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Dr. Mira Rai Waits's hardcover book Colonial Carcerality: A Spatial History of the British Colonial Prison in India stands upright on a pale pedestal against a white background. The cover features a photograph of a weathered brick prison facade with barred windows, with the Oxford University Press logo above and the title and author name below.

Dr. Mira Waits’ New Book Examines the Colonial Prison in India

Published on September 1, 2026 Faculty
  • Art and Visual Culture
  • Art History
Person standing in a museum gallery in front of a large circular display of animal skeletons and taxidermy specimens, including birds, a deer skull, and marine life, with a “Mapping Life” exhibit panel visible in the background.

AVC Alumni and Students Advance to Graduate Programs Across the Country

Published on April 12, 2026 Alumni
  • Art and Visual Culture
  • Art History
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Dr. Waits Elected Secretary of the Society of Architectural Historians

Published on April 12, 2026 Faculty
  • Art and Visual Culture
  • Art History
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Three students accepted to NCUR—The National Conference on Undergraduate Research

Published on January 20, 2026 Student
  • Art and Visual Culture
  • Art History
  • Studio Art
A group of students and faculty pose together in an outdoor courtyard at the Museum of Modern Art, surrounded by wire chairs, trees, and a fountain, with tall glass buildings rising in the background.

ARH 4030 trip to NYC supported by CAA Art History Travel Fund

Published on November 18, 2025 Student
  • Art and Visual Culture
  • Art History
Colorful reconstruction of an ancient Greek sphinx sculpture with gold, red, and blue patterned wings and scales, used as the promotional image for Chroma: Sculpture in Color from Antiquity to Today at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Peters’ article in book published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published on September 3, 2025 Faculty
  • Art and Visual Culture
  • Art History
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