Curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy / 2021
Visual Studies
University of California, Irvine
Master of Arts / 2013
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The Ohio State University
Bachelor of Arts / 2009
History of Art and Women’s Studies, summa cum laude
The Ohio State University
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AND TEACHING
Assistant Professor of Art History / 2024 – present
Department of Fine and Performing Arts
Texas A&M International University
Course(s)
Arts 3353: Art Since 1945 (Fall 2024)
Arts 3310: Studies in Art History & Criticism (Fall 2024)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History / 2023 - 2024
Department of Art
New Mexico State University
Course(s):
Art History 2110: History of Art I
Art History 2120: History of Art II
Art History 1115: Orientation in Art
Adjunct Faculty / 2022 - 2023
Department of Art
New Mexico State University
Course(s):
Art History 2110: History of Art I
Adjunct Faculty / 2022 - 2023
Department of Art
Eastern New Mexico University
Course(s):
Art History 1110: Art Appreciation
Adjunct Faculty / 2022 - 2023
Department of Art
Clovis Community College
Courses(s):
Art History 1110: Art Appreciation
Arts 1340: Functional Ceramics
Teaching Assistant / 2014 - 2021
School of Humanities
University of California, Irvine
Course(s):
Classics 45 Series: (A) The Gods, (B) The Heroes, (C) Interpretations
Film and Media Studies 165: Anime
Film and Media Studies 85 Series: (A) Introduction to Film Analysis, (B) Broadcast Media, and (C) New Media Technologies
Art History 42B: Arts of China
Art History 42C: Arts of Japan
Art History 40 Series: (A) Ancient Art, (B) Medieval and Baroque Art, and (C) Modern and Contemporary Art
Teaching Associate / 2012 - 2013
College of Arts and Sciences
The Ohio State University
Course(s):
WGSST: 317: Women, Gender, and Hollywood
PUBLICATIONS
"Trash, Trinkets, and Thingamabobs: Exploring Roadside Collections in New Mexico" Special Issue: New Mexico Field Guide 2024. Southwest Contemporary (2024).
“Dorothy Arzner.” In Hollywood Heroines: The Most Important Women in Film History, edited by Laura L.S. Bauer, 98-99. ABC-CLIO, 2019.
“Disrupting Cause-and-Effect Narratives of Pornography and Violence: A Contextual and Theoretical Case Study of Sexual Violence in Mainstream Media.” Oculus 1, 1 (2010): 77- 91.
“The Grand Odalisque and Feminist Psychoanalysis: Hegemonic and Subversive Re- Interpretation of an Image.” Ohio State Libraries (2008): 1-28.
ART CRITICISM AND REVIEWS
"Emptiness is the mirage of the new frontier in ann haeyoung’s terra nullius." Southwest Contemporary (February 26, 2024) https://southwestcontemporary.com/emptiness-is-the-mirage-of-the-new-frontier-in-ann-haeyoungs-exhibition-terra-nullius/
"Alex Boeschenstein examines Roswell’s storied history in new works." Southwest Contemporary (October 19, 2023) https://southwestcontemporary.com/alex-boeschenstein-roswell/
"Two Las Cruces exhibitions explore fallout of nuclear weapons testing." Southwest Contemporary (August 17, 2023) https://southwestcontemporary.com/cara-despain-specter-trinity-legacies-of-nuclear-testing/
“Fred Tomaselli.” CAA Reviews (November 12, 2015) http://www.caareviews.org/reviews/2639 - .Vz3zEmNh2A8
“#1 must have: a photo zine for queers at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art." Museums & Social Issues 9.1 (April 2014): 69-74.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Curator
Warhol and Friends / forthcoming Fall 2024
University Art Museum, New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Curator
Miniature-Making in Roswell, New Mexico: Highlights from the MCCM Collection / forthcoming 2024
Miniatures and Curious Collections Museum
Roswell, New Mexico
Designer
Critical Theory Archive Portal / 2019
University of California, Irvine, Special Collections and Archives
https://cta.lib.uci.edu
Curator
A Desert Guidebook / 2016
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
http://www.adesertguidebook.com
MEDIA ATTENTION
"Warhol & Friends" curator previews the upcoming group exhibition opening Sept. 27 at the University Art Museum"
KRGW Public Media, Interview with Scott Brocato, September 5, 2024.
