Katherine Brown, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Arts & Sciences

202 Center for the Arts

Department(s)

College

Area of Specialty

Art History, Museum Studies

Biography

Arboreal Symbolism in European Art, 1300-1800. London: Routledge, 2024
Walsh University - Previous dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, Director of the Honors Program, professor of art history; led five Global Learning programs to Rome and London.
Prior to Walsh University, Brown held a variety of teaching and leadership positions at several universities in the U.S., as well as education and curator positions in U.S. museums.
Curatorial Team, Treasure of Chianti: Roman Silver Coins of the Republican Age from Cetamura del Chianti, exhibition at the Museo di Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Italy, May 29 – Sept. 30, 2021
The Legend of Veronica in Early Modern Art. New York: Routledge, Spring 2020
Visiting Scholar, American Academy in Rome, June 2019
Mary of Mercy: Devotional Image and Civic Emblem in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Art. New York: Routledge, 2017
The Painter’s Reflection: Self-portraiture in Renaissance Venice, 1458 - 1625. Florence: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 2000. Volume 33 in Pocket Library in Studies in Art series
Favorite thing about Ashland University is the camaraderie, collegiality and team mentality
Little-known fact: both of her daughters are adopted from Bulgaria

Education