Dr. August Davis Presents Her Research at UTD

Friday, Oct 25, 2019

On Friday, October 25, the School of Arts, Technology and Emerging Communication (ATEC) at the University of Texas at Dallas hosted a talk featuring Art and Art History Department Chair Dr. August Jordan Davis. At an event called Watering Hole that took place from 4-6 p.m. in the ArtSciLab on the UTD campus, Dr. Davis presented a talk on her current research: Woman as Media – channeling feminist art and activism.

Dr. August Jordan Davis is an art historian and curator, who, in addition to serving as department chair, is an associate professor of contemporary art history. She received her BFA in art history and studio arts at the University of North Texas in Denton, followed by a master’s degree in visual arts in contemporary culture from Keele University in Staffordshire in the UK. She also earned her PhD in the UK, from the University of Liverpool, with a thesis on the work of American artist Martha Rosler.