https://www.krwg.org/krwg-news/2024-09-05/warhol-friends-curator-previews-the-upcoming-group-exhibition-opening-sept-27-at-the-university-art-museum
"The Fabricated American Desert"
Verso: The Blog of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
https://www.huntington.org/verso/2018/08/fabricated-american-desert
CURATORIAL, MUSEUM, AND ARTS EXPERIENCE
Independent Curator / 2022 - present
Collections Manager / 2017 - 2019
University of California Libraries, Special Collections and Archives
Critical Theory Archive
Irvine, California
Studio Technician and Assistant / 2013
Cynthia Vardhan Ceramics
Columbus, Ohio
Development Assistant / 2009 - 2010
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, Washington
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
Digital Exhibition Design and Modeling / 2021
International School in Digital Art History
University of Málaga and the University of California, Berkeley, with the collaboration of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, the Fundación General de la Universidad de Málaga
Digital Modeling for Cultural Heritage Projects / 2018
Digital Humanities Summer Institute
University of Victoria, British Columbia
3D Photogrammetry / 2018
Archeological Research Center
University of California, Santa Cruz
Curating Controversy / 2015
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
New York University, with the collaboration of the National Coalition Against Censorship
SELECTED AWARDS AND STIPENDS
Curriculum Development Stipend / 2022
Arts Division, Clovis Community College
Funding provided to reestablish the ceramics curriculum at Clovis Community College and prepare the studio for classes after a two-year hiatus.
Collaborative Conference Grant / 2015
The Humanities Commons, University of California, Irvine
Funding provided to co-organized the annual Visual Studies conference titled “Re-composition.”
Gerard Endowed Graduate Award in Visual Studies / 2014
School of Humanities, University of California, Irvine
Funding provided by UC Irvine Humanities donors, both alumni and non-alumni, and the Dean's Advisory Council for exceptional students working within humanities disciplines.
Regents’ Fellowship / 2013 - 2014
School of Humanities, University of California, Irvine
Funding awarded for a full year of tuition remission for doctoral study.
University Fellowship / 2011 - 2012
College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University
Funding awarded for a full year of tuition remission for graduate study.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES
Conference Panelist / forthcoming February 2025
"Eva Hesse's Synthetic Worlds: Chain Polymers and the Environmental Movement of the 1960s."
College Art Association 113th Annual Conference
New York, New York
Conference Panelist / forthcoming November 2024
“The Death of Eva Hesse: Art, Tragedy, and the Gendered Body”
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association 121st Annual Conference
Palm Springs, California
Panelist and Moderator / forthcoming October 2024
“Legacies of Pop” a virtual panel discussion with Warhol & Friends curator Dr. Ziegenfuss and artists Carolyn Salas and Carlos Rosales-Silva via Zoom on October 29, 2024 at 5:30 pm.
University Art Museum, New Mexico State University
Museum Lecture / 2023
“Listen to Your Art: Ruth Asawa.”
Las Cruces Museum of Art
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Conference Panelist / 2019
“Eva Hesse in 1968: Plastics, Absurdity, Process.”
College Art Association 107th Annual Conference
New York City, New York
Curator Talk / 2016
“A Desert Guidebook”
The Fabricated American Desert: The Modern and Anti-Modern Symposium
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
San Marino, California
Conference Panelist / 2015
“From Rust Belt to Garbage Patch: Eco-Aesthetics of the Modern and Contemporary Ruined Landscape.”
UCLA Art History 50th Anniversary Graduate Student Symposium
The Hammer Museum
Los Angeles, California
Conference Panelist / 2013
“Radical Queer Art: The Active Politics of the Digital Counterarchive.” National Women’s Studies Association 34th Annual Conference
Cincinnati, Ohio
Museum Lecture / 2013
“Orlan and Cindy Sherman: Exploring the Use of Parody and the Abject in Feminist Art- Making.”
The Wexner Center for the Arts
Columbus, Ohio
Conference Panelist / 2012
“Provoking the Image-Screen: Abjection and Parody in Feminist Art and the Subversion of Postfeminist Body Politics.”
