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Emily Goodman suggests taking an eclectic approach to art\u2014recognize that works can range from seemingly mundane objects to a marble bust sitting in the Met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s everywhere,\u201d said Transylvania\u2019s new art history professor. \u201cThere\u2019s this weird fallacy that art exists only in a museum or institution\u2014in scrubbed-out spaces for intellectual elites.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goodman\u2019s students learn that opening up to everyday interactions with their visual culture leads to revelations. She wants them to brim with their own insights, which will spark excitement that improves their work, facilitates interesting conversations and leads to greater thinking about the world around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This learning happens both inside and outside the classroom\u2014sometimes in unexpected places. For instance, if students find a parody of Grant Wood\u2019s \u201cAmerican Gothic\u201d hanging in a coffee shop, they\u2019ll know that image not only comes from someplace, but it\u2019s going somewhere\u2014it\u2019s not frozen in history. \u201cTo function in our culture, you need to understand how these symbols and signs work together and what they\u2019re telling you,\u201d Goodman said. Her receptiveness to the images that help shape us began with a general requirement art history class in high school. In fact, the way Goodman instructs students now is informed by what she learned from that class\u2019s teacher\u2014who also became her mentor. \u201cThe way she taught art history made it come alive,\u201d Goodman said. Instead of first telling students what they should see in a work, that teacher asked them to just look, perhaps showing them a slide with no information beyond the title. The students pondered questions such as: what patterns are jumping out, or why does the image seem familiar? Later, for a deeper understanding of the work, they combined this initial reaction with what they had learned from studying history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By looking into the past, art history students contextualize the present. It\u2019s helpful to be aware of the patterns that repeat throughout history and realize that, especially in this day and age, nothing exists in a vacuum. \u201cI like when students can see themselves as part of a larger tradition,\u201d Goodman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Academic History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2016
M.A., University of California, San Diego, 2013
B.A., McGill University, Montreal, 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courses Taught at Transy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Modern Art
Survey in Art History
Women in Art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Areas of Specialization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Modern and Contemporary Art
American Art
Women\u2019s Art
Feminist Theory
Food History<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Awards and Fellowships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Field Research Fellowship, Visual Arts Department, University of California, San Diego, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russell Foundation Grant, University of California San Diego, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center for Teaching Development Summer Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of California, San Diego, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America Dissertation Fellowship, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University, 2013-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chancellor\u2019s Interdisciplinary Collaboratory Fellowship, University of California, San Diego, 2012-14.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4388,"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"academic_division":[31,30,4],"class_list":["post-176","faculty","type-faculty","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nGoodman, Emily - Transylvania University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/faculty\/egoodman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Goodman, Emily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Emily Goodman suggests taking an eclectic approach to art\u2014recognize that works can range from seemingly mundane objects to a marble bust sitting in the Met. \u201cIt\u2019s everywhere,\u201d said Transylvania\u2019s new art history professor. \u201cThere\u2019s this weird fallacy that art exists only in a museum or institution\u2014in scrubbed-out spaces for intellectual elites.\u201d Goodman\u2019s students learn that opening up to everyday interactions with their visual culture leadsContinue to “Goodman, Emily”\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/faculty\/egoodman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Transylvania University | Academics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/transylvaniauniversity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-16T14:47:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/02\/egoodman-210.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"210\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"210\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@transy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/academics\\\/faculty\\\/egoodman\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.transy.edu\\\/academics\\\/faculty\\\/egoodman\\\/\",\"name\":\"Goodman, Emily - 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