Graduate Student
Carolyn Wargula
Advisor(s): Karen Gerhart
Carolyn Wargula is a Ph.D. student in the History of Art and Architecture Department. She studies pre-modern Japanese art with a focus on gender construction and female identity as expressed through handscrolls to occupy or resist embedded power structures of imperial court life. She also has a strong interest in the recontextualization of Japanese tales and poetry into a visual medium.
Education
MA: History of Art & Architecture, University of Pittsburgh, in progress
BA: English Language & Literature, Art History and French Language & Literature minors, Magna Cum Laude, St. John's University
Senior Thesis: “The Tale of Genji Handscrolls: Recontextualizing Female Identity”
Selected Publications
"Takashi Nagai: Hope for a Defeated Nation." Diakonos: A Journal of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies 3. St. John's University. (2010): 67-71. Print.