Dr. Heidi A. Strobel
University of North Texas
Art History
(940) 565-8633
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Education

PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002.
Major: Art History
Degree Specialization: European Art History 1750-1900, East Asian Art History
Dissertation Title: Artistic Patronage at the Court of Queen Charlotte
MA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995.
Major: Art History
Dissertation Title: The Rendering of Space and Subject in the Art of Eva Gonzales
BA, Kalamazoo College, 1990.
Major: Modern European History

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Chair and Professor, Art History, University of North Texas. (July 2021 – Present).
Curator, University of Evansville. (2016 – 2021).
Professor, University of Evansville. (December 2017 – July 2021).
Associate Dean, University of Evansville. (September 2015 – July 2021).
Associate Professor, University of Evansville. (2009 – 2017).
Assistant Professor, University of Evansville. (2004 – 2009).
Assistant Professor, Baker University. (2001 – 2004).
Assistant Editor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (2000 – 2001).
Graduate Counselor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (1997 – 2000).
Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (1993 – 2000).
Lecturer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (1998).

Professional Memberships

Academics for Black Survival and Wellness. (2020 – Present).

Textile Society of America. (2019 – Present).

American Alliance of Museums. (2018 – Present).

Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society. (2010 – Present).

Historians of British Art. (2007 – Present).

Wiebenson Prize Committee Chair, Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture. (2007 – Present).

American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. (2006 – Present).

Midwest Art History Society. (2006 – Present).

College Art Association. (1995 – Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
ART 4450, Professional Internship, 5 courses.
ARTH 4810, Nineteenth Century Art, 2 courses.
ARTH 5809, Seminar in Eighteenth Century Art, 1 course.

Directed Student Learning

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Display and Interpretation: The Tiffany Chapel and its Meanings," Art History. (December 5, 2023 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair,"The Portrait Photography of Contemporary Queen Indigenous Artists (Working Title)," Art Education and Art History. (January 15, 2022 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"McFadden, Mori, and Orientalism," Art History. (December 10, 2021 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"The Dangers of Boyhood: Child Soldiers in the Paintings of Elizabeth Thompson Butler," Art Education and Art History. (October 25, 2021 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Exhibiting Progress: Educating through Selection and Display at The Society of Arts and Crafts Boston’s 1907 Exhibition.," Art Education and Art History. (September 28, 2021 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Henri-Pierre Danloux’s Mademoiselle Rosalie Duthé," Art Education and Art History. (September 23, 2021 – Present).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book
Strobel, H. A. The Art of Mary Linwood: Embroidery, Installation and Entrepreneurship in Britain, 1787-1845 (formerly The Art of Mary Linwood: Embroidery, Installation and the Popular Picturesque).
Strobel, H., Germann, J. (2016). Materializing Gender in Eighteenth-Century Europe. Burlington, VT: Routledge.
Strobel, H. (2011). The Artistic Matronage of Queen Charlotte (1744-1818): How a Queen Promoted Both Art and Female Artists in English Society. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.
Book Review
Strobel, H. A. A Revolution on Canvas: The Rise of Women Artists in Britain and France, 1760-1830. Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide. 22(1), .
Strobel, H. (2017). Review of Picturing Marie Leszczinska (1703-1768): Representing Queenship in Eighteenth-Century France. Royal Studies. 4(1), .
Strobel, H. (2017). Review of Portraiture and Politics in Revolutionary France. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
Strobel, H. (2015). Review of Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Woman's Art Journal. 36(2), .
Catalogue Essay
Strobel, H. (2018). Art into Life: A Centenary Celebration of the Work of Textile Artist Nanene Queen Engle.
Strobel, H. (2008). George Romney. Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion. Urbana, IL: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
Strobel, H. (2008). Hou Mougong. Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, Selected Works. Urbana, IL: The Board of Trustees of he University of Illinois.
Encyclopedia Article
Strobel, H. “Mary Linwood’s Balancing Act”: blog post. https://artherstory.net/mary-linwoods-balancing-act/
Strobel, H., Carnes, M. (2009). Rosie the Riveter/Rose Will Monroe. American National Biography. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Strobel, H., Carnes, M. (2008). Howard Finster. American National Biography. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Strobel, H., Carnes, M. (2008). Samuel LeFrak. American National Biography. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Strobel, H., Esposito, J. L. (2008). Sulayman the Magnificent. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Strobel, H., Smith, B. (2007). Barbara Hepworth. Encyclopedia of Women in World History. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Strobel, H., Smith, B. (2007). Scholars and Scholarship: Women's Scholarship of Women. Encyclopedia of Women in World History. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Journal Article
Strobel, H. (2021). Women's Embroidered Self-Portraiture in the late 18th-century: Authorship, Agency, and Artistry. Literature Compass. 18(5), .
Strobel, H. (2005). Royal 'Matronage' of Women Artists in the Late 18th-Century. Woman's Art Journal. 26(2), .

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Strobel, H. A. (Author & Presenter), Ornamental Embroidery, Mary Linwood's Balancing Act, Ornamental Embroidery, zoom, United Kingdom. (2023 – ).

Strobel, H. (Presenter), Art in the Era of Revolution (Industrial and Otherwise), Baylor University, Albritton Art Institute, Online, United States of America. (2021).

