Patricia Levin, Department Chair Art History Ph.D., UCI, Visual Studies MA, UCI, Comparative Culture MA, USC, Art History and Museum Studies BA, UCLA, Dance Performance Research interests: Modern Media and Theories of Spectatorship, History of Photography, Critical Theory, Film Theory, Feminist Theories, Performance Theories, and Autobiography. I am especially interested in contemporary art and the politics of display. I work as an independent curator, developing exhibition projects for universities, art museums and galleries around the world. I am currently working on a book project with Dr. Jeanne Perreault of the University of Calgary. We are examining the works of the Montréal-based artist Nicole Jolicoeur. I am a Francophile and enjoy any opportunity to work and play in France.