Alison Lynne Fields (born August 1, 1979) is an American
art historian
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and
educator
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. Fields is currently the Mary Lou Milner Carver Professor of Art of the American West at
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...
.
Career
Fields received a
Bachelor of Arts
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in
English
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and
Native American Studies from
Colgate University
Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...
in 2001. There, she was part of the Student Government Association. Fields then proceeded to receive a
Master of Arts
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in
American Civilization
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from
Brown University
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
in 2003, and a
Doctor of Philosophy
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in
American Studies
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Sch ...
from the
University of New Mexico
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in 2009. Fields wrote a doctoral dissertation titled "False Closure: Narratives of Trauma, Healing, and American Nationhood." Following graduating, she was hired as the Mary Lou Milner Carver Professor of Art of the American West at
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...
. Additionally, Fields began serving as Associate Editor of the journal titled ''Western Historical Quarterly'' since 2016, and two years later, Associate Director of the School of Visual Arts.
[https://chickasawpress.com/Authors/Alison-Fields.aspx]
See also
*
List of Brown University alumni
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*
List of Colgate University people
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List of University of New Mexico alumni
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List of University of Oklahoma people
The list of University of Oklahoma people includes notable alumni, faculty, and former students of the University of Oklahoma.
Educators
* Clinton E. Adams, former medical school dean at Western University of Health Sciences, and current preside ...
References
External links
University of Oklahoma profileChickasaw Press profile
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1979 births
Living people
Colgate University alumni
Brown University alumni
University of New Mexico alumni
University of Oklahoma faculty
American art historians
Women art historians