Christin Mamiya
EMERITUS FACULTY 2019 Retirees University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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RH 120
Lincoln NE 68588-0114 - Phone
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402-472-5522 On-campus 2-5522
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cmamiya1@unl.edu
Christin J. Mamiya received her B.A. from Yale University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from UCLA. She has been a faculty member in the School of Art, Art History & Design since 1987. She served as Associate Dean from 2009-15, as Interim Dean in the 2011-12 academic year, and as Interim Director of the Sheldon Museum of Art in 2014.
Mamiya is an authoritative voice on contemporary art. Her book, Pop Art and Consumer Culture: American Supermarket led to invitations nationally and internationally to write and speak about artists of the later 20th century. She was also the co-author for Gardner's Art Through the Ages, an award-winning textbook that has introduced generations of students to art history and which is currently the most widely used textbook. In addition, Mamiya has published numerous articles in scholarly journals on a variety of subjects, including contemporary American art, popular culture, 19th century French art and Oceanic art.
Since her arrival at UNL, Mamiya has been responsible for teaching the entire range of modern art courses. She received a College Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992, the Annis Chaikin Sorensen Award for Distinguished Teaching in the Humanities in 2001 and was selected for membership in the Academy of Distinguished Teaching at UNL in 2005. In 2012, Mamiya received the Gladys Lux Education Award at the Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony.
Education
PhD 1987 University of California, Los Angeles
MA 1982, University of California, Los Angeles
BA 1977, Yale University