What do you wish you'd known as a major?
We asked various Art History alumni to reflect on their experience as Art History majors at Swarthmore. We thank them for their generous advice for current and prospective art history students.
- Bellara Huang ’21, M.A. program in history of art, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
- Elena Moore ’21, assistant preservation planner, San Francisco Planning Department
- Max Gruber ’20, M.A. program in history of art, Williams College
- Rina Kiyohara '20, Strategy Officer, Tokyo National Museum
- Blake Oetting ’18, Ph.D. candidate, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; writing contributor, Artforum
- Jasmin Rodriguez-Schroeder ’17, teaching assistant at Marymount School of New York
What would you tell today's art history students?
We asked several Art History alumni, "What would you tell today's art history students?"
- Deborah Krieger ’16, M.A. program in public humanities, Brown University
- Summer Sloane-Britt ’16, Ph.D candidate in art history, New York University; graduate curatorial assistant, Grey Art Gallery
- Marcus Mello ’13, M.A. program in architecture and urban planning, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
- Sarah Vogelman ’13, M.A. program in art history, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
- Francesca Bolfo ’12, Ph.D. candidate in program in art history, University of Pennsylvania
- Jing Yi Ng ’11, M.Arch, Harvard University Graduate School of Design; project manager, Treasure Island Development Group
Looking to connect with the Swarthmore community?
Current students and alumni can connect with one another through the Swat Link portal. Unique job opportunities, career support, a chance to mentor or seek mentorship is available to you.
- Nina Pelaez ’11, Associate Director of Learning and Interpretation, Smith College Museum of Art
- Alex Weintraub ’11, Ph.D. program in art history, Columbia University
- Sara Daley ’10, M.A. (2011), design history and material culture, National College of Art and Design, Dublin
- Clare Kobasa ’10, Ph.D., art history, Columbia University; assistant curator of prints, drawings, and photographs, Saint Louis Art Museum
- Julia Barber ’09, Ph.D. in art history, Brown University; arts correspondent, WBUR
- Fletcher Coleman ’09, Ph.D., Chinese art history, Harvard University; assistant professor, University of Texas at Arlington
- Susan Eberhard ’09, Ph.D. program in American art history, University of California, Berkeley
- Lin Gyi ’09, M.D., New York Medical College; psychiatrist, The Chesapeake Center
- Sean Nesselrode Moncada ’09, Ph.D. (2017), modern Latin American art, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; assistant professor of art history and visual culture, Rhode Island School of Design
- Susannah Blair ’08, Ph.D. program in 19th century French and European art and visual culture, Columbia University; M.A., art history, Williams College
- Sarah Burford ’08, M.A. (2014), history of art, Bryn Mawr College; media arts specialist, National Endowment for the Arts
- Sara Haley ’08, J.D. (2015), University of Chicago Law School; legal intern, Cook County Public Defender
- Rory Sykes ’08, Ph.D. program in art of the Middle East/North Africa; contemporary art, Northwestern University. Nursing assistant.
- Eric M. Glover ’07, M.A. and Ph.D. (2017), English, Princeton University; Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of English Literature at Swarthmore College
- Michelle Wang ’07, Ph.D. (2014), Art History, Chinese Art, University of California, Berkeley; assistant professor of art history and humanities, Reed College
- Robert Alford ’06, Ph.D., rhetoric/film and media, University of California, Berkeley; associate at SteegeThomson
- Verónica Betancourt ’06, Ph.D., arts administration, education, and policy, Ohio State University; director of interpretation, Baltimore Museum of Art
- Katina Cadenas ’06, graduate program in museum studies, Tufts University
- Ruth Halvey ’06, Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese, Princeton University
- Laura Holzman ’06, Ph.D., visual studies, University of California, Irvine; associate professor of art history and museum studies, Public Scholar of Curatorial Practices and Visual Art, IUPUI
- Anna Leach ’06, master’s of architecture, California College of the Arts, San Francisco; senior program manager, design standards – physical retail, Amazon
- Annie Ronan ’05, Ph.D. (2015), Art History, American art, Stanford University. Assistant Professor of Art History, Virginia Tech, School of Visual Arts
- Alexandra Sastre ’05, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School of Communication; Associate Director of campus communications, Swarthmore College
- Elizabeth Leininger ’04, Ph.D., neurobiology and behavior, Columbia University; associate professor of biology, New College of Florida
- Claire Ruud ’04, MBA, Yale University; M.A., art history, University of Texas at Austin; Director of Curatorial Strategy, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- Olivia Gruber ’03, Ph.D., art history, 19th-century Astrian art, Rutgers University; Assistant Professor, Delaware County Community College
- Sam Sadow ’03, Ph.D., art history, Graduate Center, CUNY; M.A., art history, Courtauld Institute of Art; Visual Resources Curator, American University
- Stefan Gary ’02, Ph.D., earth and ocean science, Duke University; senior application engineer and computational scientist, Parallel Works
- Michelle Lee ’02, M.Arch., architecture, Harvard Design School; architect, Behnisch Architekten
- Jonathan Stancato ’02, vocal instructor, New York
- Emily Moore ’01, Ph.D., Native American and American art, University of California, Berkeley; associate professor, Colorado State University
- Zoe Whitley ’01, M.A., Royal College of Art; Director, Chisenhale Gallery, London
- Laura Wolfram ’01, M.A., medieval art, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; MLIS, Queens College; sixth-grade humanities teacher/curriculum coordinator and learning support teacher, Children’s Day School, San Francisco
- Eva Allan ’00, Ph.D., art history, Yale University; Postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Berkeley
- George Flaherty ’00, Ph.D., art and architectural history, University of California, Santa Barbara; Associate Professor of Art History, specializing in modern and contemporary Mexican and Chicano art, University of Texas at Austin
- Susan Novak ’00, MBA, Duke University Fuqua School of Business; senior manager, life sciences and health care, Deloitte Consulting
- Jason Zengerle '96, Writer at Large, New York Times Magazine
- Lauren Jacobi ’97, Associate Professor in the history, theory, and criticism of architecture and art, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Thom Collins ’88, M.A., Art History, Northwestern University; Executive Director and president, Barnes Foundation
