Jill Thayer, PhD

Jill Thayer, PhD, is an adjunct professor of art history in the Master of Arts in Modern and Contemporary Art History at APU. Her focus includes theory and practice, writing art criticism, and methodologies of art history. She earned a PhD in Cultural Studies and Museum Studies from Claremont Graduate University (CGU). Her doctoral dissertation received the CGU School of Arts and Humanities Dissertation Award. This led to a post-doctoral fellowship producing oral histories of CGU Art alumni, now in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.

She is an associate member of the Appraisers Association of America and has worked in the art market for over 30 years. Her book, Sojourns: 100 Trails of Enlightenment Inspired by the California Central Coast was published by Archway/Simon & Schuster.

Education

• PhD, Cultural Studies/Museum Studies, Claremont Graduate University, 2011
• Post-Grad, Global Strategy/Trade, Oxford, 2006
• MA, Interdisciplinary Studies, California State University, Bakersfield, 2004
• BA, Fine Arts and Marketing, California State University, Bakersfield, 1978
• Post-Grad, 17th Century Lithography, Florence, Italy, 1978
• AA, Studio Art, Bakersfield College, 1976

Credentials/Certifications

• Community Colleges Lifetime Service Teaching Credential
• Innovative Scholars Program Credential – Teaching Faculty, Southern New Hampshire University
• Using UDL to Create Effective Educational Assessments, Santa Monica College
• Brightspace LMS – Online Training (Learning Management System)
• Blackboard integrating Pearson MyLab digital learning interface and Collaborate synchronous teaching platforms
• Canvas LMS - Online Training - @One Creating Accessible Course Content in web design; and 10-10-10 Communication That Matters course design programming Canvas and integrating Cengage MindTap, Santa Monica College.
• Blackboard LMS - Online Training integrating Collaborate and Ultra Collaborate
• Certificates in Brightspace Fundamentals, Workplace Wellness and Physical Safety, Inclusive Leadership, and Harassment and Discrimination Prevention and Title IX Supervisors (CA), Records and Responsibilities, Data Securities, Awareness and Prevention; CIL Teaching and Learning Strategies; Magna Publications: Using DL to Create Effective Educational Assessments; and Innovation Scholar's Credential.

Academic Area

• School of the Arts

Expertise

• Art Historian — Modern and Contemporary Art
• Global Visual Culture
• Humanities
• Museum Studies
• Critical Theory

Courses Taught

• ART 565 – Methodologies of Art History
• ART 570 – Theories and Practices of Abstraction
• ART 575 – Writing Art Criticism
• ART 577 – Visual Culture