National Women’s Studies Association 33rd Annual Conference
San Francisco, California
Conference Panelist / 2012
“Disorientation On View: Feminist New Media Art and the Western Museum.” Global Queerness Conference: Sexuality, Citizenship, and Human Rights in the 21st Century
The College of Wooster
Wooster, Ohio
Doctor of Philosophy / 2021
Visual Studies
University of California, Irvine
Master of Arts / 2013
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The Ohio State University
Bachelor of Arts / 2009
History of Art and Women’s Studies, summa cum laude
The Ohio State University
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AND TEACHING
Assistant Professor of Art History / 2024 – present
Department of Fine and Performing Arts
Texas A&M International University
Course(s)
Arts 3353: Art Since 1945 (Fall 2024)
Arts 3310: Studies in Art History & Criticism (Fall 2024)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History / 2023 - 2024
Department of Art
New Mexico State University
Course(s):
Art History 2110: History of Art I
Art History 2120: History of Art II
Art History 1115: Orientation in Art
Adjunct Faculty / 2022 - 2023
Department of Art
New Mexico State University
Course(s):
Art History 2110: History of Art I
Adjunct Faculty / 2022 - 2023
Department of Art
Eastern New Mexico University
Course(s):
Art History 1110: Art Appreciation
Adjunct Faculty / 2022 - 2023
Department of Art
Clovis Community College
Courses(s):
Art History 1110: Art Appreciation
Arts 1340: Functional Ceramics
Teaching Assistant / 2014 - 2021
School of Humanities
University of California, Irvine
Course(s):
Classics 45 Series: (A) The Gods, (B) The Heroes, (C) Interpretations
Film and Media Studies 165: Anime
Film and Media Studies 85 Series: (A) Introduction to Film Analysis, (B) Broadcast Media, and (C) New Media Technologies
Art History 42B: Arts of China
Art History 42C: Arts of Japan
Art History 40 Series: (A) Ancient Art, (B) Medieval and Baroque Art, and (C) Modern and Contemporary Art
Teaching Associate / 2012 - 2013
College of Arts and Sciences
The Ohio State University
Course(s):
WGSST: 317: Women, Gender, and Hollywood
PUBLICATIONS
"Trash, Trinkets, and Thingamabobs: Exploring Roadside Collections in New Mexico" Special Issue: New Mexico Field Guide 2024. Southwest Contemporary (2024).
“Dorothy Arzner.” In Hollywood Heroines: The Most Important Women in Film History, edited by Laura L.S. Bauer, 98-99. ABC-CLIO, 2019.
“Disrupting Cause-and-Effect Narratives of Pornography and Violence: A Contextual and Theoretical Case Study of Sexual Violence in Mainstream Media.” Oculus 1, 1 (2010): 77- 91.
“The Grand Odalisque and Feminist Psychoanalysis: Hegemonic and Subversive Re- Interpretation of an Image.” Ohio State Libraries (2008): 1-28.
ART CRITICISM AND REVIEWS
"Emptiness is the mirage of the new frontier in ann haeyoung’s terra nullius." Southwest Contemporary (February 26, 2024) https://southwestcontemporary.com/emptiness-is-the-mirage-of-the-new-frontier-in-ann-haeyoungs-exhibition-terra-nullius/
"Alex Boeschenstein examines Roswell’s storied history in new works." Southwest Contemporary (October 19, 2023) https://southwestcontemporary.com/alex-boeschenstein-roswell/
"Two Las Cruces exhibitions explore fallout of nuclear weapons testing." Southwest Contemporary (August 17, 2023) https://southwestcontemporary.com/cara-despain-specter-trinity-legacies-of-nuclear-testing/
“Fred Tomaselli.” CAA Reviews (November 12, 2015) http://www.caareviews.org/reviews/2639 - .Vz3zEmNh2A8
“#1 must have: a photo zine for queers at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art." Museums & Social Issues 9.1 (April 2014): 69-74.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Curator
Warhol and Friends / forthcoming Fall 2024
University Art Museum, New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Curator
Miniature-Making in Roswell, New Mexico: Highlights from the MCCM Collection / forthcoming 2024
Miniatures and Curious Collections Museum
Roswell, New Mexico
Designer
Critical Theory Archive Portal / 2019
University of California, Irvine, Special Collections and Archives
https://cta.lib.uci.edu
Curator
A Desert Guidebook / 2016
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
http://www.adesertguidebook.com
MEDIA ATTENTION
"Warhol & Friends" curator previews the upcoming group exhibition opening Sept. 27 at the University Art Museum"
KRGW Public Media, Interview with Scott Brocato, September 5, 2024.
