W. Jackson Rushing III Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies Office:  JO 5.204 Phone:  972-883-2226 Email:  jackson.rushing@utdallas.edu

Areas of Interest: 
20th and 21st Century art, theory, and criticism; Native American Art; modernist primitivism; the methods of art history; museum studies; postcolonial theory and visual culture; spirituality and abstract art.

Education: 
The University of Texas at Austin, B.A. (1982), M.A. (1984), Ph.D. (1990)

Recent Publications:
Native American Art and the New York Avant-Garde (1995)
Modern by Tradition: American Indian Painting in the Studio Style (1995)
Native American Art in the Twentieth Century (1999)
After the Storm: The Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art (2001)
Allan Houser: An American Master (2004)

Awards:
The Southwest Book Award (1996)
Fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, Brown University, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Center for International Studies.