Past PhDs

JoAnne Sieger
Dissertation:

'Pictor Ignotus': The Early Christian Pictorial Theme of 'Christ and
the Church' and its Roots in Patristic Exegesis of Scripture

Sarah Smith
Dissertation:

Flower Symbolism in the Paintings of Dante Gabriel Rosetti

Carol Solomon
Dissertation:

Paul Cezanne, Francois-Marius Granet and the Provencal Landscape Tradition, 1987.

Placement:

Recipient of a 2012-13 Fulbright Award for research in Tunisia and Morocco on contemporary art of the Maghreb with a focus on national memory, culture and identity; Visiting Associate Professo of Independent College Programs; Faculty, Haverford University

Sara Sumpter
Advisor: Karen Gerhart
Dissertation:

The Socio-Political Functions of Japanese ‘Vengeful Spirit’ Handscrolls, 1150-1230, April 2016

Yan Sun
Dissertation:

Negotiating Cultural and Political Control in North China During the Early Western Zhou Period: Elite Art and Its Use in Mortuary Ritual and Practice in the Yan State, April 2001

Placement:

Case Western Reserve University; Chair and Associate Professor, Art and Art History Department, Gettysburg College

Doris Jung Chu Tai
Dissertation:

The Life and Work of T’ang-yin” (1470-1524)

Joy A. Thornton
Dissertation:

Renaissance Color Theory and Some Paintings by Veronese

Placement:

Independent scholar, Washington DC

Huang Tsu-mei
Placement:

Professor, Dean, and Chair, Tainan University of the Arts

Mayu Tsuruya
Placement:

Visiting Assistant Professor, Denison College, Granville, OH

Leslie Wallace
Placement:

Visiting Professor, Gettysburg College, Art History Department and Visiting Assistant Professor, Hood College, Department of Art and Archaeology; Assistant Professor, Visual Arts Department, Coastal Carolina University

Ying Wang
Dissertation:

Rank and Gender in the Bone Art at Anyang, the Late Shang Center, April 2001

Placement:

Tenured Associate Professor, Asian Art and Bronze Age China, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Karen Webb
Placement:

Visiting Lecturer, Washington & Jefferson College

Xiaolong Wu
Dissertation:

Stylistic Traditions, Patronage and Cultural Identity in Ancient China: Bronze Artifacts of the Zhongshan State, Warring States Period (476-221BC), August 2004.

Placement:

Associate Professor of Art History, Hanover College