Department of Art History - University of Oregon

Faculty Directory

For full descriptions of research and teaching interests, click on "Faculty Profiles."

JOYCE CHENG, Assistant Professor
Lawrence Hall 247
phone: 541-346-3677
email: joycec@uoregon.edu

Prof. Cheng received her PhD. from the University of Chicago in 2009. Her current work examines the critical reception of non-European and folk objects by the European avant-garde. She teaches courses in the history of modernism from 1880 to 1950.

MARY-LYON DOLEZAL, Associate Professor
Lawrence Hall 381
phone 541-346-2071
email: mdolezal@uoregon.edu

Prof. Dolezal received her Ph.D. in medieval and Byzantine art from the University of Chicago in 1991. Her her research focuses on Byzantine manuscripts of the ninth through fourteenth centuries, considering text and image relationships as well as the function of books in society.

JAMES G. HARPER, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Lawrence Hall 240
phone 541-346-5027
email: harperj@uoregon.edu

Prof. Harper received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Although a specialist in Italian art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, he offers courses that range across Renaissance and Baroque Art in Northern and Southern Europe. His research treats the connections between art and power with particular focus on the use of monumental biographical imagery as a form of propaganda.

JEFFREY M. HURWIT, Philip H. Knight Professor
Lawrence Hall 237C
phone 541-346-3652
email: jhurwit@uoregon.edu

Prof. Hurwit received his Ph.D. in Classical Art and Archaeology from Yale University in 1975. His primary field of research is the art and culture of Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods, with particular emphases on the relationships between Greek art and literature and the archaeology of Athens.

ESTHER JACOBSON-TEPFER, Maude I. Kerns Professor Emerita of Asian Art (on reduced tenure appointment)
email: ejacobs@uoregon.edu.
project web site: http://www.uoregon.edu/~altay

Prof. Jacobson-Tepfer received her Ph.D. in Chinese art history in 1970 from the University of Chicago. Her research and publications focus on the art and archaeology of the Scytho-Siberians (the early nomads of the Eurasian Steppe; first millennium B.C.E.) and of their predecessors in the Bronze Age and earlier.

CHARLES H. LACHMAN, Associate Professor
Lawrence Hall 243
phone: 541-346-3601
email: clachman@uoregon.edu

Prof Lachman holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Studies from the University of Toronto. His research and teaching interests include the history of Chinese landscape painting, Chinese art theory, and Buddhist art (especially Chan/Zen painting).

KATE MONDLOCH, Assistant Professor Director of Graduate Studies
Lawrence Hall 252
phone 541-346-2068
email: mondloch@uoregon.edu

Prof. Mondloch received her Ph.D. in contemporary art history from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2005. Her research interests focus on late 20th- and early 21st- century art, theory and criticism, particularly the on individuals, practices and technologies that cross medium and disciplinary boundaries between art and media. She teaches courses in art since 1945.

KATHLEEN D. NICHOLSON, Professor (on reduced tenure appointment)
Lawrence Hall 237A
phone: 541-346-2080
email: knichol@uoregon.edu

Prof. Nicholson received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977. Her research and teaching interests focus on late 18th- and 19th-century art, and range from J.M.W. Turner and British landscape paintings to 18th-century French allegorical portraits of women.

LELAND M. ROTH, Marion D. Ross Distinguished Professor of Architectural History
Lawrence Hall 381A
phone: 541-346-2130
email: leeroth@uoregon.edu

Prof. Roth earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois (Urbana) in 1966 and his Ph.D.in architectural history from Yale University in 1973. His primary field of research is American Architecture and Urban Planning, especially from 1865 to 1940. More recently he has developed specialized interests in Oregon architecture and in Native American architecture.

ANDREW SCHULZ, Associate Professor and Department Head
Lawrence Hall 237D
phone 541-346-2111
email: aschulz@uoregon.edu

Prof. Schulz received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1996. His research focuses on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Spanish art, with particular interests in the Spanish Enlightenment, the art of Francisco Goya, and the legacy of Islamic art in Spain. His teaching interests range from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.

SHERWIN SIMMONS, Professor (on reduced tenure appointment)
Lawrence Hall 237A
phone: 541-346-2080
email: ssimmons@uoregon.edu

Prof. Simmons received his Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University in 1979. He teaches courses in 19th- and 20th-century art and his current research focuses on the relation of art to the mass media in early 20th-century Germany.

RICHARD A. SUNDT, Associate Professor
Lawrence Hall 477
phone 541-346-4698
email: rsundt@uoregon.edu

Prof. Sundt obtained his Ph.D. in 1981 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research lies in two main areas: Gothic architecture, with particular emphasis on the churches of the mendicant orders (both male and female branches) and problems relating to the allocation of space among diverse members of the faithful; and the art and architecture of Maori churches in Aotearoa New Zealand.

AKIKO WALLEY, Maude I. Kerns Assistant Professor of Asian Art
Lawrence Hall 232
phone 541-346-1800
email: awalley@uoregon.edu

Prof. Walley received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2009. She specializes in Japanese Buddhist art and archaeology from the 7th and 8th centuries and is interested in the function of art and visual culture in the development and spread of ideas within a community.

