I am a historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century visual culture.

Research Interests:

My research interests: 19th and 20th century art and culture; specializing in Canadian art and cultural history, the woman artist, and gender issues.

My Ph.D. dissertation was a comparative analysis of the professional lives of over 50 women artists active in Canada between the years 1880 and 1914 (Carleton University, 2008).

I have recently published, The Practice of Her Profession: Florence Carlyle, Canadian Painter in the Age of Impressionism (McGill-Queen’s 2009), which is the first book in a newly launched series, McGill-Queen’s/Beaverbrook Canadian  Foundation Studies in Art History.

Present Research:

My research interests at present are focused on the diversity of production by historical Canadian  artists including their work in the areas of writing, craft, and commercial art, and art publishing.