CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: WILLIAM C MCKEOWN Department:Art and Design


EDUCATION
DEGREES DISCIPLINE INSTITUTION YEAR
BA Art History University of West Florida 1994
MA Art History and Criticism Stony Brook University 1996
PhD Art History Florida State University 2005

EXPERIENCE
RANK/POSITION DEPARTMENT/DIVISION INSTITUTION/COMPANY/ORGANIZATION PERIOD
Teaching Assistant Art Department Stony Brook University 1995-1996
Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record) Department of Art History Florida State University 1996-1999
Visiting Scholar Art Department University of West Florida 2000
Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record) Department of Art History Florida State University 2001-2004
Adjunct Professor Art Department Converse College 2005
Assistant Professor Department of Art University of Memphis 2005-present

HONORS/AWARDS
HONOR/AWARD INSTITUTION/COMPANY/ORGANIZATION YEAR
Undergraduate student of the year in Art History University of West Florida 1994-95
Appleton Teaching Fellow Florida State University 1996-1999
Leffert L. Mabies Jr. Visiting Scholar University of West Florida 2000
Appleton Curatorial Fellow Florida State University 2000
Penelope Mason Fellow Florida State University 2002-2003
Faculty Research Grant University of Memphis 2006
Course Redesign Fellowship University of Memphis 2009
Professional Development Assignment University of Memphis 2010

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
SUBJECT INSTITUTION
Art History Stony Brook University
Art History Florida State University
Art History University of West Florida
Art History Converse College
Art History University of Memphis


STUDENT ADVISING/MENTORING
CURRENT DEGREE NAME YEAR OF GRADUATION
MA Caroline Woodell 2006
MA Nicole Garvin 2008
MA Pamela Nicole Montesi 2008
MA Elaine Slayton 2010

Books Published

2011  The Role of Venetian Renaissance Painting in the Political Theories of John Ruskin [working title].  Lewiston, NY:  the Edwin Mellen Press, forthcoming. 

Refereed Journal Publications

2009 “A Portrait of the Critic as a Young Girl:  James Northcote’s 1822 Portrait of John Ruskin.”  Ruskin Review and Bulletin.   Autumn, 2009:  Vol. 5, No. 2

 2010 “Charles Shannon in the House of Delia:  a Theme from Tibullus.”  The Burlington Magazine. Vol. CLII, no. 1286: May 2010

Non-Refereed Publications

2010 “The Presentation of the Virgin:  Ruskin and Images of Girlhood in Venetian Renaissance Painting.”  in The Venetian Collection:  papers from the conference "Ruskin, Venice, and 19th Century Cultural Travel."  Venice:  Universita' Ca' Foscari Bricole Press, forthcoming. 

Creative/Artistic Works

2003 “Introduction.”  For exhibition “Something Old, Something New: New Paintings by Elizabeth Alley.”  Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN 

Presentations - Universities/Industry (refereed *)

2000 Lecture at the Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL.  “Academia, Arcadia, and Arabia:  Nineteenth-century European Painting at the Appleton.” 

 2008-09   Lecture for seminar, “Art and Science,” the University of Memphis.  Title of talk:  “Leonardo’s Legacy.”

2009  Lecture for class, “The Two Faces of Modernity,” the University of Memphis.  Title of talk:  “Neoclassicism and Romanticism.” 

2009 "The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood."  Talk and gallery tour at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, for the exhibition "Masterpieces of European Painting from the Museo de Arte de Ponce." 

 2010 " 'My Notion of Titian's Work':  Ruskin's Conceptions of Kingship and Venetian Depictions of Doges."  Ruskin Seminar, Lent Term 2010.  Ruskin Library and Research Centre, Lancaster University. 

2010 "Turner versus Canaletto:  Venetian Landscapes and the art criticism of John Ruskin."  Talk at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, for the exhibition "Venice in the Age of Canaletto." 

Other Presentations (refereed *)

1998 “Charles R. Leslie’s The Young Scot and the Highlander as Myth in Early Nineteenth-Century British Art and Culture.” Association of Art Historians.  April, 1998:  Exeter, UK.   

2004  “The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili as a Source for Ricketts and Shannon’s Daphnis and Chloe illustrations.”  Southeastern College Art Conference.  October, 2004:  Jacksonville, Florida.   

2005 “The Pastoral as Politics in Late Victorian Painting and Prints.”  Southeastern College Art Conference.  October, 2005:  Little Rock, Arkansas.    

2007 “Portrait of the Critic as a Young Man:  John Ruskin’s Childhood as Represented in James Northcote’s 1822 Portrait.”   Association of Art Historians.  April, 2007:  Belfast, Northern Ireland.   

