The faculty members in the Department of Art History are active scholars and experienced teachers committed to the study of art in a liberal arts setting.
Rand Carter, Ph.D., Professor of Art History
(rcarter@hamilton.edu) Carter joined the Hamilton faculty in 1970. He earned a master's and Ph.D. from Princeton and did his undergraduate study at Columbia University. He received a Fullbright Scholarship to study at the Coutauld Institute of the University of London where he researched his doctoral dissertation. Carter teaches courses in architecture, the history of design, European and Islamic art. He is the author of a book about Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and has written three guidebooks in the Landmarks Society of Greater Utica series on the city's outdoor sculpture, Forest Hill Cemetery and walking tours within the Scenic and Historic District. He is also a contributor to the Grove Dictionary of Art and the MacMillan Encyclopedia of Architects. Carter is currently working on a book, A Potsdam Idyll: Karl Friedrich Schinkel's Summer Retreats for the Prussian Royal Princes.
Steve Goldberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History
(sgoldber@hamilton.edu) Goldberg specializes in the history of Chinese art. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Since the early 90s, he has participated as instructor and director of numerous summer institutes and region conferences of the Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP), a joint program of the University of Hawai'i and the East-West Center that was initiated to infuse Asian content and perspectives into the core curriculum at U.S. colleges and universities. He has published numerous articles and chapters in books on Chinese art and philosophy, with a particular interest in Chinese calligraphy. Publications include “The Primacy of Gesture: Phenomenology and the Art of Chinese Calligraphy,” in “Metamorphosis,”(2004); “Philosophical Reflection and Visual Art in Traditional China,” in “Teaching Texts and Contexts: The Art of Infusing Asian Philosophies and Religions,” (SUNY Press, 2004); and "Recognition of the True Self: Zen Buddhism and Bokuseki Calligraphy," in “Zen no Sho: The Calligraphy of Fukushima Keido Roshi” (Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers, 2003). More about Steve Goldberg ...
John McEnroe, Ph.D., John and Anne Fischer Professor in Fine Arts
John McEnroe teaches courses in classical art, Renaissance art, medieval art and critical theory. He has published a broad range of articles, reviews and reports. McEnroe currently divides most of his research time between Crete and Athens where he has been appointed a Senior Associate Member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. His most recent project is a book that explores how people in the cosmopolitan society of ancient Crete used architecture to construct their sense of social, community and ethnic identity. Before coming to Hamilton, McEnroe worked as a field archaeologist and taught art history at Indiana University and the University of Virginia.
Deborah Pokinski, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History and Chair of Art History
(dpokinsk@hamilton.edu) Deborah Pokinski, who earned a Ph.D. in modern art history from Cornell University, joined the Hamilton faculty in 1978. Her research interests include the history of American architecture, especially late 19th century; history of turn of the century American painting; and women in art. She is the author of The Development of the American Modern Style (1984); five biographical essays in Lives and Legacies: Artists, Writers and Musicians (2001); and co-editor with John McEnroe of Critical Perspectives on Art History (2002). Pokinski is currently working on a study of the images of women in the work of turn of the century American artist William McGregor Paxton. She curated two exhibitions at the Emerson Gallery in collaboration with art history concentrators: "Whistler and His Contemporaries:Prints of Venice" (2003-04) and Elihu Root, Jr., Class of 1903: Lawyer-Painter" (2004). Pokinski also co-curated Sculpture Space Inside Outside, an Emerson Gallery-sponsored exhibition of outdoor sculpture in honor of the 30th anniversary of Sculpture Space in Utica, N.Y.
Tacey Rosolowski, Ph.D., Lecturer in Art History
Tacey A. Rosolowski is an independent scholar and freelance writer/lecturer. Her current area of research is the aesthetics of everyday live, work supported by a Renwick Fellowship from the Smithsonian Institution and a Brown Fellowship administered through the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Rosolowski has a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo and an M.S. from Cornell University.
Hamilton's Department of Art History is one of the few independent undergraduate art history departments in the country. Independent status allows the department to shape its own curriculum and set its own standards while drawing on the resources of programs in American studies, medieval and Renaissance studies, and Asian studies as well as the College’s programs abroad. This vibrant mix of views and voices provides a vital perspective on human culture and creativity.
Resources Nearby
The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, minutes away in Utica, offers internships and houses one of the most important collections of American art in the country.
Study Abroad
Like all Hamilton students, art history majors have many opportunities to study abroad. Paris, Madrid and Rome are popular destinations for budding art historians.
Digital Access
Students can access a digital database of more than 400,000 images.
Student Curators
Art history students often curate exhibitions at the College's Emerson Gallery.
Hamilton's Department of Art History is one of the few independent undergraduate art history departments in the country. Independent status allows the department to shape its own curriculum and set its own standards while drawing on the resources of programs in American studies, medieval and Renaissance studies, and Asian studies as well as the College’s programs abroad. This vibrant mix of views and voices provides a vital perspective on human culture and creativity.
Resources Nearby
The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, minutes away in Utica, offers internships and houses one of the most important collections of American art in the country.
Study Abroad
Like all Hamilton students, art history majors have many opportunities to study abroad. Paris, Madrid and Rome are popular destinations for budding art historians.
Digital Access
Students can access a digital database of more than 400,000 images.
Student Curators
Art history students often curate exhibitions at the College's Emerson Gallery.
