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Prof. Warner with students at the Cleveland Museum of Art

John-Michael H. Warner

School of Art
Campus:
Kent
Office Location:
Center for the Visual Arts
Contact Information
Email:
jwarne26@kent.edu
Phone:
330-672-4058
Fax:
330-672-4729

Biography

John-Michael H. Warner is an art historian trained in gender and women’s studies. Professor Warner teaches histories and theories of contemporary art, feminist and queer art and theory, and contemporary photography as well as environmental art history—each from a feminist and queer perspective. John-Michael holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and Art History from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, a Master’s degree in Art History from Arizona State University, and a PhD in Art History and a minor in Gender and Women’s Studies from the University of Arizona. Published by the University of Arizona Press in 2018, John-Michael co-edited Border Spaces: The U.S.-Mexico Frontera with Katherine G. Morrissey. The edited collection is a series of art historical and environmental histories of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands from the turn of the twentieth-century through the turn of the twenty-first century. In January 2020, John-Michael was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-Confluence Center Fronteridades Fellowship, collaborating with Mary Jenea Sanchez, Gabriela Muñoz, and DouglaPrieta Trabaja. In addition, he is finishing the manuscript Earthquakes: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Running Fence: A Project for California (University of Arizona Press, forthcoming). Warner’s research interests include: border/borderlands studies, land use studies, ecocritical studies, theories of modern sculpture, social/relational art, and theorizing publics. 

Undergraduate Teaching

Art and Theory since 1940, Kent State University*
Nations and Borders, Kent State University*
Histories and Theories of Photography, Kent State University*
Feminist and Queer Art and Theory, Kent State University*
 
*Asterisk indicates upper division undergraduate course co-convened with graduate students
 

Graduate Seminars

 
Dirt and Water, Kent State University
Social Interstices: Relational and Social Aesthetics, Kent State University
Cultural Geographies of Land Use and Representation, Kent State University
What is the Public? Urban, Suburban, Rural, and Other Culturally-Determined Landscapes, Kent State University
 
Dr. Warner is a faculty affiliate with the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Science and Design Research Institute.

Education

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, BA
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, MA
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, PhD

Expertise

Land Use and Representation
Border Studies
Environmental/Ecocritical Studies
Gender and Sexuality Studies

Publications

  • Border Spaces: The U.S.-Mexico Frontera, co-edited by Katherine Morrissey and John-Michael H. Warner (University of Arizona Press, 2018),

    News Stories

    • School of Art Collection Acquires Section of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's "Running Fence"
    • Katherine Morrissey and John-Michael Warner Awarded BRLA Southwest Book Awards
    • John-Michael Warner Awarded Fellowship for U.S.-Mexico Border Research

    Research Institutes and Initiatives

    Environmental Science and Design Research Initiative

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    800 E. Summit St.
    Kent, OH 44242

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