America Arts Alliance, Exhibits USA, Kansas City
- Eric McNeal
- Assistant Registrar for Exhibitions, Birmingham, Museum of Art, Alabama
- Chiek Sato
- Librarian at Prairie View A&M Univerisity, Texas
- Matthew Scanlon
- Researcher, the Clendining History of Medicine Library and Museum, University of Kansas Medical Center
- Bonnie Speed
- Director, Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University
- Shimizu Yoshiaki
- (Ph.D. Princeton University) Marquand Professor of Japanese Art, Princeton University
- Saroja Srinivasan
- Computer Center, University of Kansas.
- Melissa (Stroud) Abe
- Doctoral student, Stanford.
- Susan Tai
- Curator, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
- Wang Bor-hua
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, N.Y.
- Michelle Wang
- Assistant Prof. of Asian Art History, Louisiana State University
- Karin Warch
- Doctoral Student, University of London (SOAS)
- Wong Kwan-shu
- Working for Sothebys, Hong Kong, as a special advisor
- Violetta Wong
- Working for Sothebys, Hong Kong
- Yen Chuan-ying (Grace)
- Member of the Academia Sinica in Taipei and the Graduate Institute of Art History of National Taiwan University
- Amica Yeung
- Entered an M.B.A. program.
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Doctoral Degree
- Alan Atkinson
- Director of Visual Arts and Curator of Capitol Collections for the Oklahoma Arts Council
- Janet Baker
- Curator, Phoenix Art Museum
- Nila Baker
- Working for computer company in Portland
- Claudia Brown
- Professor, Arizona State University
- Janet Carpenter
- Lecturer, City College of San Francisco, and San Jose State University
- Chang Qing
- Fellowship at Washington University, St. Louis
- Chang Tsenti (Joseph)
- Associate Curator of Chinese Art, Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Cho Insoo
- Assistant Professor, USC
- Chou Yeong-chau
- Assistant Professor, Dennison University
- Chu Christina
- Curator, Hong Kong City Museum of Art
- Patricia Fister
- Working at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken) in Kyoto
- Karen Gerhart
- Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
- Noelle Giuffrida
- Assistant Prof. of East Asian Art, Case Western Reserve University
- Patricia Graham
- Free-lance curator and art appraiser based in Lawrence
- Marilyn Gridley
- Retired from the University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Sarah Handler
- Free-lance curator based in California
- Curtis Hansman
- Art History Lecturer, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
- Han Junghee
- Associate Professor, Hongik University
- Brenda Jordan
- Director of the National Coordinating Site for the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia; Japanese Studies Coordinator; University of Pittsburgh
- Jane Ju
- Assistant Professor, National Cheng-chi University in Taipei
- Kao Mu-sen (Arthur)
- Associate Professor, San Jose State University
- Kim Wondong
- Teaching at a University in Taegu
- Elizabeth Kindall
- Assistant Prof. of Asian Art, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
- Lu, Ling-en
- Associate Curator, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City
- Ma, Jen-mei
- Associate Professor, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
- Karen Mack
- Assistant Prof., Atomi University, Tokyo
- Robert Mowry Alan J.
- Dworksy Curator of Asian Art, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University
- Pan Anyi
- Assistant Professor, Cornell University
- Audrey Seo
- Adjunct Instructor in Anthropology, College of William and Mary
- Diana Tenckhoff
- Instructor, Willamette University, Salem, OR
- Robert Thorp
- Retired Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
- Wan Qingli
- Professor, University of Hong Kong
- Ankeney Weitz
- Assistant Professor, Colby College, Maine
- Matthew Welch
- Curator of Japanese Art at Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Jean Wetzel
- Assistant Professor, California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo
- Richard Wilson
- Professor, International Christian University in Tokyo
- Donald Wood
- Curator of Asian Art and Assistant Director, Birmingham Museum of Art
- Wu Chao-jan (Philip)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Tunghai University, Taiwan
- Margaret Carney Xie
- Director of the Art Gallery and Assistant Professor, Alfred University in N.Y.
