Academic Programs
These institutions offer opportunities for pursuing
a PhD and/or MA in Latin American art history.
The list is organized alphabetically by institution and currently emphasizes programs in the United States; where not specified, the program offers a PhD in art history.
This guide is intended as a bare-bones directory and does not generally include faculty in related fields (history, Spanish, anthropology, literature, Latin American and/or Iberian Studies, etc.). Students interested in certain Latin American countries whose artistic forms are strongly influenced by African traditions (e.g. Cuba , Brazil) might also consider programs with faculty interested in the Diaspora.
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
School of Art
Amelia Malagamba-Ansotegui, Mexican Art, Borderlands, Chicano Studies
Brooklyn College (The City University of New York), New York
Art Department, M.A. Only
Lauren Grace Kilroy, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Department of Visual Arts, M.A. only
Gridley McKim-Smith, Spanish Baroque Art and Art of the Spanish-Speaking World (joint appointment in Spanish)
California State University, Fullerton , California
History of Art, M.A. only
Elisa C. Mandell, Pre-Columbian and Latin American Art
California State University, Long Beach , California
Art Department , M.A. only
Catha Paquette, 19th & 20th Century Latin American, Pre-Columbian
California State University, Los Angeles, California
Art Department , M.A. only
Manuel Aguilar-Moreno, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Mesoamerica
City College of New York (The City University of New York), New York, New York
Art Department , M.A. only
Anna Indych-López, Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art History
City University of New York, New York, New York
Graduate School Art History Department
Eloise Quiñones Keber, Pre-Columbian, Colonial Latin American Art
Timothy Pugh (Anthropology), Pre-Columbian/Maya
Katherine Manthorne, Art of the Americas, Modern Latin American, Latino Art
Anna Indych-López, Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art
George Corbin, Native American Art
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Department of Art History
MA and PhD, American Studies
Susan Verdi Webster, Iberia and Colonial Latin America
Columbia University, New York, New York
Department of Art History and Archaeology
Kellie Jones, African American, African Disapora, Latin American
Alessandra Russo, Colonial Latin America (Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese)
Esther Pasztory, Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerica
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Department of History of Art and Visual Studies
María Fernández, Modern and Contemporary Latin America
Ananda Cohen Suarez, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Art, Art History and Visual Studies
Esther Gabara, 20th Century Latin American Visual Culture and Literature (joint appointment in Romance Studies)
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Art History Department
Rebecca Rollins Stone, Ancient Andean and Central American art
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance
Michael Carrasco, Mesoamerica, Maya and Mayan epigraphy
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Department of History and Art History, M.A. only
Michele Greet, Modern Latin American Art History
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dept. of History of Art and Architecture
Thomas Cummins, Pre-Columbian and Latin American Art
Hunter College, City University of New York
Art Department
Lynda Klich, Viceregal, Modern, and Contemporary Latin American Art
Harper Montgomery, Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
History of Art
Felipe Pereda, Late Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Art and Architecture
Lisa Deleonardis, Ancient archaeology and art of the Americas (Archeology Department)
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Art Department, M.A. only
Elizabeth Zarur, Renaissance/Baroque Art and Culture of Latin America and Portugal
New York University, New York
Institute of Fine Arts
Jonathan Brown, Viceregal, principally Mexican art
Edward J. Sullivan, Latin American/Caribbean Modern
Robert Lubar, Modern
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
School of Art, Department of Art History, M.A. only
Jeff Kowalski, Pre-Columbian art
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Department of History of Art
Byron Hamann, Pre-Columbian and Colonial
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Department of Art
Cristina Cruz González, Pre-Columbian and Colonial New Spain, Art of the Early Modern Spanish World
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Department of Art History
Amara Solari, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin American Art and Architecture
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Department of Art and Archaeology
Irene Small, Modern and Contemporary
Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, New York
Department of Art History, M.A. only
Patrice Giasson, Latin American and Pre-Columbian Art
Rice University, Houston, Texas
Deptartment of Art History
Fabiola Lopez-Duran, Modern Latin American Art
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Department of Art History
Tatiana Flores, Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Art History, Theory and Criticism, M.A. only
Daniel Quiles, Latin American Art
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Art History Department
Amy J. Buono, Colonial Latin America, esp. Brazil; Lusophone world
Adam Herring, Ancient Americas and Colonial Latin American
Roberto Tejada, Modern and Contemporary Latin America
Stanford University, Stanford, California
Department of Art and Art History
Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz, African and Caribbean, Modern and Contemporary
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Department of Art and Music Histories, M.A. in Museum Studies only
Luis Castañeda, Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
Art History Department, M.A. only
Lori Diel, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin American
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Art History Department
Adele Nelson, Modern and Contemporary Latin American
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
School of Art, M.A. Only
Connie Cortez, Contemporary Chicano/a Art and Post-Contact Art of Mexico
Carolyn Tate, Pre-Columbian Art
Tufts University, Medford/Boston, Massachusetts
Dept. of Art and Art History, M.A. only
Adriana Zavala, Modern and Contemporary Latin America ; Chicano/a; Latino/a
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Art Department
MA in art history; PhD joint degree in Art History and Latin American Studies
Florencia Bazzano-Nelson, Modern, Contemporary Latin America
Elizabeth H. Boone , Pre-Columbian, Colonial, Mesoamerica
Carol M. Reese, Architecture and Urban Design, Urban Studies
Thomas F. Reese, Colonial Latin American, Modern
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Department of Art and Design
MA in Department of Art and Design; Interdisciplinary PhD
M. Elizabeth (Betsy) Boone, 19th & 20th century Art and Visual Culture
Odile Cisneros, Modernism and the Avant-Gardes, especially Mexico and Brazil (Dept. of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies/Comparative Literature)
