Art Historian & Academic Dean
Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
- Past
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- Visiting Lecturer at Stanford University
- Adjunct Instructor at School of Visual Arts, NYC
- Visiting Lecturer at Univeristy of California, Berkeley
- Adjunct Instructor, Art History at Adelphi University
- Education
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- Ph.D., City University of New York Graduate Center
- M.A., University of California, Berkeley
- B.A., Colby College
- Connections
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connections
- Industry
- Higher Education
- Websites
Kathy O'Dell’s Summary
An art historian and critic of modern and contemporary art, Dr. O'Dell has been a professor in the Department of Visual Arts at UMBC since 1992. In fall of 2001, she joined the Dean's Office of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences as a full-time administrator, continuing her scholarly research.
Her portfolio in the Dean's Office can be found in the Experience section below.
Her portfolio as an ART HISTORIAN & CRITIC includes the following:
• Author of Book: CONTRACT WITH THE SKIN: MASOCHISM, PERFORMANCE ART, AND THE 1970S, University of Minnesota Press, 1998
• Currently Coauthoring: WORLD ART SINCE 1945, major survey text, forthcoming 2012, Laurence King Publishers, UK. Coauthor Kristine Stiles of Duke University
• Articles & Reviews: ARTFORUM, ART IN AMERICA, LUSITANIA, PERFORMANCE RESEARCH, and TDR: THE DRAMA REVIEW
• Cofounder & Editor: LINK: A CRITICAL JOURNAL ON THE ARTS. Chief-edited issue on “Hysteria,” 2000
• Curator: “Kate Millett, Sculptor: The First 38 Years,” 1997, first retrospective of this well-known feminist author but little-known visual artist (UMBC, then traveled)
• Lectures: Getty Research Institute (L.A.); Guggenheim Museum of Art (N.Y.); Royal Danish Academy of Art (Copenhagen); Danish Design School (Copenhagen), Mt. Allison University (Canada), Manchester University (U.K.), and the John Hansard Gallery (U.K.)
Kathy O'Dell’s Experience
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Assoc. Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
UMBC
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2001 — Present (8 years)
• Arts-related issues
• P-20 initiatives
• Conflict mediation
• Faculty affairs: recruitment & hiring; promotion & tenure review; salary equity & merit evaluation
• Student affairs: retention; writing-across-the-discipline
• Represents UMBC on: Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance (AEMS) Higher Education in the Arts Task Force; Maryland State Dept of Education (MSDE) Fine Arts Education Advisory Panel; Contemporary Museum Board of Trustees; Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance (GBCA) -
Assoc. Professor of Visual Arts
UMBC
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 1992 — Present (17 years)
Courses taught: 20th Century Art; Contemporary Art, Theory, and Criticism; History of Performance Art; Art Since 1945; Writing Seminar
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Visiting Lecturer
Stanford University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 1990 — April 1990 (4 months)
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Adjunct Instructor
School of Visual Arts, NYC
(Higher Education industry)
January 1983 — June 1989 (6 years 6 months)
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Visiting Lecturer
Univeristy of California, Berkeley
(Higher Education industry)
June 1987 — August 1987 (3 months)
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Adjunct Instructor, Art History
Adelphi University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 1985 — December 1986 (1 year 4 months)
Kathy O'Dell’s Education
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Ph.D., City University of New York Graduate Center
Ph.D. , Art History , 1982 — 1992
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M.A., University of California, Berkeley
M.A. , Art History , 1979 — 1982
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B.A., Colby College
B.A. , Art & French , 1968 — 1973
Additional Information
Kathy O'Dell’s Websites:
Kathy O'Dell’s Groups:
College Art Association, Howard County Cat Club
