Keri Watson

Greater Orlando

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Timeline
Aug 2006 - Jan 2008
Teaching Fellowship
Florida State University
Aug 2010 - Jun 2011
Assistant Professor of Art History
Savannah College of Art and Design
Aug 2011 - Jul 2013
Assistant Professor of Art History
Auburn University Montgomery
Aug 2013 - May 2014
Assistant Professor of Art History
Ithaca College
Current Company
Aug 2014 - now
Assistant Director, School of Visual Arts and Design
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida, United States
Jan 2018 - now
Executive Director
Florida Prison Education Project
Current Company
Jan 2021 - now
Executive Editor
Panorama, Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art
About me
Assistant Director, School of Visual Arts and Design at University of Central Florida
Education
- Florida state university
  2004 - 2010
  Doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) art history, criticism and conservation
  Activities and Societies: Art History Association, IAM1789, Interdisciplinary Association of Modernists
- Culinary institute of america
  1993 - 1995
  Associate's degree culinary arts/chef training
  Activities and Societies: Chaines des Rotisseurs
- University of west florida
  2001 - 2004
  Bachelor of arts (b.a.) humanities/humanistic studies magna cum laude
  2004 College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Student of the Year
Experience
- Florida state university
  Aug 2006 - Jan 2008
  Teaching fellowship
  Courses:ARH 3056: Art History Survey IARH 3057: Art History Survey IIARH 4642: Art After 1940ARH 4933: Southern Art and LiteratureARH 6000: Contemporary Art and Critical Theory
- Savannah college of art and design
  Aug 2010 - Jun 2011
  Assistant professor of art history
  Courses:PHOT 238 History of Photography IPHOT 240 History of Photography IIPHOT 560 History and Theories of PhotographyARTH 207 Twentieth-Century Art and ArchitectureARTH 340 Art Since 1945ARTH 701 Contemporary Art and Critical Theory
- Auburn university montgomery
  Aug 2011 - Jul 2013
  Assistant professor of art history
  Courses:VISU 1000 Art Appreciation VISU 2030 Art History IVISU 2040 Art History IIVISU 3010 Survey of Non-Western ArtVISU 3030 Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century ArtVISU 3050 American Art and ArchitectureVISU 3060 Art Since 1940VISU 3070 Women in ArtVISU 3600 Introduction to MuseologyVISU 4010 History of PhotographyVISU 4100 The Artist in Film and Fiction VISU 6100 Studies in Fine Arts
- Ithaca college
  Aug 2013 - May 2014
  Assistant professor of art history
  Internship CoordinatorHandwerker Gallery Advisory BoardCourses: ARTH 111 Episodes in Western ArtARTH 392 Museum Practices and Methods
- University of central florida
  Aug 2014 - now
  Courses:ARH 3888 Art of DisneyARH 3610 American ArtARH 3683 Southern Folk ArtsARH 3471 Art in the Last 25 YearsARH 4430 Nineteenth-century ArtARH 2500 History of Non-Western ArtARH 3631 African-American ArtARH 3710 History of Photography IARH 4450 Twentieth-century ArtARH 4800 Art Theory and CriticismARH 5897 Graduate Seminar in Contemporary Art
  - Assistant Director, School of Visual Arts and Design
    Aug 2023 - now
  - Associate Professor of Art History
    Aug 2020 - now
  - Assistant Professor of Art History
    Aug 2014 - Jul 2020
- Florida prison education project
  Jan 2018 - now
  Executive director
  The Florida Prison Education Project brings higher education opportunities to people incarcerated in Central Florida.
- Panorama, journal of the association of historians of american art
  Jan 2021 - now
  Executive editor
  Panorama is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal dedicated to American art and visual culture. It is published twice a year.
Licenses & Certifications
- Idl 6543 --online teaching
  Ucf
- Developing your team members
  Linkedin
  May 2023
  View certificate
- Writing across the curriculum
  Auburn university montgomery
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  The Big Read National Endowment for the Arts May 2023 The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The University of Central Florida, in conjunction with Seminole County Public Libraries, will host a series of events in spring 2024 centered around Ilya Kaminsky's Deaf Republic. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with Arts Midwest.
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  Publication Grant Wyeth Foundation for American Art Jan 2023 Publication to support Panorama: Journal of the Historians of American Art
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  Project Implementation Grant Laughing Gull Foundation Nov 2021 $160,000 grant to support the Florida Prison Education Project
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  The Big Read National Endowment for the Arts May 2020 The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The University of Central Florida, in conjunction with Seminole County Public Libraries, will host a series of events in spring 2021 centered around Tayari Jones' The Silver Sparrow . The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with Arts Midwest.
