>> And I like to tell people actually that I did not major in art history in undergraduate.
My background is that I studied studio art and also double majored in a language,
French which if you do have the thought
of perhaps studying art history having languages is an important component of the job.
In graduate school you'll have to pass one or two language exams so I didn't have a clear idea
at the time but it certainly has come in helpful and I would say also the same
for the studio degree that in graduate school I learned having made things myself
that that knowledge came in handy in terms of understanding objects that artists have made
in the past or even if we were talking about contemporary art.
So two folks from the University of Maryland preceded me here and actually one of the women
who teaches art history in the Art History Department here at Rollins is a graduate
of my program, art history at the University of Maryland and so I knew that she was here
and she had actually come to speak and give a lecture at the university when I was there
as a graduate student and so we established a connection.
I knew that she was an alum and we kind of stayed in touch and she wasn't the only reason
but sort of when I saw the job announcement it caught my attention I think more so than normal
because I felt like I knew someone who was already in there
and so I basically defended my dissertation in the Spring of 2010 and then immediately went
on the job market and Rollins was the first to the table with an offer.