Pedagogy Workshop with Rebecca K. VanDiver (History of Art and Architecture, Vanderbilt University), Yucong Hao (Asian Studies, Vanderbilt University), and Isaac West (Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University).
Rebecca K. VanDiver (History of Art and Architecture, Vanderbilt University)
“Stop Scrolling, Start Staring: Patience as an Art Historical Method”
Bio: Rebecca VanDiver teaches courses on Modern/Contemporary African American art, the history of women artists, and contemporary African art and visual culture. Her research focuses on 20th century Black women artists and more recently the use of ephemeral print in African American Art. She is the author of Designing a New Tradition: Loïs Mailou Jones and the Aesthetics of Blackness (Penn State University Press, 2020).
Yucong Hao (Asian Studies, Vanderbilt University)
“AI encounters”
Bio: Yucong Hao is Mellon Assistant Professor of Asian Studies. Working at the intersection of comparative literature, media history, and performance studies, she studies the global connectivity, postcolonial engagement, and racial imagination in modern Chinese literature and media. Her work has appeared in journals such as Modern Asian Studies, Global Storytelling, and International Comparative Literature.
Isaac West (Communication Studies, Vanderbilt)
“Criminal Pedagogies”
Bio: Isaac West is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Director of Undergraduate Studies with teaching and research interests in law, media and society. He is the author of Transforming Citizenships: Transgender Articulations of the Law (NYU press, 2013) and many essays and articles.