https://www.krwg.org/krwg-news/2024-09-05/warhol-friends-curator-previews-the-upcoming-group-exhibition-opening-sept-27-at-the-university-art-museum
"The Fabricated American Desert"
Verso: The Blog of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
https://www.huntington.org/verso/2018/08/fabricated-american-desert
CURATORIAL, MUSEUM, AND ARTS EXPERIENCE
Independent Curator / 2022 - present
Collections Manager / 2017 - 2019
University of California Libraries, Special Collections and Archives
Critical Theory Archive
Irvine, California
Studio Technician and Assistant / 2013
Cynthia Vardhan Ceramics
Columbus, Ohio
Development Assistant / 2009 - 2010
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, Washington
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
Digital Exhibition Design and Modeling / 2021
International School in Digital Art History
University of Málaga and the University of California, Berkeley, with the collaboration of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, the Fundación General de la Universidad de Málaga
Digital Modeling for Cultural Heritage Projects / 2018
Digital Humanities Summer Institute
University of Victoria, British Columbia
3D Photogrammetry / 2018
Archeological Research Center
University of California, Santa Cruz
Curating Controversy / 2015
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
New York University, with the collaboration of the National Coalition Against Censorship
SELECTED AWARDS AND STIPENDS
Curriculum Development Stipend / 2022
Arts Division, Clovis Community College
Funding provided to reestablish the ceramics curriculum at Clovis Community College and prepare the studio for classes after a two-year hiatus.
Collaborative Conference Grant / 2015
The Humanities Commons, University of California, Irvine
Funding provided to co-organized the annual Visual Studies conference titled “Re-composition.”
Gerard Endowed Graduate Award in Visual Studies / 2014
School of Humanities, University of California, Irvine
Funding provided by UC Irvine Humanities donors, both alumni and non-alumni, and the Dean's Advisory Council for exceptional students working within humanities disciplines.
Regents’ Fellowship / 2013 - 2014
School of Humanities, University of California, Irvine
Funding awarded for a full year of tuition remission for doctoral study.
University Fellowship / 2011 - 2012
College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University
Funding awarded for a full year of tuition remission for graduate study.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES
Conference Panelist / forthcoming February 2025
"Eva Hesse's Synthetic Worlds: Chain Polymers and the Environmental Movement of the 1960s."
College Art Association 113th Annual Conference
New York, New York
Conference Panelist / forthcoming November 2024
“The Death of Eva Hesse: Art, Tragedy, and the Gendered Body”
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association 121st Annual Conference
Palm Springs, California
Panelist and Moderator / forthcoming October 2024
“Legacies of Pop” a virtual panel discussion with Warhol & Friends curator Dr. Ziegenfuss and artists Carolyn Salas and Carlos Rosales-Silva via Zoom on October 29, 2024 at 5:30 pm.
University Art Museum, New Mexico State University
Museum Lecture / 2023
“Listen to Your Art: Ruth Asawa.”
Las Cruces Museum of Art
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Conference Panelist / 2019
“Eva Hesse in 1968: Plastics, Absurdity, Process.”
College Art Association 107th Annual Conference
New York City, New York
Curator Talk / 2016
“A Desert Guidebook”
The Fabricated American Desert: The Modern and Anti-Modern Symposium
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
San Marino, California
Conference Panelist / 2015
“From Rust Belt to Garbage Patch: Eco-Aesthetics of the Modern and Contemporary Ruined Landscape.”
UCLA Art History 50th Anniversary Graduate Student Symposium
The Hammer Museum
Los Angeles, California
Conference Panelist / 2013
“Radical Queer Art: The Active Politics of the Digital Counterarchive.” National Women’s Studies Association 34th Annual Conference
Cincinnati, Ohio
Museum Lecture / 2013
“Orlan and Cindy Sherman: Exploring the Use of Parody and the Abject in Feminist Art- Making.”
The Wexner Center for the Arts
Columbus, Ohio
Conference Panelist / 2012
“Provoking the Image-Screen: Abjection and Parody in Feminist Art and the Subversion of Postfeminist Body Politics.”
National Women’s Studies Association 33rd Annual Conference
San Francisco, California
Conference Panelist / 2012
“Disorientation On View: Feminist New Media Art and the Western Museum.” Global Queerness Conference: Sexuality, Citizenship, and Human Rights in the 21st Century
The College of Wooster
Wooster, Ohio
