Margueritte Mayhall, Ph.D.

• B.A., German and Molecular Biology, Austin College, 1983
• M.A., Latin American Art History, The University of Texas at Austin, 1993 
• Ph.D., Latin American Art History, The University of Texas at Austin, 2001

• AH 1700, Art History Survey: Prehistory to the Renaissance
• AH 3793, Sacred Space and Sacred Landscape
• AH 3795, Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture
• AH 3796, Modern Latin American Art and Architecture
• AH 3792, History of Western Architecture

Previous: Art and architecture of modern Venezuela

Current: Book research in progress for a project tentatively entitled Fashioning ‘the Sacred’: Landscape, Space, and Architecture, with research encompassing the 'sacred,' art, architecture, affect theory, and embodiment

Invited blog post, University of Alabama Religious Studies Department, Studying Religion in Culture series, August 2023, “Teaching the Sacred as an Art Historian,” at https://religion.ua.edu/blog/2023/08/25/teaching-the-sacred-as-an-art-historian/

Review of James W. Dean Jr. & Deborah Y. Clarke, The Insider’s Guide to Working with Universities: Practical Insights for Board Members, Businesspeople, Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists, Alumni, Parents, and Administrators. UNC P, 2019. Watchung Review, vol. 4, July 2021 (submitted 1 August 2020).

“The Vital Importance of First-Day Activities,” InsideHigherEd, 14 August 2018, https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2018/08/14/guidance-how-teach-first-day-class-opinion.

“Living beyond the Hyphen:  Being Latino/a in New Jersey,” catalogue essay for the exhibition Ser Latino en Nueva Jersey:  Being Latino/a in New Jersey, Kean University, James Howe Gallery, 11 October – 4 November 2005. OCLC #777569935.

“Modernist, but Not Exceptional: The Debate over Modern Art and National Identity in 1950s Venezuela,” Latin American Perspectives 32, no.2 (March 2005):  124-146. (International social sciences journal, issue devoted to the theme of Venezuelan exceptionalism, Steve Ellner and Miguel Tinker Salas,co-editors).

“Engage Your Students from the Very First Day:  Using Icebreakers to Frame Course Content.” (with Francine S. Glazer).  Proceedings of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning Annual Conference.  Baltimore, 2004.

Entries on “Ciudad Universitaria, Caracas,” and “Carlos Raúl Villanueva,” Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture (3 volumes), Routledge/Taylor & Francis, New York and London, 2003.

Entry on “Jacobo Borges” and updated entry on “Jesús Soto,” Contemporary Artists, 5th edition (2 volumes), St. James Press, London, 2001.

“Paola Ferrario’s Elder Relatives,” catalogue essay for the exhibition Inheritance:  The “Elder Relatives Series” by Paola Ferrario, 13 September – 5 November 2000, Photography Gallery, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, n.p.  Essay reprinted for the two artist-exhibition Paola Ferrario, Inheritance:  The Elder Relatives Series and Linda Troeller, TB—AIDS Diary, by Paola Ferrario and Linda Troeller, 19 February to 20 March 2002, Richart Stockton College Art Gallery, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, New Jersey, n.p.