Art historians are the keepers of images. We discover, interpret, and preserve the visual archive. Our work brings understanding to how images make meaning in the world. The theory that guides my methods for successful teaching is bell hooks’s engaged pedagogy. She says “that the learning process comes easiest to those of us who teach who also believe that there is an aspect of our vocation that is sacred; who believe that our work is not merely to share information but to share in the intellectual and spiritual growth of our students.”* Teaching is important to me because I believe I am preparing the next generation of leaders that will shape the world and affect policy. I want to give students skills in their academic lives that will positively influence their professional futures.
*bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress (London: Routledge, 1994), 13.
Courses Taught:
- African American Art History
- Research Methods in Art History
- Art History Survey I and II
- Art Since 1900
- Art Appreciation
Courses in Development:
- Black Feminist Visual Theory
- Afrofuturism and Visual Culture
- The Arts of Commemoration in the United States
- Gender, Sexuality, and the Visual Arts
