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Elizabeth W. Hutchinson, Tow Associate Professor of Art History, joined the Barnard faculty in January 2001. In addition to her teaching duties for the Department of Art History, she works closely with Barnard's American Studies Program and Columbia's Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race.

Professor Hutchinson's research centers on the role played by visual and material culture in the interactions between the diverse cultural groups of the American west, using the tools of close visual analysis, 女权主义和后殖民理论, and cultural history to interpret the contributions of art objects to current and historical cultural debates. She has written extensively on how Native Americans used "modern" art to negotiate a place for themselves within modern industrial culture at the turn of the twentieth century. More recently, she has turned her attention to the role of photography in documenting and defining the topographical and cultural landscape of the West in the nineteenth century and exploring the material properties of photographs from an ecological perspective. Professor Hutchinson's research and scholarship have received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the ACLS, 史密森学会, 乔治亚·奥基夫博物馆, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, and Winterthur Museum and Country Estate.

Professor Hutchinson's courses examine American visual culture from the colonial period through the early twentieth century. She has developed specialized classes on Native American art, 哈莱姆文艺复兴, 和哈德逊河学校, all of which make use of the rich resources of New York City. Her teaching and mentoring at Barnard have been recognized with the Gladys Brooks Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award and the Star Teaching Award from Barnard's Office of Disability Services.