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VITAa Zhang, He E-mail: zhangh@wpunj.edu Education: 1996 Ph.D. in Art History, University of Texas at Austin 1992 M.A. in Art History, University of Cincinnati 1985 M.A. in Art History, Academy of Arts of China, Beijing 1982 B.A. English Language & Literature, Xinjiang University, China Academic Experience: 1998- Assistant Professor in Art History, Department of Art, William Paterson University of New Jersey (Arts of Pre-Columbian Americas; Art of India, China, and Japan; Approaches to Non-Western Art; Approaches to Western Art) 1997 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington (North American Indian Art)
(Introduction to Visual Arts)
(Introduction to Visual Art)
(Art History I) 1985-87 Research Assistant, Institute of Foreign Arts, Academy of Arts of China, Beijing Publications: Articles:
2000 " Hopi Ceremonial Cycle, Cosmology, and Art", doctoral dissertation collected by China National Library, Beijing 1989 "Egyptian Art", Chinese Encyclopedia, 1st edition, Beijing 1986 "Law of Frontality - A Study on Ancient Egyptian Art Rules", in Esthetics in Foreign Countries, Vol.3, 1986, Commercial Publishing House, Beijing 1986 "Art of the Fourth Dimension", in Art Magazine July 1986, Beijing 1986 "New York East Village Art", in Art Newspaper, Beijing 1986 "Main Stream and Sub-cultural Art", in Art Newspaper, Beijing 1985 "Law of Frontality", in Art Newspaper, Beijing 1985 "Conceptual Art", in Art Newspaper, Beijing Translations: 2002 " Introduction, Preface, Editor’s Comments, and Statement of the Artist" for Life in South Xinjiang – Zhang Liang Du Sketch Drawing Collections, Xinjiang Youth Publishing House, (translated from Chinese into English) 1989 Chinese translation of Robert Hughes, The Shock Of The New, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1981; published by Shanghai Fine Art Publishing House 1986 Chinese translation of "East Village Art", Art in America 1986; published in Trends of Foreign Art, Beijing Presentations and Lectures 2003 "Did Ancient Chinese Leave their Written Records in the Americas? An Investigation on the Olmec Jade Carvings", to be presented at Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities sponsored by University of Hawaii-West Oahu, Honolulu, Jan. 11-15 2003 "Maya Landscapes and Art Presentation", to be presented at Community College Humanities Association National Conference, Santa Fe, Oct. 30-Nov.1 2002 "Field study and hands-on experience in Maya art teaching", to be presented at Community College Humanities Association Conference, New York, Oct. 24-26 2002 "A Study on the Olmec Jade Carving Design", WPU University Research and Scholarship Day, April 4
2000 " Hopi Ceremonies and Cosmology", William Paterson University, University Research Day, April 10 1997 "An Interpretation to the Overpainting of Puebloan Murals" in the session "Reconsidering the `End' of Pre-Columbian Art" at the 1997 CAA (College Art Association) Conference 1997 "Mural Painting of the U.S. Southwest in Pre-Columbian Time", Texas Christian University, October 1997 "Comparison between Ancient Chinese Art and Pre-Columbian American Art", a 30-minute TV talk on Austin Asian American Alliance Television Program supported by City of Austin, Channel 16, Austin, Texas, June 1995 "Cosmic Interpretation of the Hopi Ceremonial Cycle and Its Art" at Eleanor Greenhill Symposium at University of Texas at Austin, April 1993 "Introduction to Western Methodology in Art History" in Guang Zhou Fine Arts School, China, and Academy of Arts of China, Beijing, China, May 1993 "Comparative Study of Pre-Columbian American Indian Art and Early Chinese Art" at Academy of Arts of China, Beijing, China, June Grants: 2002 NEH Summer Institute: The Maya World: Cultural Continuities and Change in Guatemala, Chiapas and Yucatan, June 23 – August 3, 2002; sponsored by Community College Humanities Association 2002 NEH funded Asian Studies Development Program "South and East Asian Art and Literature" sponsored by East-West Center and the University of Hawaii, and hosted by Belmont University in Nashville Tennessee, April 10-14, 2002 2002 WPU Asian Studies Travel Fund as a match for NEH funded Asian Studies Development Program "South and East Asian Art and Literature" in Nashville Tennessee, April 10-14, 2002 2002-03 A.R.T., 3 credits 2001-02 Assigned Research Time, 3 credits
1999-2000 Faculty Research and Travel Incentive Funds Other Scholarly Activities 1999 Host and panelist on the seminar with three visiting Chinese artists sponsored by the Student Art Association, William Paterson University 1999 " Definition of Then and Now – Asian Art Exhibition", organized and curated exhibition of works by contemporary Chinese and a Korean artists. The exhibition was funded and sponsored by the State of Texas, City of Austin, and Samsung North America. Teaching Contributions New Course Proposals (in process):
Introduced and established courses to the curricula of WPU since 1998:
The course fills a significant gap in the art history curriculum, and now adopted as an elective for Latin-American Studies Major.
The course fills a gap in the art history curriculum, and is offered as a GE elective. (This course is my most successful one in its demand.)
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