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Suzanne (Maureen) Burke

Art history professor

Education

  • Ph.D., art history and archaeology, New York University
  • M.A., art history, New York University
  • B.A., art and math, Mississippi University for Women

Credentials

  • Professor, art history, 1992–present
    Dean of Academic Initiatives, Founding Executive Director and Chief Curator of the SCAD Museum of Art, Founding Director of the Earle W. Newton Center for British and American Studies, Founding Director of the Walter O. Evans Center for African American Studies.
  • Dean of Art and Technology
    Researched multidisciplinary educational programs and technological applications within the academic and visual arts environment, and created advanced pilot programs in the application of new technologies to art and design educational development.
  • Dean of Special Programs
    Directed distinguished guest lecturer program (approximately 50 lectures per year). Coordinated special   events such as national stamp launch, theatrical performances, and support for National Trust guidebook for Savannah’s historic structures. Oversaw institutional contractual service for all faculty at college.
  • Chair, art history, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
    Developed curriculum for program and programming with lectures and a symposium. Coordinated entire college’s guest lecture series and departmental symposia. Developed new degree program in architectural history. Developed graduate and other courses.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, “1,000 PostcART Project,” Summer 2016
  • Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (Office of Science and Technology)
  • Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest Certificate of Appreciation, Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, 2008
  • One of two museum professionals invited to represent the state of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the National Conservation Summit, “Connecting to Collections: A National Call to Action,”  Washington, D.C., June 27-28, 2007
  • One of 25 women invited to participate in the 57th American Council on Education/Office of Women in Higher Education National Forum at the National Center for Higher Education in Washington, D.C., 2000
  • Regional coordinator for Georgia Save Outdoor Sculpture! project sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution
  • Member of local advisory committee for 1998 National Trust conference
  • Fulbright Scholar in Rome and Florence; recipient of various fellowships from the Institute of Fine Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities including NEH-sponsored internship in the Medieval Department, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Five years in residence as visiting scholar at the British Library in London, the manuscript collections at Oxford and Cambridge, the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence, the Biblioteca Nationale in Rome and Florence, the Vatican Library, and the Biblioteca Hertziana in Rome, and museums in Europe, pursuing research in late medieval and early Renaissance studies under the aegis of the Institute of Fine Arts, the Fulbright Commission, and other professional support

Organizations

  • Advisory Council, W. W. Law Archives, Savannah, GA 2008–2011
  • Board of Directors of the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, Savannah, GA 2006–2008
  • American Associations of Museums
  • College Art Associations
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Fulbright Association

Publications and presentations

Publications

  • Mary and Her Spools of Thread: Domesticating the Sacred Interior in Tuscan Trecento Art,”  Diane Wolfthal and John Garton, eds., New Studies on Old Masters: Essays in Renaissance Art in Honor of Colin Eisler, University of Toronto Press, 2011
  • Nature’s Banquet: American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection exhibition catalog (editor and contributor), January 2010
  • Mystique of Sandalwood exhibition catalog (SCAD Gallery exhibition and National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.), Spring 2005
  • Introduction to Atlanta Sketchbook, Design Press, 2005
  • Essay on contemporary art for Stephanie Hoppen, Decorating with Art London, 2004
  • Savannah College of Art and Design: “Restoration of an Architectural Heritage,” Arcadia Publishing, 2004

Presentations

  • Art and Science in Hogarth,” Office of History of Science and Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Nov. 2013
  • History, Community & Creativity,” roundtable discussion as one of three panelists with Fred Wilson and Gwendolyn Dubois Shaw, sponsored by the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, the School of the Arts, and the Institute for Research in African American Studies, Columbia University in the City of New York, Nov. 2012
  • Filmed interview for W. W. Law Archives celebration (on friendship and projects with late Civil Rights leader), 2012
  • “We Have Finished the Plan ... What Next?” Plenary presentation at the national SCUP Campus Heritage Symposium (organized by The Getty Trust and the Society of College and University Planners), Washington, D.C., Nov. 4, 2011
  • “Assessing Quality in Contemporary Art,” panelist, Arts Taskforce, 34th Annual Fulbright Conference, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2011
  • “Are There New Renascences?” roundtable discussion leader, 34th Annual Fulbright Conference, Washington, D.C., Nov 2011
  • “Celebrating Freedom: Savannah and the Emancipation Proclamation,” Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum (dedication presentation for exhibition installation and opening), January 2007
  • "Designing (Faculty) Women: Gender Issues and the New Technology" (session chair), ninth American Association for Higher Education Conference on Faculty Roles and Rewards, 2001