2007 “St. George, St. Ursula, and St. Crumpet:  Carpaccio’s Venice as a Model for Ruskin’s Utopian Communities.”  Southeastern College Art Conference.  October, 2007:  Charleston, West Virginia.   

2008  "The Presentation of the Virgin:  Ruskin and Images of Girlhood in Venetian Renaissance Painting."  For the conference "Ruskin, Venice, and 19th Century Cultural Travel," sponsored jointly by The Ruskin Centre at Lancaster University, Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies (INCS), and The Department of European and Postcolonial Studies of University of Ca' Foscari.  September, 2008:  Venice, Italy.    

2010 " “Charles H. Shannon and his Patrons in the Late Victorian and Edwardian Art World.”  Southeastern College Art Conference.  October, 2010:  Richmond, Virginia.  

Internal Support
ACTIVITY AGENCY/SOURCE AMOUNT PERIOD
“John Ruskin and Venetian Painting.” Faculty Research Grant $4000 2006

SERVICE
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE/ACTIVITY PERIOD
University of Memphis Art History program/Graduate Advisor 2005-2008; 2010-present
University of Memphis Scholarship Committee/Art Department 2005-2006
University of Memphis Search Committee/COE 2005-present
University of Memphis MFA periodic evaluations 2006-2008
University of Memphis Foundations Committee/Art Department 2006-present
University of Memphis Faculty Senate/Art Department Representative 2007-2009
University of Memphis Faculty Senate Committee: Administrative Policies 2007-2009
University of Memphis Search Committee/Contemporary Art History 2008
University of Memphis Search Committee/Renaissance Art History 2008
University of Memphis Faculty Research Grants Review Committee (Arts and Humanities) 2008-2009

Appendix A

Academic Year (please indicate year) Course # Course Name Credit Hours Percent Taught Enroll Labratory Supervised(S)/Instructed(I) New Preparation (Y) /(N)
2006-2007 ARTH 7110 Independent Study in Art History 3 100 2   Y
2006-2007 ARTH 4152 Early Modern Art 3 100 29   Y
2006-2007 ARTH 6152 Early Modern Art (graduate section) 3 100 8   Y
2006-2007 ARTH 2102 World Art II 9 100 66   N
2006-2007 ARTH 4195 Proseminar 3 100 8   Y
2006-2007 ARTH 4721 History of Photography I 3 100 36   Y
2006-2007 ARTH 6721 History of Photography I (graduate section) 3 100 3   Y
2007-2008 ARTH 4148 Neoclassicism and Romanticism 3 100 33   N
2007-2008 ARTH 6149 Neoclassicism and Romanticism (graduate section) 3 100 1   N
2007-2008 ARTH 7150 Nineteenth-Century Art 3 100 4   Y
2007-2008 ARTH 4149 Realism and Impressionism 3 100 29   N
2007-2008 ARTH 6149 Realism and Impressionism (graduate section) 3 100 3   N
2007-2008 ARTH 2102 World Art II 9 100 70   N
2007-2008 ARTH 7110 Independent Study in Art History 3 100 3   N
2007-2008 ARTH 7996 Thesis 3 100 2   Y
2008-2009 ARTH 4148 Neoclassicism and Romanticism 3 100 21   N
2008-2009 ARTH 4152 Early Modern Art 3 100 32   N
2008-2009 ARTH 4155 High Modern Art 3 100 26   Y
2008-2009 ARTH 6148 Neoclassicism and Romanticism (graduate section) 3 100 2   N
2008-2009 ARTH 6152 Early Modern Art (graduate section) 3 100 5   N
2008-2009 ARTH 6155 High Modern Art (graduate section) 3 100 4   Y
2008-2009 ARTH 7110 Independent Study 3 100 1   N
2008-2009 ARTH 2102 World Art II 3 100 41   N
2009-2010 ARTH 2102 World Art II 6 100 69   N
2009-2010 ARTH 4149 Realism and Impressionism 3 100 24   N
2009-2010 ARTH 6149 Neoclassicism and Romanticism (graduate section) 3 100 4   N
2009-2010 ARTH 7996 Thesis 3 100 1   Y

Appendix B

2006                Caroline Woodell, “Self-Taught Woodcarvers from the Arkansas Ozarks and the Influence of Tourism.”  MA Thesis
 
2008                Nicole Garvin, "Beyond Fashion: Louise Dahl-Wolfe and her Tennessee Photographs."  MA Thesis
 
2008                Pamela Nicole Montesi, “John Singer Sargent and Impressionism.”  MA Thesis
 
 2010               Elaine Slayton,  “Devotion to God and State:  The Education of the Virgin and Vigée-Lebrun’s Marie-Antoinette en Robe de Velours Bleu.”  MA thesis.