Katherine Iselin

In addition to serving as Director of Art, Dr. Katherine A. P. Iselin (she/her) teaches Art History courses in the ESU Art Program. She holds a PhD from the University of Missouri-Columbia in Art History and Archaeology, which focused on Classical Art and Architecture with a minor in eighteenth-century art. She also obtained two Master of Arts degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, one in Art History and another in Foreign Language and Literature (concentration: Classical Greek). She began her academic studies at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, with a minor in Art History.

Iselin’s research explores themes of gender and sexuality in visual and material culture, primarily through the reception and collecting of ancient art in later periods. She has published and presented on a wide range of topics, from the ancient periods of Europe and the Americas to early modern collectors, particularly women. She also curates exhibitions in the ESU Eppink and Gilson Art galleries, most recently Art for a Modern Age, which presented works from the ESU Art Program Collection alongside objects from ESU science collections and the Lyon County History Center. As an archaeologist, she is affiliated with the Athienou Archaeological Project, which excavates at the site of Athienou-Malloura in Cyprus.

Iselin is grateful to have the opportunity to work with all Art majors, teaching courses for their core curriculum on Modern Art and Art Since 1945 along with the introductory Art History surveys. Additionally, she offers rotating courses for AR 401: Non-Western Art (Mesoamerican Art; Egyptian Art; Andean Art) and AR 402: Art and Gender (Collecting and Identity in the Art World; Amateur Artists in the Early Modern Period; Women Artists), as well as topics courses such as Italian Renaissance Art and Roman Art. Iselin is also the faculty advisor for the Art History Association, an ESU student RSO.