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Stephenie McGucken

Art history professor

Education

  • Ph.D., history of art, University of Edinburgh
  • B.A., medieval & early modern studies, Dickinson College
  • MA, history of art, University of East Anglia
     

Credentials

  • Professor of art history, 2023–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
  • Part-time faculty, 2022–23, Ringling College of Art and Design
  • Adjunct instructor, 2020–23
    Visiting assistant professor, 2021–22, University of Tampa
  • Internship faculty and student services officer, 2018–19, Edinburgh Center, The College of Global Studies, Arcadia University
  • Research assistant and photographer on Leverhulme-funded project, 2018–19, University of Edinburgh
  • Project chair, Edinburgh Medieval Pigment Project, 2016–19, University of Edinburgh
  • Guest instructor, 2016, 2017, 2019, Ohio University Summer School at the University of Edinburgh
  • History of art tutor, 2014–17, University of Edinburgh

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Faculty Professional Development Grant, Ringling College of Art, 2022
  • Travel Grant for Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Workshop at Peking University, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, 2019
  • Festival of Creative Learning Event Grant, University of Edinburgh, 2018
  • Festival of Creative Learning Event Grant, University of Edinburgh, 2017
  • Nomination, Best Personal Tutor, University of Edinburgh, 2016
  • Conference Grant for Gardens and Enclosures, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2016
  • Team Choice Award, Innovative Learning Week, University of Edinburgh, 2016
  • Innovative Learning Week Event Grant, University of Edinburgh, 2016
  • History of Art Scholarship, University of Edinburgh, 2013
  • University Committee Student Representative of the Year, Learning, Teaching, and Quality Committee, University of East Anglia Union Council, 2013
  • Magna Cum Laude, Dickinson College, 2013
  • Departmental Honors for Senior Thesis (Choirs, Corbels, and Conquerors: The English Monastic Cathedral and the Normans), Dickinson College, 2013
  • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Dickinson College, 2013
  • Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Dickinson College, 2009
  • John Montgomery Scholarship for Leadership and Service, Dickinson College, 2008

Organizations

  • Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2015–present
  • Member, International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England
  • Member, Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
  • Member, Medieval Academy of America

Publications and presentations

Peer-reviewed

  • "The Correct Path to Heaven: Motherhood & Mothering in English Manuscript Art, c. 970 to 1030," Peopling Insular Art: Practice, Performance, Perception (Proceedings of the Eighth International Insular Art Conference (Glasgow, 2017), eds. Cynthia Thickpenny, Katherine Forsyth, Jane Geddes, and Kate Matis. Oxbow Books: July 2020.
  • "Vice & Virtue as Woman?: The Iconography of Gender Identity in the Late Anglo-Saxon Psychomachia Illustrations," Medieval Feminist Forum 55.1 (2019), 42-63.

Edited chapters

  • "Rebelling Heroines: Hera, Sabine, and Ahsoka in Star Wars Rebels," Fourth Wave Feminism in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume 2. Essays on Television Representation, 2013–19. Ed. Valerie Estelle Frankel. Jefferson: McFarland and Co: 2019.
  • "'A Love Letter to Scotland:' The Creation and Conception of Heritage," Adoring Outlander: Essays on Fandom, Genre, and the Female Audience. Edited by Valerie Estelle Frankel. Jefferson: McFarland and Co: February 2016.

Digital publications and blogs

  • Heritage. Social Media. Fandom, Scottish Heritage Social Media Group. June 2017.
  • The Art History of All Souls: Exploring the Art of the All Souls Trilogy, from August 2018. www.thearthistoryofallsouls.com.
  • Edinburgh Medieval Pigment Project, https://edinburghpigmentproject.wordpress.com.

In progress

  • The Psychomachia in Early Medieval England: Manuscript Forms and Gendered Functions.
  • The Mothering Body: Women, Motherhood and the Body in Early Medieval England.
  • Of Skin, Bone, and Screen: Visualizing the Past: Understanding the Materiality of Manuscripts through Fiction.
  • The Veneration of Saint Æthelthryth in Early Medieval England: Relics and Liturgy as Body.
  • Is This Sex Afterall?: Reconsidering the Balthilde Ring Bezel, The Iconography of Queenly Identity, and the Depiction of Coitus.

Invited public outreach talks

  • "Painting the Past: Understanding the Role of Painting and Collecting in the All Souls World," presented at All Souls Convention, Science History Institute (virtual), 2020.
  • National Museum of Wales (Cardiff, Wales), All Souls Convention, Paper: 'What's So Special About This Manuscript?': A Crash Course in the Manuscripts in the All Souls Universe, Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZpuyb5XQqk, 2019.
  • Science History Institute (Philadelphia, PA, USA), All Souls Convention, Paper: A Meander Through the Art & Manuscripts of the All Souls World, Recording & Slides: https://thearthistoryofallsouls.com/2018/08/13/all-soulsconvention-2018-slides, 2018.
  • Scottish Tourist Guides Association: Highlands & Island Branch, Continuing Professional Development Workshop Paper: An Authentic Scotland?: Outlander & Heritage, 2016.