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Stephanie Kaplan

Art history professor

Education

  • Ph.D., art history and archaeology, Washington University
  • M.A., art history, Syracuse University
  • B.A., art history, University of Denver

Credentials

  • Professor, art history, June 2018–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Hong Kong and Savannah, GA
  • Instructor of Record, art history, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014
    Head Teaching Assistant, art history, Fall 2014
    Teaching Assistant, art history, Fall 2012–Spring 2017, Washington University, St. Louis
  • Teaching Assistant, art history, Spring 2009–Fall 2010, Syracuse University, Florence, Italy
  • Teaching Assistant, art history, Summer 2010, Studio Arts College International, Florence, Italy

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Dissertation Fellowship, Washington University in St. Louis, Spring 2016–Fall 2016
  • Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence, Washington University in St. Louis, 2015
  • Pollard-Stein Award for Excellence in Teaching, Washington University in St. Louis, 2014
  • Graduate Research Grant, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2012, 2014, 2016
  • Washington University in St. Louis Dean of Arts and Sciences Summer Fellowship, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • University Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis, 2011-2012
  • Florence Scholar, Syracuse University, 2007–2008
  • Academic Scholarship, Dante Alighieri Society of Denver, 2005
  • Whitely Scholarship, Amici of the University of Denver, 2005
  • Cherrington Global Scholar, University of Denver, 2005
  • Admission Academic Scholarship, University of Denver, 2003-2006

Organizations

  • College Art Association
  • Italian Arts Society
  • Midwest Art History Society
  • Renaissance Society of America

Publications and presentations

Presentations

  • "Niccolò della Casa's engraving of Cosimo I in Full Armor," Gallery Talk: Renaissance and Baroque Prints, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Dec. 4, 2017.
  • "Hand-Picked Poses: The Development of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini's Gestures in Pinturicchio's Piccolomini Library," presented at UGA Cortona, Cortona, Italy, March 11, 2009.

Publications

  • "A Florentine Abroad: Civic Identity in Bronzino's Portrait of Bartolomeo Panciatichi," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, March 30-April 1, 2017, Chicago.
  • "The Dichotomy Between Real and Allegorical in Francesco Salviati's Portrait of a Florentine Nobleman," presented at the New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, March 6–8, 2014, Sarasota, Fla.
  • "A Touchy Subject: Constraint, Collaboration and Innovation in the Noli me tangere," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, April 4–6, 2013, San Diego.
  • "Hand-Picked Poses: The Development of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini's Gestures in Pinturicchio's Piccolomini Library," presented at the Syracuse University Master in Renaissance Art "The Speaking Hand: Gesture in Italian Art" Symposium, Dec. 12, 2008.