As an instructor, my goal is to promote visual literacy by showing how images make meaning and how images influence culture. Outside the online classroom, I produce a public art lecture series, “Art! With Dr. Ike, Ph.D.” My primary research focus is on US art and nuclear disarmament movements. I have held fellowships at Pitt, the Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art, the University of Chicago, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Courses Taught at Pitt
- HAA 470 - Photography and Art, Spring 2026
- HAA 090 - Intro to Contemporary Art, Summer 2025
- HAA 010 - Intro to World Art, Summer 2022
Representative Publications
"The Artist's Arsenal: How Barbara Donachy Made the Arms Race Tangible," accepted conditionally, forthcoming; "Dangerous Associations: Martyl, the Bomb, and the Fallout of the Red Scare," accepted, forthcoming