Shalon Parker, Ph.D.

Professor of Art, Department Chair of Critical Race & Ethnic Studies

Dr. Parker teaches art history courses on a range of topics, including women artists, 19th c. European art, 20th c. American art, and the history of photography. She has published articles on late nineteenth-century French painting in French Cultural...

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Shalon Parker, Ph.D. Professor of Art & Department Chair

Contact Information

  • Office Hours Spring 2025

    Tuesdays: 2:00pm - 4:00pm (HUB 126)
    Thursdays: 10:00am - 12:00pm (JUNDT 107)
    Or by appointment

  • (509) 313-6718

Education & Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D. in the History of Art, Â鶹¹ÙÍø of California, Berkeley, 2003

M.A. in the History of Art, Â鶹¹ÙÍø of California, Berkeley, 1996

B.A. in Art History and History, Â鶹¹ÙÍø of California, Santa Cruz, 1993

Courses Taught

VART 190:  Art Survey: Prehistoric-Medieval
VART 191:  Art Survey: Renaissance-Modern
VART 193:  First-Year Seminar:  Art, Race, and Space:  U.S. Murals
VART 394:  (Special Topics in Art History):  Art and Race in the Americas and Art since 1940
VART 395:  Art in the 19th c.
VART 396:  Art in the 20th c.
VART 407:  Women Artists
VART 408:  History of Photography

 

Dr. Parker teaches art history courses on a range of topics, including women artists, 19th c. European art, 20th c. American art, and the history of photography. She has published articles on late nineteenth-century French painting in French Cultural Studies and the SECAC Review.  She is the author of the book, Painting the Prehistoric Body in Late Nineteenth-Century France (2018, Rowman & Littlefield/Â鶹¹ÙÍø of Delaware Press).