Duke University - Art, Art History & Visual Studies

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    Rebecca E. Keegan VanDiver

  • Rebecca E. Keegan VanDiver

  • Art, Art History & Visual Studies
  • 112 East Duke Building
  • Phone: 919-668-1490
  • Fax: 919-684-4398

  • Overview

    Rebecca is a pre-doctoral fellow at the University of Virginia's Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American & African Studies (2011-2013) where she is completing her dissertation entitled: Blackness in Triplicate: Lois Mailou Jones, Black Diasporic Art Practice, and Africa in the 20th Century. Rebecca's research interests include: African and African-American Art, Film and Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Issues of Exhibition, and Museum Studies. Rebecca works with Dr. Richard J. Powell. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University. Her work has been supported by grants/fellowships awarded by the American Council of Learned Societies/Henry Luce Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution, the Social Science Research Council/Mellon Mays Graduate Initiative, and the Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke University. Rebecca is also pursuing a certificate in African and African American Studies.

  • Specialties

    • Art of the United States
    • Afro-American Art
    • African Art
    • Visual Studies/Visual Culture