Hamilton's Department of Art History is one of the few independent undergraduate art history departments in the country. Independent status allows the department to shape its own curriculum and set its own standards while drawing on the resources of programs in American studies, medieval and Renaissance studies, and Asian studies as well as the College’s programs abroad. This vibrant mix of views and voices provides a vital perspective on human culture and creativity.
Resources Nearby
The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, minutes away in Utica, offers internships and houses one of the most important collections of American art in the country.
Study Abroad
Like all Hamilton students, art history majors have many opportunities to study abroad. Paris, Madrid and Rome are popular destinations for budding art historians.
Digital Access
Students can access a digital database of more than 400,000 images.
Student Curators
Art history students often curate exhibitions at the College's Emerson Gallery.
Hamilton's Department of Art History is one of the few independent undergraduate art history departments in the country. Independent status allows the department to shape its own curriculum and set its own standards while drawing on the resources of programs in American studies, medieval and Renaissance studies, and Asian studies as well as the College’s programs abroad. This vibrant mix of views and voices provides a vital perspective on human culture and creativity.
Resources Nearby
The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, minutes away in Utica, offers internships and houses one of the most important collections of American art in the country.
Study Abroad
Like all Hamilton students, art history majors have many opportunities to study abroad. Paris, Madrid and Rome are popular destinations for budding art historians.
Digital Access
Students can access a digital database of more than 400,000 images.
Student Curators
Art history students often curate exhibitions at the College's Emerson Gallery.
Hamilton's Department of Art History is one of the few independent undergraduate art history departments in the country. Independent status allows the department to shape its own curriculum and set its own standards while drawing on the resources of programs in American studies, medieval and Renaissance studies, and Asian studies as well as the College’s programs abroad. This vibrant mix of views and voices provides a vital perspective on human culture and creativity.
Resources Nearby
The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, minutes away in Utica, offers internships and houses one of the most important collections of American art in the country.
Study Abroad
Like all Hamilton students, art history majors have many opportunities to study abroad. Paris, Madrid and Rome are popular destinations for budding art historians.
Digital Access
Students can access a digital database of more than 400,000 images.
Student Curators
Art history students often curate exhibitions at the College's Emerson Gallery.
AFTER HAMILTON
Hamilton graduates who concentrated in Art History are pursuing careers in a variety of fields, including:
Production Manager, ABC News, Good Morning America
Vice President, Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising
Contemporary Art Specialist, Sotheby's
President, McGraw-Hill Companies
Senior Vice President, William Doyle Galleries
Professor of Art History, University of Tennessee
Gemologist, Lang Antiques
Development Associate, American Museum of Natural History
Vice President and Real Estate Counsel, Lehman Brothers
Curator, Decorative Arts and Design, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Carter joined the Hamilton faculty in 1970. He earned a master's and Ph.D. from Princeton and did his undergraduate study at Columbia University. He received a Fullbright Scholarship to study at the Coutauld Institute of the University of London where he researched his doctoral dissertation. Carter teaches courses in architecture, the history of design, European and Islamic art. He is the author of a book about Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and has written three guidebooks in the Landmarks Society of Greater Utica series on the city's outdoor sculpture, Forest Hill Cemetery and walking tours within the Scenic and Historic District. He is also a contributor to the Grove Dictionary of Art and the MacMillan Encyclopedia of Architects. Carter is currently working on a book, A Potsdam Idyll: Karl Friedrich Schinkel's Summer Retreats for the Prussian Royal Princes.
Goldberg specializes in the history of Chinese art. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Since the early 90s, he has participated as instructor and director of numerous summer institutes and region conferences of the Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP), a joint program of the University of Hawai'i and the East-West Center that was initiated to infuse Asian content and perspectives into the core curriculum at U.S. colleges and universities. He has published numerous articles and chapters in books on Chinese art and philosophy, with a particular interest in Chinese calligraphy. Publications include “The Primacy of Gesture: Phenomenology and the Art of Chinese Calligraphy,” in “Metamorphosis,”(2004); “Philosophical Reflection and Visual Art in Traditional China,” in “Teaching Texts and Contexts: The Art of Infusing Asian Philosophies and Religions,” (SUNY Press, 2004); and "Recognition of the True Self: Zen Buddhism and Bokuseki Calligraphy," in “Zen no Sho: The Calligraphy of Fukushima Keido Roshi” (Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers, 2003). More about Steve Goldberg ...
Deborah Pokinski, who earned a Ph.D. in modern art history from Cornell University, joined the Hamilton faculty in 1978. Her research interests include the history of American architecture, especially late 19th century; history of turn of the century American painting; and women in art. She is the author of The Development of the American Modern Style (1984); five biographical essays in Lives and Legacies: Artists, Writers and Musicians (2001); and co-editor with John McEnroe of Critical Perspectives on Art History (2002). Pokinski is currently working on a study of the images of women in the work of turn of the century American artist William McGregor Paxton. She curated two exhibitions at the Emerson Gallery in collaboration with art history concentrators: "Whistler and His Contemporaries:Prints of Venice" (2003-04) and Elihu Root, Jr., Class of 1903: Lawyer-Painter" (2004). Pokinski also co-curated Sculpture Space Inside Outside, an Emerson Gallery-sponsored exhibition of outdoor sculpture in honor of the 30th anniversary of Sculpture Space in Utica, N.Y.
