Dr. Nicole Scalissi, Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor in Art History and Global Cultures
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You'll enjoy hearing about Art and Design from the perspective of Dr. Scalissi. Discovering her love of and interest in art came at an early age in a home filled with artists. Andy Warhol plays a big part in her launch!
Nicole is a historian of contemporary art. Her research focuses on performance, intervention, and installation art that deals with issues of violence, Latinx/Afro-Latinx identities, and representation in the United States, in Aztlán, and at the border shared with Mexico. Her teaching extends to contemporary art of the Americas, modern and contemporary art in a global context, and histories of social practice art. Dr. Scalissi is a community-engaged scholar, and her courses often produce mutually-beneficial projects with local communities.
Nicole specializes in identity and representation, Latinx and Afro-Latinx art histories, art of the United States and borderland/la frontera, Contemporary art of the Americas, global Contemporary art, social practice, performance art, art activism and social justice.
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