AMELIA G. JONES Professor and Grierson Chair in Visual Culture Department of Art History and Communication Studies McGill University 853 Sherbrooke Street West, Arts Building, room W285 Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T6 CANADA email:
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[email protected] EDUCATION: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES. Ph.D., Art History, June 1991. Specialty in modernism, contemporary art, film, and feminist theory; minor in critical theory. Dissertation: “The Fashion(ing) of Duchamp: Authorship, Gender, Postmodernism.” UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia. M.A., Art History, 1987. Specialty in modern & contemporary art; history of photography. Thesis: “Man Ray's Photographic Nudes.” HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge. A.B., Magna Cum Laude in Art History, 1983. Honors thesis on American Impressionism. EMPLOYMENT: 2014 (August)- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Roski School of Art and Design, Los Angeles. Professor and Robert A. Day Chair in Fine Arts. Vice Dean of Critical Studies. 2010-2014 McGILL UNIVERSITY, Art History & Communication Studies (AHCS) Department. Professor and Grierson Chair in Visual Culture. 2010-2014 Graduate Program Director for Art History (2010-13) and for AHCS (2013ff). 2003-2010 UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, Art History & Visual Studies. Professor and Pilkington Chair. 2004-2006 Subject Head (Department Chair). 2007-2009 Postgraduate Coordinator (Graduate Program Director). 1991-2003 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE, Department of Art History. 1999ff: Professor of Twentieth-Century Art and Theory. 1993-2003 Graduate Program Director for Art History. 1990-1991 ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN, Pasadena. Instructor and Adviser. Designed and taught two graduate seminars: Contemporary Art; Feminism and Visual Practice. VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS: Fall 2014-Spring 2016 MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON, Core Residency Program, Visiting Professor.