Core Faculty

Virtual Office Hours:

We encourage all students to reach out to faculty with any questions about meeting in person or on Zoom. HIAA faculty and TAs will strive to support each of you based on your individual needs and schedules. Virtual meeting times can be set up by emailing faculty and TAs. Please scroll down to get more information on how to set up a meeting with your instructor.

For information on Visiting Faculty please go to the Visiting Faculty page of the website.

 

  • Professor of the Practice in History of Art and Architecture, University Architect

    To make a virtual appointment email Prof. Barton at the email above

    Craig Barton is the University Architect and a Professor of the Practice in Architecture.

  • Christopher Chan and Michelle Ma Professor of History of Art, Professor of Archaeology

    401-863-3134

    Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 am

    Research areas: Medieval Architecture and Archaeology, and Monastic Studies 

  • Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Director of Undergraduate Studies (Fall 2021)

    401-863-5183

    Virtual office hours Wednesdays 11am-12pm (please sign up through the link below). Email to arrange virtual office hours at another time or schedule an in-person meeting

    Students: Sign up for a virtual appointment on Wednesdays 11am-12pm here.

  • Department Chair, Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Professor of Italian Studies

    401-863-3349

    Wednesdays, 3-4:30pm or by appointment

    Research areas: Early Modern Italian art & architecture, History of Prints and of the Book

  • Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Director of Undergraduate Studies (on leave 2021-2022)

    401-863-3212

    On sabbatical, 2021-2022

    Research Areas: Chinese Art and Archaeology; Intellectual History of the Song-Yuan Era; Technology, Technicity, and Reprography in East Asia; Antiquarianism

  • Professor of History of Art and Architecture

    401-863-3834

    Tues. 1:30-3:30pm, List 411

    Research area: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Art

  • Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Director of the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage, Professor of Italian Studies

    401-863-3254

    Tuesday 4-5:30 pm at List 412; Wednesday 10-11:30 am at the John Nicholas Brown center 2nd floor.

    Research area: Modern Architecture and urban studies

  • Andrea V. Rosenthal Professor of Modern Art

    401-863-2481

    In lieu of regular office hours, email Prof. Nickel with your questions or to make an appointment.

    Research area: history of photography, technology and visual culture in the modern era,  photo theory and contemporary practice around the world

  • Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Director of Graduate Studies

    401-863-2432

    Thursdays 2:30-4:30pm, or by appointment

    RESEARCH AREA: MODERN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND THEORY; AFRICAN ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM; COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL DESIGNED AND BUILT ENVIRONMENTS

  • Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture

    (401) 863 2303

    To make a virtual appointment, please email Prof. Rodríguez at the email above.

    Gretel Rodríguez specializes in the art and architecture of ancient Rome. Her work investigates how architectural monuments constituted means of communication between patrons and viewers, looking at issues of space, design, and reception.

  • Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Director of Undergraduate Studies (Spring 2022)

    401-863-2599

    On leave, fall 2021

    Research area: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Art, South Asian Art, British Art and Empire

  • Professor of the Practice in Architecture

    Julian von der Schulenburg is an architect with his own practice in New York since 2007.