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  The Big Read National Endowment for the Arts May 2019 The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The University of Central Florida, in conjunction with Seminole County Public Libraries, will host a series of events in spring 2020 centered around Tim O’Brien's The Things They Carried. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with Arts Midwest.
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  Illuminating the Darkness National Endowment for the Arts Apr 2019 NEA Artworks grant to support a series of art workshops and an art exhibition about mass incarceration in the United States.
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  Award for Outstanding Exhibition and Catalogue SECAC Oct 2018 Awarded in recognition of an exhibition of historical materials, which by its design, installation, and/or catalogue is considered exemplary. Awarded for "In the Eyes of the Hungry: Florida's Changing Landscape" presented at the UCF Art Gallery and the Terrace Gallery.
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  The Arts and Aging Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Oct 2018 The University of Central Florida in association with the Atlantic Center for the Arts hosted a series of visual and performing arts workshops for people with dementia and their caregivers.
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  The Big Read National Endowment for the Arts May 2018 The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The University of Central Florida is one of 72 not-for-profit organizations to receive a grant to host a Big Read project between September 2017 and June 2018. The University of Central Florida, in conjunction with Seminole County Public Libraries, will host a series of events in spring 2018 centered… Show more The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The University of Central Florida is one of 72 not-for-profit organizations to receive a grant to host a Big Read project between September 2017 and June 2018. The University of Central Florida, in conjunction with Seminole County Public Libraries, will host a series of events in spring 2018 centered around Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with Arts Midwest. Show less
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  The Big Read National Endowment for the Arts May 2017 The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The University of Central Florida is one of 77 not-for-profit organizations to receive a grant to host a Big Read project between September 2016 and June 2017. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the publication of Dinaw Mengestu's The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, the University of… Show more The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The University of Central Florida is one of 77 not-for-profit organizations to receive a grant to host a Big Read project between September 2016 and June 2017. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the publication of Dinaw Mengestu's The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, the University of Central Florida, in conjunction with Seminole County Public Libraries, will host a series of events in spring 2018 centered around the novel. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with Arts Midwest. Show less
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  The Big Read National Endowment for the Arts May 2016 The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The University of Central Florida is one of 77 not-for-profit organizations to receive a grant to host a Big Read project between September 2015 and June 2016. In celebration of the 115th anniversary of John Steinbeck's birth, the University of Central Florida, in conjunction with Seminole County… Show more The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The University of Central Florida is one of 77 not-for-profit organizations to receive a grant to host a Big Read project between September 2015 and June 2016. In celebration of the 115th anniversary of John Steinbeck's birth, the University of Central Florida, in conjunction with Seminole County Public Libraries, will host a series of events between February 27 and April 15, 2017 centered around his seminal text The Grapes of Wrath. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with Arts Midwest. Show less
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  The Big Read National Endowment for the Arts Jun 2015 The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The University of Central Florida is one of 75 not-for-profit organizations to receive a grant to host a Big Read project between September 2015 and June 2016. In celebration of the 125th anniversary of Zora Neale Hurston’s birth, the University of Central Florida, in conjunction with Seminole County… Show more The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The University of Central Florida is one of 75 not-for-profit organizations to receive a grant to host a Big Read project between September 2015 and June 2016. In celebration of the 125th anniversary of Zora Neale Hurston’s birth, the University of Central Florida, in conjunction with Seminole County Public Libraries and Sanford’s Public History Center, will host a series of events during January and February 2016 centered around her seminal text Their Eyes Were Watching God. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with Arts Midwest. Show less
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  Publication Grant Society for the Preservation of American Modernists May 2015 Through an annual series of Publication Grants, SPAM supports the authorship of articles or books by independent scholars, writers, students and professionals in the following subject areas: the artistic contributions of the American modernists, and the history of public and private support for the arts in the United States.
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  In-house Research Grant UCF Office of Research and Commercialization Feb 2015 Awarded to support scholarly research for book project, The American Sideshow: Imaging Disability and Difference during the Great Depression.
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  Research Initiative Program Grant UCF College of Arts & Humanities Oct 2014 Grant in support of development of online educational game, Secret Societies of the Avant-garde
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  Award for Outstanding Exhibition and Catalogue of Historical Materials The Southeastern College Art Conference Oct 2013 Awarded in recognition of an exhibition of historical materials, which by its design, installation, and/or catalogue is considered exemplary. Awarded for Silhouettes of Courage: Marching to Equality produced in collaboration by students at Auburn University Montgomery under the direction of Keri Watson
- Awarded to Keri Watson
  NEA Big Read National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest Grant to curate programming related to Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic
Volunteer Experience
- Teacher
  Issued by Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project
  Associated with Keri Watson