Shana Cooperstein

Shana Cooperstein, assistant professor of art history, specializes in the art of the 19th century, particularly the material practices of artistic production, representational theory and the history of scientific imaging.

As demonstrated by her publications in Leonardo, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide and Grey Room, among others, her interdisciplinary scholarship is motivated by unresolved questions about the role of human sense perception in the development of art-making strategies. “Habit’s Demise: Drawing Pedagogy in Modern France," a book manuscript she is developing from her doctoral research, examines schematization, the education of the eye and other problems central to the history of art instruction in the modern era.

Cooperstein joined AACC's faculty in 2021 after holding teaching positions at the University of Chicago, Villanova University, Community College of Philadelphia and McGill University. Her research has been supported by The Osler Library of the History of Medicine, the Institut Français d’Amérique, Media@McGill, The Wolfe Chair Graduate Fellowship in Scientific and Technological Literacy and The Max Stern Museum Fellowship.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD McGill University (2013 — 2019)
• Master of Arts - MA Temple University (2011 — 2013)
• Bachelor of Philosophy University of Pittsburgh (2008 — 2011)

Companies

• Assistant Professor Anne Arundel Community College (2021 — 2022)
• Lecturer Villanova University (2020 — 2021)
• Lecturer University of Chicago (2020 — 2021)
• Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Art and Design Community College of Philadelphia (2019 — 2020)
• The Max Stern Museum Fellowship The Visual Arts Collection, McGill University (2017 — 2019)
• Course Lecturer, Realism and Impressionism, 100 students enrolled McGill University (2017 — 2017)
• Intern The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (2016 — 2016)
• Intern to the Photography Department The Museum of Modern Art (2012 — 2012)
• Intern to the Curatorial Department Institute of Contemporary Art at University of Pennsylvania (2011 — 2012)