PROFESSORS EMERITI WHO ARE NO LONGER TEACHING

ELLEN JOHSTON LAING (Ph.D., 1967, University of Michigan)

A. DEAN MCKENZIE (Ph.D., 1965, New York University)

ANDREW MORROGH (Ph.D., 1983, Courtauld Institute)

PARTICIPATING FACULTY

MARY ANN BEECHER, Department of Architecture (M.A., University of Iowa)

ARTHUR W. HAWN, Department of Architecture (M.A., Washington State University)

KENNETH I. HELPHAND, Department of Landscape Architecture (M.L.A., Harvard University)



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She teaches courses in the history of modernism from 1880 to 1950. MARY-LYON DOLEZAL, Associate Professor Lawrence Hall 381 phone 541-346-2071 email: mdolezal@uoregon.edu Prof. Dolezal received her Ph.D. in medieval and Byzantine art from the University of Chicago in 1991. Her her research focuses on Byzantine manuscripts of the ninth through fourteenth centuries, considering text and image relationships as well as the function of books in society. JAMES G. HARPER, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Lawrence Hall 240 phone 541-346-5027 email: harperj@uoregon.edu Prof. Harper received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Although a specialist in Italian art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, he offers courses that range across Renaissance and Baroque Art in Northern and Southern Europe. His research treats the connections between art and power with particular focus on the use of monumental biographical imagery as a form of propaganda. JEFFREY M. HURWIT, Philip H. Knight Professor Lawrence Hall 237C phone 541-346-3652 email: jhurwit@uoregon.edu Prof. Hurwit received his Ph.D. in Classical Art and Archaeology from Yale University in 1975. His primary field of research is the art and culture of Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods, with particular emphases on the relationships between Greek art and literature and the archaeology of Athens. ESTHER JACOBSON-TEPFER, Maude I. Kerns Professor Emerita of Asian Art (on reduced tenure appointment) email: ejacobs@uoregon.edu. project web site: http://www.uoregon.edu/~altay Prof. Jacobson-Tepfer received her Ph.D. in Chinese art history in 1970 from the University of Chicago. Her research and publications focus on the art and archaeology of the Scytho-Siberians (the early nomads of the Eurasian Steppe; first millennium B.C.E.) and of their predecessors in the Bronze Age and earlier. CHARLES H. LACHMAN, Associate Professor Lawrence Hall 243 phone: 541-346-3601 email: clachman@uoregon.edu Prof Lachman holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Studies from the University of Toronto. His research and teaching interests include the history of Chinese landscape painting, Chinese art theory, and Buddhist art (especially Chan/Zen painting). KATE MONDLOCH, Assistant Professor Director of Graduate Studies Lawrence Hall 252 phone 541-346-2068 email: mondloch@uoregon.edu Prof. Mondloch received her Ph.D. in contemporary art history from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2005. Her research interests focus on late 20th- and early 21st- century art, theory and criticism, particularly the on individuals, practices and technologies that cross medium and disciplinary boundaries between art and media. She teaches courses in art since 1945. KATHLEEN D. NICHOLSON, Professor (on reduced tenure appointment) Lawrence Hall 237A phone: 541-346-2080 email: knichol@uoregon.edu Prof. Nicholson received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977. Her research and teaching interests focus on late 18th- and 19th-century art, and range from J.M.W. Turner and British landscape paintings to 18th-century French allegorical portraits of women. LELAND M. ROTH, Marion D. Ross Distinguished Professor of Architectural History Lawrence Hall 381A phone: 541-346-2130 email: leeroth@uoregon.edu Prof. Roth earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois (Urbana) in 1966 and his Ph.D.in architectural history from Yale University in 1973. His primary field of research is American Architecture and Urban Planning, especially from 1865 to 1940. More recently he has developed specialized interests in Oregon architecture and in Native American architecture. ANDREW SCHULZ, Associate Professor and Department Head Lawrence Hall 237D phone 541-346-2111 email: aschulz@uoregon.edu Prof. Schulz received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1996. His research focuses on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Spanish art, with particular interests in the Spanish Enlightenment, the art of Francisco Goya, and the legacy of Islamic art in Spain. His teaching interests range from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. SHERWIN SIMMONS, Professor (on reduced tenure appointment) Lawrence Hall 237A phone: 541-346-2080 email: ssimmons@uoregon.edu Prof. Simmons received his Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University in 1979. He teaches courses in 19th- and 20th-century art and his current research focuses on the relation of art to the mass media in early 20th-century Germany. RICHARD A. SUNDT, Associate Professor Lawrence Hall 477 phone 541-346-4698 email: rsundt@uoregon.edu Prof. Sundt obtained his Ph.D. in 1981 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research lies in two main areas: Gothic architecture, with particular emphasis on the churches of the mendicant orders (both male and female branches) and problems relating to the allocation of space among diverse members of the faithful; and the art and architecture of Maori churches in Aotearoa New Zealand. AKIKO WALLEY, Maude I. Kerns Assistant Professor of Asian Art Lawrence Hall 232 phone 541-346-1800 email: awalley@uoregon.edu Prof. Walley received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2009. She specializes in Japanese Buddhist art and archaeology from the 7th and 8th centuries and is interested in the function of art and visual culture in the development and spread of ideas within a community. PROFESSORS EMERITI WHO ARE NO LONGER TEACHING ELLEN JOHSTON LAING (Ph.D., 1967, University of Michigan) A. DEAN MCKENZIE (Ph.D., 1965, New York University) ANDREW MORROGH (Ph.D., 1983, Courtauld Institute) PARTICIPATING FACULTY MARY ANN BEECHER, Department of Architecture (M.A., University of Iowa) ARTHUR W. HAWN, Department of Architecture (M.A., Washington State University) KENNETH I. HELPHAND, Department of Landscape Architecture (M.L.A., Harvard University)