Resume

• 1997

  Twenty years of experience in art-related fields

  including university instruction

  \nonline course development

  study abroad course and itinerary development and on site trip leadership

  interdisciplinary course development

  and expertise in Metro Detroit and European art collections.\n \t\n• Active in instruction and research related to General Education Art History and Art Appreciation

  European Medieval and Renaissance Art

  Mid-Century Modern American Art and Architecture

  Women and Art.\n• Developed and launched online art appreciation course

  including research

  writing

  and editing of all course content in webpages

  handouts

  assessments

  and course videos \n• Developing courses and detailed itineraries for study abroad programs and leading groups on site visits in major European cities\n• Leading lectures and tours related to Metro Detroit museum collections \n

  Deborah

  Kawsky

  Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association

  Oakland Community College

  Detroit Institute of Arts

  Washtenaw Community College

  Madonna University

  Ann Arbor

  MI

  • Teach Art 130 Art Appreciation online and Art 150 Monuments and Cultures courses

  Part-Time Instructor

  Washtenaw Community College

  Ann Arbor

  MI

  • Developed and launched online Art Appreciation course with WCC College on Demand Instructional Designer. Developed and wrote all online course content

  including course webpages

  handouts

  quizzes and tests

  assignments

  discussion boards and blogs. Worked with WCC faculty members and COD eLearning Technology Specialists to write

  develop

  shoot

  and edit course videos. Served as Faculty Course Developer through all phases of the project

  including discovery

  design

  development

  debugging and deployment phases.

  Faculty Course Developer

  Washtenaw Community College

  • Taught lecture series through Education Department relating to museum collections and special exhibitions

  including Angels from the Vatican and Michelangelo and the Medici

  Detroit Institute of Arts

  Madonna University

  Livonia

  MI

  • Teach undergraduate Art History 2020 Great Monuments in World Art and Studies in Italian Art History courses\n• Develop itineraries and related coursework for study abroad courses and trips and lead students on site visits (Spain

  Spring 2014 and Italy

  Spring 2015)\n• Stimulate class involvement through museum visits

  in class artist demonstrations and hands on workshops

  Adjunct Associate Professor

  Birmingham

  MI

  • Taught art history courses

  including Art and Society in Renaissance Italy

  Art and Architecture of Venice

  Art and Architecture of Florence and Tuscany

  Art and Architecture of Rome

  Michelangelo and the Medici

  HERstory of Art

  Art Unappreciation

  and CSI Art History\n• Developed itineraries for European group art-related travel (Florence and Tuscany

  Venice and Rome)\n• Led groups on site visits of museum collections in major European and American cities (Florence

  Tuscany and Rome

  1999 and Washington D.C.

  2002)

  Lecturer

  Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association

  Royal Oak

  MI

  • Teach Art 1560 Art Appreciation course \n• Stimulate class involvement through class museum visits

  Adjunct Instructor

  Oakland Community College

• 1993

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Dissertation: “The Survival

  Revival and Reappraisal of Artistic Tradition: Civic Art and Civic Identity in Renaissance Siena

  Art and History of the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance

  focusing on Italy

  Princeton University

• 1991

  Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

  Princeton University

• 1988

  Patron of the Arts in the Vatican Museums

  Michigan Chapter

  College Art Association

  Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

  Detroit Institute of Arts

  Italian Art Society

  Docomomo US

  Michigan Chapter

  Phi Beta Kappa

  Zeta Chapter of Massachusetts

  English

  Italian

  German

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  History of Art

  Smith College

  magna cum laude

• Kawsky