Amy A. DaPonte, Ph.D. One Bear Place #97259 Waco, TX 76798-7259 (254) 710-6383 Email: Amy_DaPonte@Baylor.edu EDUCATION Ph.D., 2014, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, (Postwar Art History). Dissertation: Critical Publicity: Candida Höfer s Public Space Photographs, 1968-present Committee: Pamela M. Lee (advisor), Fred Turner, Bryan Wolf, Pavle Levi M.Arch., 2005, Rice University, Houston, TX, School of Architecture (Architectural Design & Theory) B.A., magna cum laude, 2001, Rice University, Houston, TX, School of Humanities (Art & Art History and English) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: ACADEMIC Baylor University, Waco, TX, Assistant Professor of Art History, Modern and Contemporary Art (Fall 2014 present) University of California, Berkeley, CA, History of Art Department, Visiting Lecturer (Summer 2012) San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, History & Theory of Contemporary Art Department, Visiting Lecturer (Spring 2011) Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Science Technology and Society Department, Teaching Assistant (Fall 2012) Stanford University, Art and Art History Department, Teaching Assistant (Fall 2008 Spring 2010) The Haas-Russell Family, Atherton & San Francisco, CA, Private Tutor in 20 th Century Art and Architectural History (Spring 2008 Spring 2010) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: MUSEUM & CURATORIAL San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, Fisher Collection Graduate Curatorial Fellow (Fall 2013 Spring 2014) Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford, CA, Art Curator (Spring 2010 Spring 2012) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: ARCHITECTURAL Kirksey, Houston, TX, Architectural Designer (Summer 2005 Summer 2007) Kirksey, Houston, TX, Architectural Intern (Summer 2004 Spring 2005) Wittenberg Partnership, Houston, TX, Architectural Intern (Spring 2002 Spring 2003) Laura Michaelides Associates, Houston, TX, Interior Design Intern (Fall 2002 Fall 2003) Curtis & Windham Architects, Houston, TX, Architectural Intern (Summer 2002) Rice Design Alliance, Houston, TX, Intern (Fall 2000 Spring 2001) CV: DaPonte 1
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS AWARDS Baylor Summer Faculty Teaching Institute Fellowship, Baylor University, Waco, TX (Summer 2015) Allbritton Art Institute Faculty Research Grant, Baylor University, Waco, TX, Art Department (Fall 2014) Fisher Collection Curatorial Fellowship, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (Fall 2013 Spring 2014) Graduate Research Grant, Stanford University Art & Art History Department, Stanford, CA (Fall 2013) D.A.A.D. Research Fellowship, The German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn, Germany (Fall 2012) Dorthea Almond Grant, Stanford University, Graduate WorkLife Department, Stanford, CA (Spring 2011) Graduate Research Grant, Stanford University Art & Art History Department, Stanford, CA (Spring 2010) Kress Fellowship for Language Study, Middlebury College s German Department, Middlebury, VT (Summer 2010) Stanford University Doctoral Fellowship, Art & Art History Department, Stanford, CA (Fall 2007 Summer 2011) Rice University Graduate Fellowship, Rice University School of Architecture, Houston, TX (2001 2005) Lovett & Freed Travel Fellowship, Rice University Art & Art History Department, Houston, TX (2001) Wagoner Scholarship for Study Abroad, Rice University, Houston, TX (Fall 1999 Spring 2000) Class of 1939 Scholarship, Rice University, Houston, TX (Fall 1998 Spring 2001) Centennial Teaching Assistantship Award, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences, Stanford, CA (Spring 2010) Hanszen College Academic Fellow Award, Rice University, Houston, TX (Fall 2000 Spring 2001) President s Honor Roll, Rice University, Houston, TX (5 semesters: 1998 2001) PUBLICATIONS 2015/2016 (in progress). Picturing Fascism: Günther Förg s Photographs of Modern Architecture in Italy 2015/2016 (in progress). Günther Förg s Stations of the Cross 2015 (under review). Counter-publicity: Candida Höfer s Türken in Deutschland Series in West German Cultural Production (Art Journal) 2012 Situating the Photography of Laura Volkerding: Agency, Introspection, and the Panoramic Seam, The Cantor Arts Center Journal, Vol. 7, 2010-2011, pg. 156-169. 2011 Portraits of Mia and Ava, ALMANAC: an Index of Thought & Practice, Vol. 1, pg. 16-17 CV: DaPonte 2
