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Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award
The Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award, established in 1977, is presented to an individual who has been actively engaged in teaching art history for most of their career. Among the range of criteria that may be applied in evaluating candidates are: inspiration to a broad range of students in the pursuit of humanistic studies; rigorous intellectual standards and outstanding success in both scholarly and class presentation; contribution to the advancement of knowledge and methodology in the discipline, including integration of art-historical knowledge with other disciplines; and aid to students in the development of their careers.
2024 WINNER
Monica Juneja
PAST WINNERS
In the past, the Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award has gone to well-respected teachers and scholars such as Jules Prown (1996), Anne Coffin Hanson (1990), Meyer Shapiro (1981), and Phoebe B. Stanton (1980). Recent recipients include Wu Hung (2008), Richard Shiff (2010), and Patricia Hills (2011). Exemplifying the important connection between scholarship and teaching, Robert Herbert, Oleg Grabar, and James Cahill have received both the teaching award and the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art.
2023 No recipient this year.
Jury: Terry Smith, University of Pittsburgh, Chair; Gillian Elliot, George Washington University; George Baker, University of California, Los Angeles.
2022 Terry Smith
Jury: Shirin Fozi, University of Pittsburgh, chair; Molly Nesbit, Vassar College; and Joseph Mascheck, Hofstra University.
2021 Kaori Kitao, Swarthmore College
Jury: Shirin Fozi, University of Pittsburgh, chair; Molly Nesbit, Vassar College; Joseph Mascheck, Hofstra University; and Kimberly Musial Datchuk, University of Iowa.
2020 Harriet Senie, City College New York and the CUNY Graduate Center
Jury: Alan Wallach, William & Mary, chair; Jennifer Way, University of North Texas; and Kimberly Musial Datchuk, University of Iowa.
2019 Nancy S. Stienhardt, University of Pennsylvania
Jury: Alan Wallach, William & Mary, chair; Jennifer Way, University of North Texas; and Kimberly Musial Datchuk, University of Iowa.
2019 Edward Sullivan, Institute of Fine Art
Jury: Alan Wallach, College of William and Mary, emeritus, chair; Kimberly Musial Datchuk, University of Iowa; Jennifer Way, University of North Texas
2018 Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Yale University
Jury: Petra ten-Doesschate Chu, Seton Hall University, chair; Alan Wallach, College of William and Mary; and June Hargrove, University of Maryland.
2018 Alex Potts, University of Michigan
Jury: Petra ten-Doesschate Chu, Seton Hall University, chair; Alan Wallach, College of William and Mary; and June Hargrove, University of Maryland.
2017 Patricia Mainardi, The City University of New York (CUNY)
Jury: Margaretta Lovell, University of California, Berkeley, chair; Petra Chu, Seton Hall University; and June Hargrove, University of Maryland.
2016 Patricia Berger, University of California, Berkeley
Jury: Margaretta Lovell, University of California, Berkeley, chair; Petra Chu, Seton Hall University; and June Hargrove, University of Maryland
2015 Petra Ten-Doesschate Chu
Jury: Gabriel Weisberg, University of Minnesota, chair; Patricia Hills, Boston University; and Margaretta Lovell, University of California, Berkeley.
2014 Margaretta M. Lovell, University of California, Berkeley; and W. J. T. Mitchell, University of Chicago
Jury: William Tronzo, University of California, San Diego, chair; Patricia Hills, Boston University; and Gabriel Weisberg, University of Minnesota.
2013 June Hargrove, University of Maryland, College Park
Jury: William Tronzo, University of California, San Diego, chair; Patricia Hills, Boston University; and Gabriel Weisberg, University of Minnesota.
2012 Gabriel P. Weisberg, University of Minnesota
Jury: Laurinda Dixon, Syracuse University, chair; and Glenn Peers, University of Texas at Austin, and William Tronzo, University of California, San Diego.
2011 Patricia Hills, Boston University
Jury: Aimée Bessire, Maine College of Art, chair; Laurinda Dixon, Syracuse University; and Glenn Peers, University of Texas at Austin.
2010 Richard Shiff, University of Texas at Austin
Jury: Aimée Bessire, Maine College of Art, chair; Laurinda Dixon, Syracuse University; and Glenn Peers, University of Texas at Austin.
2009 Charles W. Haxthausen, Williams College
Jury: Rebecca Corrie, Bates College, chair; Barbara Jaffee, Northern Illinois University; Carol Purtle, University of Memphis; and Aimée Bessire, Maine College of Art.
2008 Wu Hung, University of Chicago
Jury: Rebecca Corrie, Bates College, chair; Eva Hoffman, Tufts University; Barbara Jaffee, Northern Illinois University; and Carol Purtle, University of Memphis.
2007 Wanda M. Corn, Stanford University; and Alan Wallach, College of William and Mary
Jury: Roger Crum, University of Dayton, chair; Eva Hoffman, Tufts University; Rebecca Corrie, Bates College; and Barbara Jaffee, Northern Illinois University.
2006 Annemarie Weyl Carr, Southern Methodist University
Jury: Roger Crum, University of Dayton, chair; David Rosand, Columbia University; Martha Ward, University of Chicago; and Eva Hoffman, Tufts University.
2005 David G. Wilkins, University of Pittsburgh
Committee: Dorothy Johnson, University of Iowa, chair; Roger Crum, University of Dayton; Dale Kinney, Bryn Mawr College; David Rosand, Columbia University; and Martha Ward, University of Chicago.
2004 Carol Herselle Krinsky
Committee: Dorothy Johnson, University of Iowa, chair; Ellen Konowitz, State University of New York, New Paltz; David Rosand, Columbia University; Gregory P. Warden, Southern Methodist University; and Martha Ward, University of Chicago.
