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Graduate Students

	Anderson, Michaeline michaeline.anderson@email.ucr.edu Area of Interest: landscape photography from the twentieth century and photographic theory. Thesis in progress on the role of intention and landscape representation in the work of Robert Adams's series, The New West.
	Devenney, Brooke brooke.devenney@email.ucr.edu Area of interest: modern and contemporary architectural history and the influence of the Bauhaus on southern California architecture.
	Franks, Elizabeth elizabeth.franks@email.ucr.edu Area of Interest: : Early modern European art with a focus on German art; 17th and 18th century British landscapes
	Herr, Chelsea chelsea.herr@email.ucr.edu Area of Interest: Pre-Columbian art of North America and the interplay of European and Native American art in the context of exploration and colonization.
	Paprocki, Leslie leslie.paprocki@email.ucr.edu Area of Interest: history of photography, European Dada and related interwar exploratory movements, American architecture of the early to mid-twentieth century.
	Ramey, Anamaria anamaria.ramey@email.ucr.edu Area of Interest: modern and contemporary art with focus on ceramics, queer art, street art and the role of the museum and alternative display spaces in cultural discourse.
	Ramirez, Edgar edgar.ramirez@email.ucr.edu Area of Interest: twentieth-century art and photography of North and Central America with attention to aesthetics, social struggle, and the political/moral responsibilities of art.
	Ramirez, Fernando fernando.ramirez002@email.ucr.edu Area of Interest: modern and contemporary art with specific interests in art from the 1960s and 1970s. Thesis in progress on California conceptual art.
	Rodriguez, Kaelyn kaelyn.rodriguez@email.ucr.edu Area of interest: modern and contemporary art of South America especially post-1970, Marxist and feminist theory, power constructions in public space and indigenous art.
	Schlothan, Betty betty.schlothan@email.ucr.edu Area of Interest: Artistic exchange between the Near East and Western Europe, the history of artistic materials and techniques, knowledge transfer through the travel of artists, patrons, and works of art.
	Turner, Andrew andrew.turner002@email.ucr.edu Area of Interest: Prehispanic art of the Andes and Mesoamerica; thesis in progress entitled "Sex and Violence: Ceramic Arts of the Moche Culture of Ancient Peru," explores conceptions of gender and sexuality in the Moche Culture (AD 100 - 800).
	Wallace, Margaret margaret.wallace@email.ucr.edu Area of Interest: history of photography and the American city, the visual culture of urbanism and public entertainment, photography in relation to painting and archaeology.
	Weiler, Jessica jessica.weiler@email.ucr.edu Area of Interest: Latin American art, critical theory, gender studies and the role of the museum.
	Whitacre, Amy amy.whitacre@email.ucr.edu Area of Interest: Pre-Hispanic art of Mesoamerica with a focus on the classic period.