Professor, Stockton University

Field of Study: Art History

Member since: 2018

What does your work involve and how does it intersect with visual literacy?

Because I teach art history, a lot of what I do is look at images and discuss them with students. We consider composition and the way artists have used the visual elements of art (line, color, shape, etc.) as well as biographical and cultural aspects of the art under consideration.

How did you become interested in visual literacy?

Back in 2012, colleagues at Stockton University invited me to present at the IVLA conference held at Stockton’s Seaview Hotel. In the last two years I’ve become active with the art exhibition committee.

What are you currently working on (feel free to describe a typical day!)?

I’m currently writing an essay for the 2022 IVLA conference and preparing for fall classes. On the backburner I have a book and website project “Art & Architecture of New Jersey” that I hope to return to.

What does the term ‘visual literacy’ mean to you?

Images are all around us these days. Visual literacy means learning to assess these images and their meaning critically.  I’m less interested in formal definitions of the phrase, however, than in teaching my students to analyze and understand the visual arts.

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