Education:

Ph.D., Art History. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, May 2006
Major: Pre-Columbian Art GPA: 4.0
Minor: Nineteenth-century European Art
Dissertation Title: "The Huacas of Machu Picchu: Inca Stations for the Communion between Humanity and Nature"
Advisor: Dr. James Farmer, Associate Professor, VCU

Master's Thesis:
"The Colonial Inka Kero: A Bridge Between Two Cultures" 1999

Bachelor of Business Administration, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, May 1994
Major: Marketing, Major GPA: 3.28
Minor: Art History, Minor GPA: 3.75

Professional Experience:

Assistant to the Director
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, October 2004-Present

Symposium Coordinator, "The Line of Beauty: Rococo Silver in England and Its Colonies"
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, March 2004-October 2004

Administrative and Research Assistant
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, July 1998-October 2001

Research Assistant
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, July 1997-September 1998

Teaching Experience:

Virginia Commonwealth University, 1998-2004
ARTH 102, Contemporary Issues In Art and Design, Fall 2003; Summer 2004; Fall 2006
ARTH 103, Survey of Western Art, Prehistory to Gothic, Fall 1998; Summer 1999, 2000; Spring 2001
ARTH 104, Survey of Western Art, Renaissance to Contemporary, Spring 2003
ARTF 105, Survey of World Art, Prehistory to Gothic, Fall 2001
ARTF 106, Survey of World Art, Renaissance to Contemporary, Spring 1999, 2002
ARTH 207, Introduction to Nonwestern Art and Architecture, Fall 2000; Spring 2001; Fall, 2001; Spring and Summer 2002
ARTH 337: Survey of Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture, Spring 2000; Summer 2003
ARTH 451: Study Abroad, Peru, Andean Art and Architecture, May 27-June 23, 2003

Christopher Newport University, 2001-2003
FNAR 201: Survey of World Art and Architecture, Prehistoric to Gothic, Fall 2001; Summer 2003; Fall 2003
FNAR 202: Survey of World Art and Architecture, Renaissance to Modern, Summer 2002
FNAR 375: Art History, Survey of Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture, Fall 2001
FNAR 375: Art History, Survey of Baroque Art and Architecture, Spring 2002
FNAR 375: Art History, Survey of Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture, Fall 2002

Scholarly Achievements:

Department of Art History Graduate Assistantship
Virginia Commonwealth University: Fall 1997; Fall 1998; Fall 1999; Fall 2000; Fall 2002; Spring 2003; Spring 2004

Department of Art History Scholarship
Virginia Commonwealth University: Spring 1999

Department of Art History Travel Scholarship
Virginia Commonwealth University: Summer 1999

Publications:

"The Manipulation of Central Mexican Imagery by the Ancient Mayan Rulers of Copan," Eye in Hand: New Scholars/New Ideas Abstracts of the 1998 VCU Art History Symposium (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Commonwealth University, Spring, 1999).

"Art Glass on the 800 and 900 Blocks of West Franklin Street," Architecture and the Decorative Arts: New Findings from the Department of Art History, School of the Arts (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Commonwealth University, 1997).

Editorial Reviews:

McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Reviewed "Vistas," a survey of non-western art and architecture, April 2004.

Conferences, Symposia and Guest Lectures:

"The Huacas of Machu Picchu: Choreography, Communion and Liminality in Inca Ritual," Guest Lecture in the Series, "Size Matters: Perception at the Edge of Space," Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (November 17, 2006).

"Yanantin and the Huacas of Machu Picchu: Choreography, Communion and Liminality in Inca Ritual," 2006 College Art Association Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts (February 2006).

"Cheers! The Inca Qero Drinking Vessel in Colonial Peru," Cultures and Continents: Pre-Hispanic and Hispanic Art in the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia (October 2004).

"The Huacas of Machu Picchu: Inca Stations for the Communion between Humanity and Nature," 33rd Annual Middle Atlantic Symposium, co-hosted by the Department of Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland and the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C. (April 2003).

"A Formal Comparison of the Shang Dynasty Tao Tie Motif and the Art of Chavin de Huantar," South Eastern College Arts Conference, Louisville, Kentucky (October 2000).

"The Manipulation of Central Mexican Imagery by the Ancient Mayan Rulers of Copan," New Scholars/New Ideas, Eighth Annual Graduate Student Art History Symposium, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (March 1998).

"Domestic Art Glass Windows by Richmond Makers," Stained Glass In Richmond: Its History and Care, A Program Cosponsored by Virginia House and the Department of Art History, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (March 1997).

"Art Glass on the 800 and 900 Blocks of West Franklin Street," The Fifth Annual Virginia Commonwealth University Symposium In Architectural History- Architecture and the Decorative Arts, New Findings from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (October 1997).

Language Proficiency:

Reading knowledge of French and German
Spanish Immersion Program, Merida, Mexico: May 2000

International Education:

Studies in Maya Art and Architecture, VCU Spring 1997: Guatemala: Guatemala City, Tikal, Uaxactun
Florentine Art History and Tuscany and Its Environs, VCU & Lorenzo de'Medici, Art Institute of Florence, Summer 1997: Italy: Florence, Rome, Pisa, Sienna
Studies In Mexican Art and Architecture, VCU December 1997: Mexico: Mexico City, Teotihuacan
Studies In Native American Art and Architecture, VCU Summer 1998: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado
Studies In Inca Art and Architecture, VCU Summer 1998: Peru: Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu
Studies In Maya Art and Architecture, VCU Spring 1999: Mexico: Chichen Itza, Uxmal
Studies In Inca and Spanish Colonial Art and Architecture, VCU Summer 2002: Peru: Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu

Associations and Committees:

American Association for Museums, 2004-Present
College Art Association, 2003-Present
South Eastern College Art Conference, 1997-2004
The Association for Latin American Art, 2002-2005
Society of American Archaeologists, 2000
Hospitality Committee, Chair, New Scholars/New Ideas Symposium
Virginia Commonwealth University, Fall 2000- Spring 2001
Keynote Committee, Chair, New Scholars/New Ideas Symposium
Virginia Commonwealth University, Fall 1998- Spring 1999
Abstracts Committee, Chair, New Scholars/New Ideas Symposium
Virginia Commonwealth University, Fall 1997- Spring 1998
Hospitality Committee, Co-Chair, New Scholars/New Ideas Symposium
Virginia Commonwealth University, Fall 1996-Spring 1997

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Suzanne Hall, 804/204-2704; or Sarah Pennington, 804/204-2701; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Boulevard, Richmond VA 23220-4007; FAX 804/204-2707; e-mail suzanne.hall@vmfa.museum.