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Graduate Students

Brigid M. Boyle

Ph.D. Candidate

Brigid M. Boyle is a PhD Candidate in Art History specializing in the art and visual culture of nineteenth-century France. Her dissertation, “Visions of Black Masculinity: Jean-Léon Gérôme and the

Stephanie R. Dvareckas

Ph.D. Student

Stephanie R. Dvareckas is a Ph.D. student in Art History at Rutgers University where she studies modern and contemporary art with a focus on Eastern and Central Europe. Stephanie is

Alexandra Coutavas

Secretary

Alexandra Coutavas is a Ph.D. student in Art History, specializing in fifteenth-century Netherlandish art. She received her bachelor’s degree from The University of Virginia, and her master’s degree from The

Benjamin Farr

Treasurer

Ben is a fifth year PhD student researching modern and contemporary art in the United States. He focuses on the relationship between the visual arts and the built environment, with

Maria Garth

Maria V. Garth is a Ph.D. candidate in Art History, writing a dissertation about the history of Soviet photography in the twentieth century. She studies modern and contemporary art with

Swathi Gorle

Mason Gross Liaison

Swathi Gorle is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Art History with a concentration in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies, specializing in religious heritage in South Asia. She received her Bachelor’s

Will Green

Ph.D. Candidate

William Green is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Art History at Rutgers University. He studies histories of photography with an emphasis on post-WWII American photography, photobooks, and the

Tyler Heneghan

Tyler Heneghan is a Ph.D. student in Art History and Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies. He studies the history of museums and Native art and cultural heritage in North America.

Jessica Mingoia

Ph.D. Candidate

Jessica Mingoia (she/her) earned her BA in History with a concentration in the Ancient World from SUNY New Paltz and her MA from NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts with a

Alejandra López-Oliveros

Alejandra López-Oliveros (she/ella) is a Ph.D. student in Art History at Rutgers University specializing in the contemporary photography of the Americas. She holds an MA in Art History from the