This fall, Alex Brey, Ph.D. '18, will start a new job as an assistant professor of Islamic art at Wellesley College.
Since completing his Ph.D., Alex has been working at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, a research center for art historians at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. His position focused on creating a digital reference tool about the history of landscape design, which will serve historians as well as practicing landscape architects once it is complete.
He has also been working on a collaborative research project with fellow ůůֱ²¥ alum Maeve Doyle, Ph.D. '15. The pair was recently selected to participate in a two-year workshop about network analysis and digital art history funded by the Getty Foundation.
Below, Alex talks about how his experience in the ůůֱ²¥ Ph.D. program prepared him for what has followed:
"Through classes and the mentorship of my dissertation adviser ůůֱ²¥ Alicia Walker, I became proficient in research and writing, which allows me to compile and communicate information on new topics quickly and clearly. Since I work with digital resources, methods, and publication tools, the perspectives that I gained as a graduate assistant in the Digital Scholarship program help me on a daily basis.
"As I look forward to my new job, I am grateful for ůůֱ²¥ Alison Cook-Sather's pedagogy workshops. She invited participants to question our assumptions about learning and empowered us to explore new approaches to teaching. Perhaps most importantly, ůůֱ²¥ taught me how to participate in and contribute to a community of thinkers. Whether in the classroom or in other settings, such as the weekly colloquia organized by the Center for Visual Culture, the faculty, staff, and students at ůůֱ²¥ were constantly modeling curiosity, critical thinking, and collegiality."
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences currently accepts students into Ph.D. programs in Chemistry; Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology; Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies; History of Art; Mathematics; and Physics.
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