TALKS & PRESENTATIONS Visceral Tableaux: the Hypervision of Digitized Contemporary Photography at the Digital Humanities Lab Genres of Scholarly Knowledge Conference, Umeå University, Sweden (December 9 12, 2015), Refereed Picturing Museums: Fisher Collection Photographs by Candida Höfer, Thomas Struth, and Andreas Gursky at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (June 2014), Invited Inaccessible Public Space: Candida Höfer s Interior Photographs 2000-present at In/accessible Graduate Art History Conference, Boston University, Boston, MA (April 2013), Refereed Vision and Scale in the Postwar Home: The Early Years of Arts & Architecture Magazine for the Cold War Cultures Conference, at the University of Texas at Austin, TX, (October 2010), Refereed Shadows of Choice: Jeff Wall s Sunken Area at the 15 th Annual Art History Symposium, San Jose State, San Jose, CA (April 2009), Refereed Candida Höfer s Türken in Deutschland Projections, 1972-1979 at the Stanford University Art & Art History Colloquia, Stanford, CA, (November 2013), Invited Lee Friedlander s Cray Photographs and the Documentary Tradition Cantor Center for Visual Arts Spotlight Talks, Stanford, CA (2013), Invited The Intersection of Digital Technology and Green in the Tah-Mah-Lah House for the Stanford Science, Technology & Society Net-Zero Home Tours, Portola Valley, CA (June 2012), Invited Judith Butler s Gender Trouble and the Art of Elenor Antin, Hannah Wilke, Cindy Sherman, Nikki S. Lee, and Yasumasa Morimura Stanford University Feminism in Contemporary Art Course, Stanford, CA (Spring 2009), Invited The Architectonics of Space in Matisse s View of Notre Dame, 1914 for the Graduate Art History Symposium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (April 2008), Invited Final Project Design Jury, University of Texas, School of Architecture, Austin, TX, Visiting Critic (Spring 2005), Invited UNIVERSITY SERVICE & JOBS Allbritton Art Institute Faculty Member, Baylor University, Waco, TX (Fall 2014 present) Women s Colloquium, Baylor University, Waco, TX (Fall 2014 present) Undergraduate Honors Thesis Committee Member, Conner Moncrief (title TBA) Undergraduate Honors Thesis Committee Member, Hannah Quinn, The Permanent, Impermanence Project (2015) Graduate Student Cataloguer, The Visual Resources Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (Summer 2013) Research Assistant, Professor Fred Turner, Communications Department, Stanford, CA (Spring Summer 2012) Graduate Student Housing Associate, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (Fall 2011 Summer 2012) TA Mentor and Center for Teaching & Learning Liaison, Art & Art History Department, Stanford, CA (Fall 2010 Spring 2011) Graduate Symposium Coordinator, Art & Art History Department, Stanford, CA (2008 2009) CV: DaPonte 3
COURSES TAUGHT: ON TENURE-TRACK AT BAYLOR ART 1300 Introduction to Art for Non-Majors (Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, upcoming Spring 2016) ART 4100 Art History Field Study: New York City (Fall 2014, upcoming Fall 2015) ART 4358 Contemporary Art and Theory (Fall 2014) ART 4100 Art History Field Study: Chicago (Spring 2015) ART 4356 Modern American Art (Spring 2015) ART 4355 20 th Century Photography & Theory (upcoming Fall 2015) ART 4100 Art History Field Study: Washington, D.C. (proposed Spring 2016) ART 43XX Women in 20 th Century Art (proposed Spring 2016) COURSES TAUGHT: INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD Histories of Photography: Trace, Object, Document, Picture, University of California at Berkeley, Lecture Course, Visiting Lectureship (Summer 2012) A History and Theory of Contemporary Tableau Photography, San Francisco Art Institute, Graduate Seminar, Visiting Lectureship (Spring 2001) COURSES TAUGHT: GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT Wired & Green Space: The Politics of Design, Stanford University, Science Technology and Society Department, Two Undergraduate Sections (Fall 2012) Introduction to Film Studies, Stanford University, Film Studies Department, Two Undergraduate Sections (Spring 2010) Feminisms in Contemporary Art, Stanford University, Art History Department, Two Undergraduate Sections (Fall 2009) Intro to Art History I: Ancient to Modern Stanford University, Art History Department, Two Undergraduate Sections (Fall 2008) ART EXHIBITIONS & COMPETITIONS ENTRIES Becoming, the SubGallery, Stanford, CA (April 2014), solo, Invited Sincerely Yours, Baer Ridgeway Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2011), group, Refereed Escondido Girls: Photographs 2009-2011, Cummings Hall, Stanford, CA (2011), solo, Invited Rice Media Center, Sculpture Garden, Houston, TX (2004 2007), group, Refereed Extra-Small House, Project Row House, Houston, TX (2003), competition entry VideoWork, The Docks Art Studios, Houston TX (2003), group, Invited Lounge Art, Hanszen College, Houston, TX (2002), group, Refereed Convergence, Rice Art Gallery, Houston, TX (2001), group, Refereed Angles & Attitudes: a Study of Women, Rice Art Gallery, Houston, TX (2000), group, Refereed LANGUAGES French (Advanced), German (Intermediate/Advanced), Spanish (Intermediate) CV: DaPonte 4
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS College Art Association, member since 2008 Society for Photographic Education, member since 2014 National Council of Architectural Registration Board, Intern member 2008 2014 COMMUNITY SERVICE Art Department Sculpture Booth Volunteer, Waco Cultural Arts Festival, Waco, TX (2014) Community Booth Volunteer, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Waco, TX (September 2014) Spectra Art Volunteer, Escondido Elementary School, Palo Alto, CA (2010 2014) Classroom Volunteer, Escondido Elementary School, Palo Alto, CA (2010 2014) CV: DaPonte 5