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Derek Conrad Murray

Derek Conrad Murray

Professor, History of Art & Visual Culture

History of Art/Visual Culture

Areas of expertise: Visual Culture, Contemporary Art, Art Theory, Critical Theory, Art Photography/Photography as Critical Practice, Media Studies, Contemporary Cinema, African American / Black Studies


Biography, Education and Training

Derek Conrad Murray is an interdisciplinary theorist specializing in the history, theory, and criticism of contemporary art and visual culture. He works in contemporary aesthetic and cultural theory with particular attention to technocultural engagements with identity and representation. He has contributed to leading magazines and journals such as Radical History Review, American Art, Art in America, Parachute, Art Journal, Third Text, Consumptio... more »


Areas of expertise: Activism, Art Theory, Feminist Theory, Aesthetics, American Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Critical Theory, Digital Arts


Biography, Education and Training

Jennifer A. González, Professor of the History of Art and Visual Culture, is affiliated with the History of Consciousness, Latin American/Latinx Studies, and Feminist Studies. She also teaches annual seminars at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in New York. She has received fellowships from the Ford Foundation, the American Association of University Women, and the American Council of Learned Societies. She has published widely in journals such as Camera Obscura, Bomb, Ope... more »

Ronaldo V Wilson

Ronaldo V Wilson

Professor, Director Creative Writing Program

Literature Department, Creative Writing Program

Areas of expertise: African American / Black Studies, Asian Studies, Art, Art Theory, Queer Studies, Performance, Poetry, Fiction, Visual Culture, Writing


Biography, Education and Training

Education:   2009 Ph.D., English, CUNY Graduate Center 1995 M.A., Poetry, New York University Graduate Creative Writing Program  1991 A.B., English, University of California, Berkeley   Biography:   Ronaldo V. Wilson is an award-winning poet, interdisciplinary artist, academic and author of six collections of hybrid and experimental works spanning poetry, fiction, mixed genre theory, performance, digital, sound, and visual art.  He has performed in multiple ... more »

Tiffany L Wong

Tiffany L Wong

Writing Program Continuing Lecturer

Writing Program

Areas of expertise: Writing, Technical Writing, Science Writing, Art, Art Criticism, Art Theory, Artificial Intelligence, Asian American Pacific Islander History, Contemplative Studies, Creativity, Science and Technology


Biography, Education and Training

M.F.A., Digital Arts and New Media, University of Califorina Santa Cruz B.A., Writing and Visual Arts, Sarah Lawerence Collge Cert., TESOL/TESL/TEFL Cert., Stanford Univerity Cultivatving Compassion Training (CCT) Teacher


Areas of expertise: Art, Aesthetics, Art Criticism, Art Theory, Digital Arts, Contemporary Art, Digital Media, History of Art and Visual Culture, Science and Technology, New Media


Biography, Education and Training

Dr. Shanken writes and teaches about the entwinement of art, science, and technology with a focus on interdisciplinary practices involving new media. Recent publications and presentations address art and shamanism, environmental art, sound art and ecology, and bridging the gap between new media and contemporary art.  His book Art and Electronic Media (Phaidon Press, 2009) has been expanded with an extensive, multimedia, multilingual Online Companion. Inventing the ... more »

Dorothy R Santos

Dorothy R Santos

Assistant Professor of Teaching

Art Department

Areas of expertise: Archives, Archival Practices, Art Criticism, Art Theory, Audio Culture, Community-based Research, Contemporary Art, Film, Visual Culture, Writing


Biography, Education and Training

Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. (she/they) is a Filipino American storyteller, poet, artist, and scholar. She earned her Ph.D. in Film and Digital Media with a designated emphasis in Computational Media and a certificate from the Science and Justice Research Center from the University of California, Santa Cruz as a Eugene Cota-Robles fellow. She received her Master’s degree in Visual and Critical Studies at the California College of the Arts and holds Bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy and Psychology... more »

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