PhD Case Western Reserve University, 1994.
M.A. Williams College
B.A. State University of New York at Stony Brook
Case Western Reserve University, PhD 1994. Dissertation: "Fifteenth century Netherlandish Devotional Portrait Diptychs: Origins and Function." Dissertation Advisor: Walter S. Gibson Williams College, MA 1989 State University of New York at Stony Brook, BA, cum laude 1987 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: University of Akron: Associate Dean, Honors College, August 2009-present. Professor, May 2008-present. Associate Professor, August 2002-2008. Assistant Professor, August 1997-July, 2002. Division Chair of Art History, Education and Exhibitions (1999-2003 and 2007-present); Coordinator of Art History (1997-2003 and 2005-2007 and 2009). Institute for Shipboard Education: Professor of Art History, Summer Voyage, June-August, 2004. Ports visited: Iceland, Norway, Russia, Poland, Belgium, France, Ireland and Spain. University of the Pacific: Assistant Professor, September 1995 June 1997. University of Utah: Assistant Lecturer, Spring Quarter 1995. Mankato State University: Assistant Professor, September 1994 March 1995. Case Western Reserve University: Lecturer, June August 1991. John Carroll University: Lecturer, August 1990 May 1991. Williams College: Teaching Assistant, September December, 1987
Outstanding Teacher of the Year, The University of Akron, 2004.
2004 Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Ohio Magazine Excellence in Education Award, December 2004.
Stony Brook Foundation Award for Excellence in Art History, 1987.