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Dr. Heidi A. Strobel

Academic Associate Dean

University of North Texas

Department of Art History

(940) 565-8633

Email: Heidi.Strobel@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002
    Major: Art History
    Specialization: European Art History 1750-1900, East Asian Art History
    Dissertation: Artistic Patronage at the Court of Queen Charlotte
  • MA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995
    Major: Art History
    Dissertation: 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. University of North Texas. (2021 - Present).
  • Curator, University of Evansville. University of Evansville. (2016 - 2021).
  • Professor, University of Evansville. University of Evansville. (2017 - 2021).
  • Associate Dean, University of Evansville. University of Evansville. (2015 - 2021).
  • Associate Professor, University of Evansville. University of Evansville. (2009 - 2017).
  • Assistant Professor, University of Evansville. University of Evansville. (2004 - 2009).
  • Assistant Professor, Baker University. Baker University. (2001 - 2004).
  • Assistant Editor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (2000 - 2001).
  • Graduate Counselor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (1997 - 2000).
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (1993 - 2000).
  • Lecturer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 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).
  • 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, 11 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).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, "The Portrait Photography of Contemporary Queen Indigenous Artists (Working Title)," Art Education and Art History. (January 15, 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "McFadden, Mori, and Orientalism," Art History. (December 10, 2021).
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Henri-Pierre Danloux’s Mademoiselle Rosalie Duthé," Art Education and Art History. (September 23, 2021).

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.A. (Author & Presenter), • “The Embroidered Art of Mary Linwood: Gender & Career in Early Nineteenth-Century London”, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • 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, Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Strobel, H., "Art, Research, and Teaching Fellowship," sponsored by University of Evansville, State, $1125 Funded. (2018).
  • Strobel, H., "Alumni Research and Scholarly Activity Fellowship," sponsored by University of Evansville, State, $800 Funded. (2017).

    • Grant - Research

  • Strobel, H., "Visiting Scholar," sponsored by Yale Center for British Art, National, $5000 Funded. (2018).
  • Strobel, H., "Franklin Research Grant," sponsored by American Philosophical Society, National, $3000 Funded. (2017).
  • Strobel, H., "Pasold Textile Research Fund Grant," sponsored by University of Edinburgh, International, $1200 Funded. (2016).

    • Grant - Service

  • Strobel, H.A. (Principal), "Presidential Wellness Award," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2024 - 2024).

    • Grant - Teaching

  • Strobel, H., "Kress Art History Faculty Development Grant," sponsored by Council of Independent Colleges, National, $2000 Funded. (2019).
  • Strobel, H., "Reach for the Stars," sponsored by University of Evansville, State, $1125 Funded. (2018).
  • Strobel, H., "Eykamp Center for Teaching Excellence Teaching Innovation Grant," sponsored by University of Evansville, State, $1200 Funded. (2016).
  • Strobel, H., "Indiana Landmarks Historic Preservation Education Grant," sponsored by Indiana Landmarks Historic Presevation, State, $2000 Funded. (2015).
  • Strobel, H.A. (Co-Principal), Donahoe-Rankin, E. (Co-Principal), "CVAD College-Level At Risk Retention Proposal," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $7000 Funded. (2024 - 2024).

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 (External Reviewer), Studio Art and Art History. (April 2018).
  • Other (Tenure and Promotion), Hunter College. (February 2016).

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).

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).