Alison Fields
Alison Lynne Fields (born August 1, 1979) is an American art historian and educator. Fields is currently the Mary Lou Milner Carver Professor of Art of the American West at University of Oklahoma.[1]
Alison Fields | |
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Born | Alison Lynne Fields August 1, 1979 |
Occupation(s) | Art historian Educator |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Colgate University Brown University University of New Mexico |
Thesis | False Closure: Narratives of Trauma, Healing, and American Nationhood (2009) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Art history |
Sub-discipline | American Studies |
Institutions | University of Oklahoma |
Career
Fields received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Native American Studies from Colgate University in 2001. There, she was part of the Student Government Association.[2] Fields then proceeded to receive a Master of Arts in American Civilization from Brown University in 2003, and a Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies from the University of New Mexico in 2009. Fields wrote a doctoral dissertation titled "False Closure: Narratives of Trauma, Healing, and American Nationhood."[3] Following graduating, she was hired as the Mary Lou Milner Carver Professor of Art of the American West at University of Oklahoma. Additionally, Fields began serving as Associate Editor of the journal titled Western Historical Quarterly since 2016, and two years later, Associate Director of the School of Visual Arts.[4]