Mary Caroline Simpson, Assistant Professor
1347 Doudna Fine Arts Center
217-581-6626
msimpson@eiu.edu
Educational Background:
1984 B.A. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1990 M.A. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
2001 Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Teaching Experience:
2007- present, Eastern Illinois University, Assistant Professor - Art History
2007, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, Resident Assistant Professor – Art History
2000-2006, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Assistant Professor – Art History
1998-2000, University of Dayton, Visiting Assistant Professor – Art History
1995-1998, Indiana State University, Instructor – Art History
1993-1995, University of Southern Indiana, Instructor – Art History
Areas of Creative Work and Research:
Research is focused on how various museum curators, art dealers, collectors, critics, and art organizations aided, challenged, and stymied efforts to develop support in Chicago for the artists of the New York School during the 1950s and how these efforts aided, challenged, and stymied the Exhibition Momentum Group, formed in 1948 by artist Leon Golub, as it struggled to secure regional and national recognition for Chicago artists. Additional research topics have included American printmaking since 1976, service-learning pedagogy, and, most recently, environmentally concerned art in America since 1990.
