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, Joint PhD with University of Arizona

Emily Umberger, Pre-Columbian & Colonial Mesoamerica , esp. Aztec

California State University
Long Beach , California
Art Department , M.A. only

Catha Paquette, 19th & 20th Century Latin American, Pre-Columbian

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

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

New York University
New York, 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

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Department of Art History

Tatiana Flores, Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art

Amy J. Buono, Colonial Latin America, esp. Brazil; Lusophone world

Adam Herring, Ancient Americas and Colonial Latin American

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas
Art History Department, M.A. only

Lori Diel, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin American

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

Roberto A. Gonzalez, Latin American, Pan-American and Border Architecture

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

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, California
Department of Art History

Cecelia F. Klein , Pre-Columbian and early Colonial Mesoamerica and Andes

Charlene Villaseñor Black, Colonial and Modern Latin America, Chicano art

David Kunzle, Modern Latin American protest art

University of California, Riverside
Riverside, California
Department of Art History, M.A. only

Stella Nair, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Andes

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 Colorado
Boulder, Colorado, M.A. only
Dept. of Art History

James Cordova, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin American Art

University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware
Dept. of Art History

Monica Dominguez Torres, Renaissance and Baroque Art of Hispanic World

Annabeth Headrick, Mesoamerican Visual Culture

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Department of Art History

Maya Stanfield-Mazzi, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America

University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Art History Department

Virginia Miller, Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica

Ellen Baird , Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica/Colonial

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Department of Art History

Angélica J. Afanador-Pujol, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin American art

University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Art & Art History Department

Jennifer Ahlfeldt, Pre-Columbian

Holly Barnet-Sánchez, Chicano/Latin American Art

David Craven, Modern Latin American

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

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

Megan O'Neil, Art/Archaeology of Ancient Americas (esp. Mesoamerica/Maya); Arts of Mexico

María Elena Martínez, Colonial History

Michael Dear, Geography, Latino Studies/Urban Culture

University of Texas
Austin, Texas
Dept. of Art & Art History

Jacqueline Barnitz, Modern Latin America (Emeritus Faculty)

Steve Bourget , South America-Moche

Andrea Giunta, Modern Latin America

Julia Guernsey, Mesoamerica-Preclassic

Roberto Tejada, Modern Latin America

David Stuart, Mesoamerica/Maya Hieroglyphic Writing

University of Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Dept. of Art & Art History, M. A. only

Jacinto Quirarte, Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica (Emeritus)

Teresa Eckman, Modern and Contemporary Latin America

Patrick Hajovsky, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America

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 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

Jaime Lara , Colonial Latin America/religion

Mary Miller , Pre-Columbian Aztecs, Maya and Inca

Last Update to Program List: May 2009. 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 Dana Leibsohn at dleibsoh@email.smith.edu. Next update: Winter 2009.