Angela S. George, PhD
Program Director, MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History; Associate Professor of Art History, Department of Art
Angela George, PhD, is associate professor of Art History in the Department of Art and the director of the Master of Arts program in Modern and Contemporary Art History. She earned a PhD in Art History from the University of Maryland, and her research focuses on American art, modern art, museum studies, and design history. She has held positions in the curatorial departments of a number of museums, including the National Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hillwood Museum & Gardens, and the Gamble House/USC.
Education
- PhD, Art History, University of Maryland
- MA, History of Decorative Arts & Design, Parsons School of Design
- BA, English, University of California, Los Angeles
Academic Area
- School of the Arts
Expertise
- History of Decorative Arts and Design
- Museum Studies
- American Art
- Modern Art
Courses Taught
- ART 356 – History of Modern Art ad Architecture
- ART 510 – Introduction to Graduate Studies/Critical Issues in Art I
- ART 545 – Directed Experience
- ART 550 – History of 19th-Century Art, Theory and Criticism
- ART 600 – Regional Modernism
- ART 605 – Modernism and the Museum
- ART 618 – Master's Capstone I
- ART 625 – Master's Capstone II
- ART 697 – Special Topics (History of Studio Ceramics)
- ART 699 – Independent Study/Readings in Art (Master's Thesis)