Megan Young - Art History
Megan is a PhD candidate at the University of Kansas and has both a Master's degree in art history and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography
and Graphic Design from the University of Alabama. Her dissertation: "Afterthe Deluge: Contemporary Artists Engage Katrina," examines instances of
contemporary art that engage the region of the Mississippi Delta, post-Hurricane Katrina (2005) -- art that investigates the ramifications of this catastrophic event in various ways. Of particular interest are the ways in which artists respond to and engage trauma in their works as a channel for catharsis for victims and witnesses of catastrophic events. She teaches a variety of art history courses including Art Since 1945, Introduction to Modern Art, and the History of Photography. Megan writes and presents her research addressing a number various topics at conferences across the nation.
Education
PhD In Progress ABD
The University of Kansas
The University of Kansas
Areas of Specialization: Modern and Contemporary Art;
Theories and Methods of Visual Culture; Medieval English
Architecture
MA 2006 The University of Alabama (High Honors)
Thesis “From Processing to Cruising: Chicano Lowriders
In East Los Angeles During the 1960s and 1970s”
(Dr. Mindy Nancarrow – advisor)
BFA 1998 The University of Alabama (Magna Cum Laude)
Areas of Specialization: Photography and Graphic Design
Professional Experience
20011 Instructor, Emporia State University
2009-2011 Instructor of Record, History of Art Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2009-2010 Instructor of Record, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2009 Summer Instructor of Record, British Summer Institute, Study Abroad in London & Scotland, for University of Kansas
2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant, History of Art Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2006-2009 Lecturer in Art History, Department of Art, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2006-2008 Visual Resources Curator, Department of Art, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2000, Spring Graphic Designer, International Programs, The University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Grants/Awards/Honors
2011 Marilyn Stockstad Award, Kress Foundation Department of Art History
2011 Outstanding Graduate Paper Nominee, Midwest Art History Society
2011 Kress Foundation Department of Art History Travel Grant
2011 Newberry Consortium Travel Grant
2009 Gulnar Bosch Travel Assistance Award, South Eastern College Art Conference
2009 Graduate Research Competition, Participant, University of Kansas
2009 Graduate Student Paper Presenter Travel Fund Award, University of Kansas
2008 Morris Family Scholar, University of Kansas
2003-2006 The University of Alabama Graduate Assistantship Recipient
2004 The University of Alabama Graduate Student Teacher of the Year Nominee
2004 The University of Alabama Graduate Student Research and Travel Grant
Conferences/Presentations/Papers
2011 Midwest Art History Association (Upcoming)
Session: Late Medieval and Northern Renaissance Art
Paper: Hybridity of Spaces: St. William’s College, The College of Chantry Priests at York
2011 Southern Studies: The Auburn Montgomery Liberal Arts Conference (Upcoming)
Session: Contemporary Art in and of the South
Paper: Rebuilding the Southern Visual Landscape: Hurricane Katrina, Prospect One, and Contemporary Southern Art
2011 Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies Graduate Conference
Session: Extension and Association in the Construction of Premodern Space
Paper: Hybridity of Spaces: St. William's College, the Medieval College of Chantry Priests at York
2009 South Eastern College Art Conference (SECAC), Mobile
Session: Women, Society, and Religion
Paper: The Space Between: Laywomen Religious and the Penitential Processions of 16th‐and 17th‐Century Seville
2009 College Art Association (CAA), Los Angeles
Session: Taking It to the Streets: The Theater of Public Piety
Paper: “Devotion and Veneration: Chicano Lowrider Processions and Audience Interaction”
2009 South Eastern College Art Conference (SECAC), New Orleans
VR Curators Affiliate Group, Session Chair;
Managing a Visual Resources Collection in the 21st Century
2008 South Eastern College Art Conference (SECAC), New Orleans
Paper: “Devotion or Veneration: East Los Angeles Lowriders”
