Faculty of Art and Art History
Joan R. Branham, Ph.D.
Professor of Art History
Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
Emory University
JBRANHAM@providence.edu
401-865-1789
Room: Hunt-Cavanagh 207
Paul Crenshaw, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Art History
Chair, Department of Art and Art History
New York University
paul.crenshaw@providence.edu
401-865-2296
Room: Hunt-Cavanagh 203
Lynn Curtis, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Art
Assistant Chair, Department of Art and Art History
University of Iowa
LCURTIS@providence.edu
401-865-2018
Room: Service 100
Bing Huang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Art History
Harvard University
bhuang@providence.edu
401-865-2520
Room: Hunt-Cavanagh 205
James Janecek, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of Art
Stanford University
JJANECEK@providence.edu
401-865-2162
Room: Hunt-Cavanagh 101
(on leave fall 2019)
Heather McPherson, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of Art
Rhode Island School of Design
hmcphers@providence.edu
401-865-2707
Room: Hunt-Cavanagh 200 and Service 101
Thomas F. Strasser, Ph.D.
Professor of Art History
Indiana University
TSTRASSE@providence.edu
401-865-2246
Room: Hunt-Cavanagh 204
Eric Sung, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of Art
Indiana University, Bloomington
mastersung@providence.edu
401-865-2421
Room: Hunt-Cavanagh 216
Virginia Thomas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Art History
Brown University
vthomas1@providence.edu
401-865-1118
Room: Hunt-Cavanagh 202B
Visiting Faculty/Part Time
Jasmin Blackmar, M.A.
Part Time Professor of Art
Rhode Island College
jblackm1@providence.edu
401-865-2401
R00m: Hunt-Cavanagh 108
Susanna Koetter, M.F.A.
Visiting Professor of Art
Columbia University
skimkoetter@providence.edu
Stephen Lacy, M.F.A.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
Art Institute of Chicago
slacy1@providence.edu
Room: Hunt-Cavanagh 107
Judd Schiffman, M.F.A.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
University of Colorado, Bolder
jschiff1@providence.edu
401-865-2738
Room: Ceramics Building
Elizabeth Welch, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History
University of Texas at Austin
ewelch4@providence.edu
Room: Hunt-Cavanagh 2
Staff
Scott Alario, M.F.A.
Studio Art Technician
Rhode Island School of Design
salario@providence.edu
401-865-2865
Room: Ceramics Building
Kate McNamara, M.A.
Visual Resource Curator; Interim Director, PC Galleries
kmcnam12@providence.edu
401-865-1042
Room: Hunt-Cavanaugh 200
Emeritus
James B. Baker, M.F.A.
Professor Emeritus of Art
Rhode Island School of Design
Alice H.R.H. Beckwith, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Art History
Johns Hopkins University
Deborah J. Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Art History
Brown University
DOCTORJ@providence.edu
Ann W. Norton, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Humanities in Art History
New York University
anorton@providence.edu