2003 John T. Paoletti, Wesleyan University
Committee: Shelley Perlove, University of Michigan, Dearborn, chair; Dorothy Johnson, University of Iowa; Ellen Konowitz, State University of New York, New Paltz; and P. Gregory Warden, Southern Methodist University
2002 Dale Kinney, Bryn Mawr College
Committee: Shelley Perlove, University of Michigan, Dearborn, chair; Dorothy Johnson, University of Iowa; Ellen Konowitz, State University of New York, New Paltz; and P. Gregory Warden, Southern Methodist University
2001 Jonathan Fineberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Committee: Jack Flam, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, chair; Shelley Perlove, University of Michigan, Dearborn; Dorothy Johnson, University of Iowa; and Joanna Williams, University of California, Berkeley
2000 Cecelia F. Klein, University of California, Los Angeles
Committee: Ellen T. Baird, University of Illinois, chair; Jack Flam, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; Dorothy Johnson, University of Iowa; and Joanna Williams, University of California, Berkeley
1999 Clifton Olds, Bowdoin College
Committee: Pamela H. Simpson, Washington and Lee University, chair; Ellen T. Baird, University of Illinois; Jack Flam, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; and Joanna Williams, University of California, Berkeley
1998 Wen C. Fong, Princeton University; and Barbara Novak, Barnard College
Committee: Pamela H. Simpson, Washington and Lee University, chair; Ellen T. Baird, University of Illinois; James Cahill, University of California, Berkeley; and Alessandra Comini, Southern Methodist University
1997 Françoise Forster-Hahn, University of California
Committee: David A. Levine, Southern Connecticut State University, chair; Ellen T. Baird, Univeristy of Illinois, Chicago; James Cahill, University of California, Berkeley; Alessandra Comini, Southern Methodist University; and Pamela H. Simpson, Washington and Lee University
1996 Jules D. Prown, Yale University
Committee: Patricia Mainardi, City College, City University of New York, chair; James Cahill, University of California, Berkeley; Alessandra Comini, Southern Methodist University; and David Levine, Southern Connecticut State University
1995 James Cahill, University of California, Berkeley
Committee: Linda Stone-Ferrier, University of Kansas, chair; David Levine, Southern Connecticut State University; Pat Mainardi, City College, City University of New York; and David Wilkins, University of Pittsburgh
1994 John Rosenfield, Harvard University
Committee: Susan Barnes, Dallas Museum of Art, chair; Linda Stone-Ferrier, University of Kansas; and David Wilkins, University of Pittsburgh
1993 James Holderbaum, Smith College
Committee: Susan Barnes, chair, Dallas Museum of Art; Anne Coffin Hanson, Yale University; Linda Stone-Ferrier, University of Kansas; and David Wilkins, University of Pittsburgh
1992 Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Committee: Susan Barnes, Dallas Museum of Art, chair; Anne Coffin Hanson, Yale University; Lilien Robinson, George Washington University; and Mark Thistlethwaite, Texas Christian University
1991 James Ackerman, Harvard University; and Timothy J. Clark, University of California, Berkeley
Committee: Hollis Clayson, Northwestern University, chair; Jeff Donaldson, Howard University; and Zirka Filipiczak, Williams College
1990 Anne Coffin Hanson, Yale University; newly instituted award recognizing a junior professor’s achievement in teaching: Hollis Clayson, Northwestern University
Committee: John Paoletti, Wesleyan University, chair; Peter Parshall, Reed College; and Linda Seidel, University of Chicago
1989 Fred Licht, Boston University; and Whitney Stoddard, Williams College
Committee: James Ackerman, Harvard University, chair; Charles Cuttler, University of Iowa; and Beatrice Farwell, University of California, Santa Barbara
1988 Pamela Askew, Emerita, Vassar College
Committee: Eleanor Tufts, Southern Methodist University, chair; Richard Carrott, University of California, Riverside; and Patricia Rose, Florida State University
1987 Marvin Eisenberg, University of Michigan; and Richard Krautheimer, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Committee: Carol Krinsky, New York University, chair; Eleanor Greenhill, University of Texas, Austin; and Peter Walch, University of New Mexico Art Museum
1986 Esther Gordon Dotson, Cornell University
Committee: Ann Sutherland Harris, chair; Julius S. Held; and David Huntingon
1985 Father Harrie Vanderstappen, University of Chicago
Committee: Howard McP. Davis, Columbia University, chair; Elizabeth Johns, University of Pittsburgh; and Alfred Moir
1984 Howard McP. Davis, Columbia University
Committee: William C. Loerke, chair; Beatrice Farwell; and David Rosand
1983 Oleg Grabar, Harvard University
Committee: Henry Millon, Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, chair; Walter Cahn, Yale University; and Martha Kingsbury, University of Washington
1982 Robert Herbert, Yale University
Committee: Howard Hibbard, Columbia University, chair; Ilene Forsyth; and Charles Rhyne, Reed College
1981 Meyer Shapiro, Columbia University
Committee: Lucy Freeman Sandler, New York University, chair; Marvin Eisenberg; and Albert Elsen
1980 Phoebe B. Stanton, Emerita, Johns Hopkins University
Committee: Wallace Tomasini, chair; Ruth Butler; and Wanda Corn
1979 Horst W. Janson, New York University
Committee: Kathleen Weil-Garris, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, chair; Leopold Ettlinger; and William R. Rearick
1978 Ellen Johnson, Emerita, Oberlin College
Committee: Lorenze Eitner, chair; Anne Coffin Hanson, Yale University; Beth Mandelbaum; and Leo Steinberg
1977 Alexander Soper
Committee: Lorenze Eitner, chair; Anne Coffin Hanson, Yale University; Beth Mandelbaum; and Leo Steinberg