2008 Conference on African American Culture and Experience, Greensboro, NC
Paper: “American Apartheid and African American Identity in Adrian Piper’s Vanilla Nightmares”
2008 American Culture/Popular Culture Association National Conference, Boston, MA
Paper: “Rites of Passage: Lowrider Processionals and Chicano Ritual Traditions”
2008 American Culture Association/Popular Culture Association National Conference, Atlanta GA
Session Chairperson: “Negotiating the Badlands: Chicano Lowriders and the Formation of Chicano Identity in 1960s and 1970s Los Angeles”
2005 American Culture Association/Popular Culture Association
National Conference, San Diego, CA
Paper: “Adrian Piper’s Vanilla Nightmares and Lacan’s Mirror”
2005 10th Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History,
Tuscaloosa, AL
Paper: “Igniting Communication: The Gunpowder Paintings of
Cai Guo-Chiang”
2004 Midwestern Popular Culture Association Annual Conference,
Cleveland, OH
Paper: “From Processing to Cruising: Lowriders and Chicano
Cultural Identity”
2004 The Space Between: Scholarship Between the Wars, 1914-1945,
Annual Conference, Ohio State University
Paper: “Abstract Expressionism and American Film Noir”
2004 9th Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History,
Birmingham, AL
Paper: “The Urban Canvas: American Film Noir of the 1940s and
The Myth Makers of Abstract Expressionism”
Guest Lectures
2011 Lecture, HA 100/300, Kress Foundation Department of Art History, University of Kansas, Lawrence
Paper: Romanesque Art and Architecture
2009 Lecture, JOUR 300, Journalism and Mass Communications Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Paper: “A Brief History of Documentary Photography”
2004 Lecture, University Women’s Club, The University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa, AL
Paper: “Dunhuang and the Cave Temples of Mogao”
Professional Service
2011 Administrative and Event Planning Volunteer, Spencer Museum of Art,
Lawrence, Kansas
2011 America: Now and Here Volunteer, Kansas City
2010-2011 Symposium Chair, History of Art Graduate Student Symposium in Art History
2009-2010 History of Art Graduate Student Organization (HAGS), Faculty Representative
2008 SEI (Summer Educational Institute) Implementation Task
Force, committee member, ARLIS/VRA
2007 SEI (Summer Educational Institute)
2007 Curriculum Committee member, Department of Library and Information Science, UNC-Greensboro
2007 Intellectual Property Rights Committee member, Visual Resource Association
2007 Library Committee member, Department of Art, UNC-Greensboro
2007 Race and Racism Committee member, Department of Art, UNC-Greensboro
2007 Senior Juried Show Committee chair, Department of Art,UNC-Greensboro
2003-2006 Art Department Tour Leader, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2005 Art Walk Volunteer, Birmingham, AL
2004 Docent, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Professional/Academic Affiliations
Phi Beta Kappa
College Art Association
South Eastern College Art Conference (SECAC)
Midwest Art History Association (MAHA)
Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board
Omicron Delta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Golden Key National Honor Society
Alpha Lambda Delta
Gamma Beta Phi
LISSA
Exhibitions
2003 Regions, Gulf Art Space, Fairhope, Alabama (group)
2003 New Faces, Gulf Art Space, Fairhope, Alabama (group)
2002 Stocking Stuff, Gulf Art Space, Fairhope, Alabama (Silent Auction)
People In Glass Houses: The Art of Protest, Gulf Art Space, Fairhope, Alabama (group)
2000 Regional Juried Show, Gomez Gallery of Art, Baltimore, MD (group)
1999 New Works, Recitation Gallery, Newark, DE (group)
1998 Desire and Despair, Gallery of Student Art, Tuscaloosa, AL (solo)
Gallery of Student Art, Inaugural Show, Tuscaloosa, AL (group)
The Art Students’ League Spring Show, Ferguson gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL (group)
Light Sensitive, Gallery of Student Art, Tuscaloosa, AL (group)
Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport, AL (group)
1997 The Art Students’ League Juried Exhibition, Ferguson Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL (juried)
Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport, AL (group)
Arts Alive ‘97, Florence, AL (group)
Eclectic Circus, Ferguson Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL (group)
Helloween, The Chukker, Tuscaloosa, AL (juried)
Into the Night, The Cocopelli, Tuscaloosa, AL (solo)