Strobel, H. (Author & Presenter), Recovering the Professional Woman Artist in Georgian England, Baylor University, Albritton Art Institute, Online, United States of America. (2021).

Strobel, H. (Presenter), Renne, J. (Presenter), Homecoming: Moving the Peters-Margedant House to the University of Evansville, Willard Library, Evansville, IN, United States of America. (2017).

Strobel, H. (Presenter), Homecoming: Moving the Peters-Margedant House to the University of Evansville, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America. (2017).

Strobel, H. (Presenter), Frank Lloyd Wright, William Wesley Peters, and Usonian Architecture, Chi Epsilon Engineering Society, Evansville, IN, United States of America. (2016).

Strobel, H. (Presenter), Shriners Freedom Festival, National and Local Images of Rosie the Riveter, Evansville, IN, United States of America. (2015).

Lecture

Strobel, H. (Presenter), Frank Lloyd Wright, William Wesley Peters, and Usonian Architecture, University of Evansville Board of Trustees, Evansville, IN, United States of America. (2017).

Panel Presentation

Strobel, H. (Author), Borders, “Breaking Boundaries: Mary Linwood and the Hierarchy of Genres”, British Women Writers Association Conference, Baylor University, United States of America. (2022 – ).

Strobel, H. A. (Author & Presenter), ASECS: American Society for 18th Century Studies, Mary Linwood’s Balancing Act, ASECS, Baltimore, United States of America. (2022 – ).

Strobel, H. (Panelist), ASECS Conference, Terminology and its Limitations: A Reconsideration of Linda Nochlin at the Half Century Mark, ASECS, Online, United States of America. (2021).

Strobel, H. (Panelist), Hidden Stories, Human Lives Symposium, Embroidery, gender, and self-portraiture in the late 18th century: Authorship, Agency, and Artistry, Textile Society of America, Online, United States of America. (2020).

Strobel, H. (Panelist), The Inspired Needle Symposium, Mary Linwood, Embroidery, and Artistic Agency, Winterthur Museum and Library, Online, United States of America. (2020).

Strobel, H. (Co-Chair), ASECS Conference, Women, Portraiture, and Place, ASECS, United States of America. (2018).

Sharing Session

Strobel, H. (Co-Chair), Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture New Scholars Session, New Scholars Session, College Art Association, United States of America. (2018).

Media Contributions

Other
"Interview on textile artist Mary Linwood," Sew What Podcast. (September 1, 2022).
"The Peters-Margedant House,". (June 2017).
"The Peters-Margedant House,". (April 2017).
"Evansville at War,". (December 2016).
"Rosie the RIveter,". (April 2016).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship
Strobel, H., "Art, Research, and Teaching Fellowship," Sponsored by University of Evansville, State, $1125 Funded. (April 2018 – Present).
Strobel, H., "Alumni Research and Scholarly Activity Fellowship," Sponsored by University of Evansville, State, $800 Funded. (April 2017 – Present).
Grant - Research
Strobel, H., "Visiting Scholar," Sponsored by Yale Center for British Art, National, $5000 Funded. (August 2018 – Present).
Strobel, H., "Franklin Research Grant," Sponsored by American Philosophical Society, National, $3000 Funded. (April 2017 – Present).
Strobel, H., "Pasold Textile Research Fund Grant," Sponsored by University of Edinburgh, International, $1200 Funded. (December 2016 – Present).
Grant - Teaching
Strobel, H., "Kress Art History Faculty Development Grant," Sponsored by Council of Independent Colleges, National, $2000 Funded. (December 2019 – Present).
Strobel, H., "Reach for the Stars," Sponsored by University of Evansville, State, $1125 Funded. (February 2018 – Present).
Strobel, H., "Eykamp Center for Teaching Excellence Teaching Innovation Grant," Sponsored by University of Evansville, State, $1200 Funded. (December 2016 – Present).
Strobel, H., "Indiana Landmarks Historic Preservation Education Grant," Sponsored by Indiana Landmarks Historic Presevation, State, $2000 Funded. (2015 – Present).

Service

University Service

Member, CVAD Academic Committee, UNT. (August 15, 2021 – Present).

Member, CVAD Executive Committee, UNT. (August 15, 2021 – Present).

Committee Member, Provost's Academic Cabinet, University of Evansville. (September 2020 – July 2021).

Committee Member, Distance Learning Committee, University of Evansville. (March 2020 – July 2021).

Committee Member, Assessment Committee, University of Evansville. (September 2015 – July 2021).

Committee Member, Strategic Task Force Committee, University of Evansville. (September 2015 – July 2021).

Prepare/Grade Certification Exams, Art History Honors. (May 2020).

Other, Studio Art and Art History. (April 2018).

Other, Hunter College. (February 2016).

Professional Service

Committee Member, James Clifford Committee, American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, Online, Online. (October 20, 2022 – February 15, 2023).

Editorial Review Board Member, The University of Delaware Press. (October 2020).

Editorial Review Board Member, Cengage Publishing. (June 2015).

Public Service

Officer, President/Elect/Past, Friends of the Peters-Margedant House, Evansville, IN. (September 2015 – July 2021).

Board Member, Reitz Home Museum, Evansville, IN. (January 2013 – December 2018).

Program Organizer, AP Art History Exam, Evansville, IN. (April 2016).