Clayson, (Susan) Hollis 1946-

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CLAYSON, (Susan) Hollis 1946-

PERSONAL: Born December 26, 1946, in Chicago, IL; children: one. Education: Wellesley College, B.A. (with distinction), 1968; University of California—Los Angeles, M.A., 1975, Ph.D., 1984.

ADDRESSES: Home—2439 Ridgeway Ave., Evanston, IL 60201-1857. Offıce—Department of Art History, 254 Kresge Hall, Northwestern University, 1859 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208. E-mail—shc@ northwestern.edu.

CAREER: Pierce College, Athens, Greece, advisor on student affairs, 1968-69; California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, instructor in complementary studies, 1974-76; Schiller College, Strasbourg, France, instructor in English and art history, 1977-78; Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, assistant professor of art history, 1978-82; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, visiting assistant professor of art history, 1982-84; University of Illinois—Chicago Circle, Chicago, assistant professor of the history of architecture and art, 1984-85; Northwestern University, assistant professor, 1985-91, associate professor of art history, beginning 1991, Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, 1993-94, 1995-97, department chair, beginning 2000, director of Andrew W. Mellon Program in the History of Art Objects, 1989-90 and 1992-93, faculty associate of Chapin Humanities Residential College, 1985-87 and 1989-91, cochair of Organization of Women Faculty, 1992-94, senior fellow at Center for the Humanities, 1994-95. Chicago Art History Colloquia, organizer, 1985-86.

MEMBER: College Art Association of America, Society for French Historical Studies, Society for Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, Association of Art Historians (England), Midwest Art History Society, Midwest Victorian Studies Association.

AWARDS, HONORS: Grant from Lilly Endowment, 1985-86; Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award, College Art Association of America, 1990; fellow of American Council of Learned Societies, 1990-91; grant from Hewlett Fund for Curricular Innovation, 1992-93; fellow, Educational Foundation of America, American Association of University Women, 1994-95; fellow, Kaplan Center for the Humanities and Getty Center.

WRITINGS:

Painted Love: Prostitution in French Art of the Impressionist Era, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT), 1991.

(Consultant editor) Alexander Sturgis, general editor, Understanding Paintings: Themes in Art Explored and Explained, Watson-Guptill Publications (New York, NY), 2000.

Paris in Despair: Art and Everyday Life under Siege (1870-71), University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 2002.

Contributor of articles and reviews to art journals, including Art Journal and Nineteenth-Century Contexts. Member of editorial board, Art Bulletin.