Academic History

• B.A. American History, Rice University
• B.A. Architecture, Rice University
• M.A. Asian Art History, University of California, Berkeley
• A.M. Asian Art History, Harvard University
• Ph.D. Asian Art History, Harvard University

Personal Interests

• Asian art history
• Garden history
• 18-19th century European cultural history

Selected Research and Publications

• "Exploring Edo" designed an interactive virtual tour of 18th c. Edo, Japan on display at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1998-99.
• "Dream Window" consulted and wrote for an hour television special on Japanese gardens for the Smithsonian Institution.
• Wrote various articles for magazines, museum exhibition catalogs, the Atlas of World Art, and the Grove Dictionary of Art.
• Chikanobu: Modernity and Nostalgia in Japanese Prints, exhibition and catalogue, 2006.
• "Genji's World in Japanese Woodblock Prints" exhibition and catalog essay, 2012.

Courses Taught

• Survey courses on the arts of China and Japan and the history of gardens
• Seminars on Japanese prints and the arts of Late Imperial China
• Core III courses on the Tale of Genji and the European Enlightenment

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