Ann de Leon, Colonial Literatures and Cultural Studies (Dept. of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies)
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Department of Art, Joint PhD with Arizona State University
Stacie Widdifield, Pre-Columbian through Modern
Emily Umberger, Pre-Columbian & Colonial Mesoamerica , esp. Aztec
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Art Department, M.A. only
Laura M. Amrhein, Pre-Columbian Art, Twentieth-Century Art, Maya Art
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
The Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory
Marvin Cohodas, Pre-Columbian Art, Maya Art
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California
Department of Art History
Charlene Villaseñor Black, Colonial and Modern Latin America, Chicano art
David Kunzle, Modern Latin American protest art
Stella Nair, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America
University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California
Department of Art History, M.A. only
Karl Taube, Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), San Diego, California
Department of Visual Arts
Elizabeth Newsome, Mesoamerican Art History
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Santa Barbara, California
Dept. of History of Art & Architecture
Jeanette Peterson , Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America
Gerardo Aldana (art historian in Chicano Studies Dept), Pre-Columbian, esp. Mayan
Guisela Latorre (art historian in Chicano Studies Dept), Modern/Chicano art, esp. murals
University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), Santa Cruz, California
Program in Visual Studies
Carolyn Dean, Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Latin America
Daniela Sandler, Modern Latin American Architecture
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Dept. of Art History
Claudia Brittenham, Pre-Columbian and Colonial
Cecile Fromont, Early Modern Africa and Latin America; Lusophone world
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, M.A. only
Dept. of Art History
James Cordova, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin American Art
University of Connecticut, M.A. only
Dept. of Art and Art History
Robin Greeley, Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
Dept. of Art History
Monica Dominguez Torres, Renaissance and Baroque Art of Hispanic World
University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
School of Art and Art History, Museum Studies, M.A. only
Annabeth Headrick, Precolumbian Art
University of Essex, Colcester, United Kingdom
School of Philosophy and Art History (MA and Ph.D), and Centre for Curatorial Studies (MA only)
Rebecca Breen, Modern and Contemporary Latin America, Curating Latin American Art
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Department of Art History
Maya Stanfield-Mazzi, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
School of Art and Design
Irene Small, Modern and Contemporary Art in a transnational context; Brazilian art
Oscar Vázquez, Late Colonial and Modern Latin America and Spain
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Art and Visual Culture, M.A. only
Susan Douglas, Culture and Art of Contemporary Latin America
University of Houston, Texas
Art History, M.A. only
Rex Koontz, Art of the Ancient Americas
University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
Art History Department
Virginia Miller, Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Department of Fine Arts, Hite Art Institute
Christopher Fulton, Modern Mexican Art
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Department of Art History and Archaeology
Abigail McEwen, Modern Latin American Art
University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Department of Art and Art History, M.A. only
Rebecca Parker Brienen, Eighteenth-Century Art, Latin American Art
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Department of Art History
Angélica J. Afanador-Pujol, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin American art
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
School of Art, M.A. only
H. Rafael Chacón, Contemporary Latin American Art
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Art & Art History Department
Margaret Jackson, Pre-Columbian
Holly Barnet-Sánchez, Chicano/Latin American Art
Ray Hernández-Durán, Colonial Latin American
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Department of Art History
Eduardo Douglas, Pre-Columbian, Colonial and Modern Latin America
Lyneise Williams, Early 20th Century Latin American Art, Latin Americans of African Descent
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Department of Art Education and Art History, M.A. only
Kelly Donahue-Wallace, Colonial Latin American Art
Paul Niell, Colonial Latin American, Caribbean, and Early Modern Atlantic World Art History and Material Culture
University of Pittsburg
Department of History of Art and Architecture
Jennifer Josten, Modern and Contemporary
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
Department of Art History, M.A. only
William Barnes, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America
Heather Shirey, Afro-Brazilian Art and Art of the African Diaspora
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Department of Art History
Daniela Bleichmar, Colonial/Trans-Atlantic
María Elena Martínez, Colonial History
Michael Dear, Geography, Latino Studies/Urban Culture
University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Dept. of Art & Art History
Andrea Giunta, Modern Latin America
Julia Guernsey, Mesoamerica-Preclassic
David Stuart, Mesoamerica/Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
George Flaherty, Modern and Contemporary Mexican and Chicano Art
University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas
Dept. of Art & Art History, M. A. only
Teresa Eckman, Modern and Contemporary Latin America
Juliet Wiersema, Pre-Columbian and Colonial
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Department of Art History, M.A. only
Elena Shtromberg, 20th-century Latin American art and visual culture
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Visual Arts Department
Cody Barteet, Precolumbian Art and Architecture, Early Modern Art and Architecture in Latin America and Europe
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Department of Art History, M.A. only
Andrea Stone, Pre-Columbian Art
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virgina
Dept of Art History
James Farmer , Pre-Columbian/Ecuador & Peru, Southwest, Mesoamerica
Margaret Lindauer, Museum Studies/Frida Kahlo
Michael Schreffler, Colonial New Spain & Andes
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
Program in Environmental Design and Planning, College of Architecture and Urban Studies
Humberto Rodríguez-Camilloni, South American Pre-Columbian & Spanish American Art & Architecture
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Dept. of Art History
Mary Miller, Pre-Columbian Aztecs, Maya and Inca
University of London, Birkbeck
Dept of Iberian and Latin American Studies
Jens Andermann, 19th- and 20th-Century & Brazil and Southern Cone
Last Update to Program List: December 2011. Efforts have been made to be as accurate as possible; if you see errors or know of a graduate program that is not listed here but should be, please email Patrick Hajovsky at hajovskp@southwestern.edu. Next update: August 2012.