Kristen Galvin, ANNA 4, Video Still/C-Print from the series Blondes from Beyond, 2008
about
Examining post-1960s visual and material culture in the United States, Kristen Galvin’s interdisciplinary work explores intersections across film and media, popular music, performance, contemporary art, gender and sexuality, memory, and subcultural studies. She is also an advocate for the public humanities, doctoral reform, and fair labor practices in higher education. She has published in the Journal of Popular Music Studies, Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion, Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Art Journal Open, American Book Review and in edited collections. She received her PhD in Visual Studies from the University of California, Irvine where she completed her dissertation on Downtown New York's cultural scenes in the 1970s–1980s. Her current book project explores “hypernostalgia” on television in relation to constructions of “Americanness” and the ongoing culture wars in the 21st century.
She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Visual Cultures Concentration in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS). From the years 2021-2023 she also served as Program Director. Prior to her time at UCCS, she taught undergraduate and graduate courses in art history and film and media studies at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She also held the visiting position of Assistant Director for Graduate Engagement and Lecturer in the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere at the University of Florida, where she created the Envision Humanities initiative which featured a public humanities internship program and institute. Prior to her career in academia, she worked for and managed the studios of professional artists across varied media in New York City and Los Angeles, and supported their international exhibitions.
She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Visual Cultures Concentration in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS). From the years 2021-2023 she also served as Program Director. Prior to her time at UCCS, she taught undergraduate and graduate courses in art history and film and media studies at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She also held the visiting position of Assistant Director for Graduate Engagement and Lecturer in the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere at the University of Florida, where she created the Envision Humanities initiative which featured a public humanities internship program and institute. Prior to her career in academia, she worked for and managed the studios of professional artists across varied media in New York City and Los Angeles, and supported their international exhibitions.
curriculum vitae
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