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Tiffany R. Floyd

Lecturer

University of North Texas

Department of Art History

Email: Tiffany.Floyd@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Columbia University, 2021
    Major: Art History and Archaeology
  • MPhil, Columbia University, 2017
    Major: Art History and Archaeology
  • MA, Columbia University, 2016
    Major: Art History and Archaeology
  • MA, University of North Texas, 2012
    Major: Art History
  • BA, University of North Texas, 2008
    Major: Art History

Professional Memberships

  • Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey (AMCA). (2025 - 2026).
  • The Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TARII). (2025 - 2025).
  • College Art Association (CAA). (2024 - 2025).

Development Activities

  • Workshop, “Cultivate Confident Writers with Packback Deep Dives - Instructional AI for your writing assignments.”, DSI CLEAR University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (October 2024).
  • Workshop, "Empower Students with Turnitin’s AI Checker.", DSI CLEAR University of North Texas. United States of America. (September 2024).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ART 1300 - Art Appreciation for non art majors, 1 course.
  • ART 2350 - Art History Survey I, 1 course.
  • ART 2360 - Art History Survey II, 1 course.
  • ART 2370 - Art Hist Survey III, 26 courses.
  • ART 3996 - Honors College Mentored Research Experience, 1 course.
  • ART 4900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • ARTH 4801 - Topics in Art History, 5 courses.
  • ARTH 4813 - Postmodernism and the Visual Arts 1945 Present, 11 courses.
  • ARTH 4814 - Theories of Contemporary Art, 7 courses.
  • ARTH 4825 - Topics in Islamic and / or Middle Eastern Art, 4 courses.
  • ARTH 4843 - History of Photography, 2 courses.
  • ARTH 5825 - Seminar in Islamic and / or Middle Eastern Art, 1 course.

Directed Student Learning

  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art History. (2024 - 2025).

Awards and Honors

  • Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award, Middle Eastern Studies Association. (2022).
  • Rhonda A. Saad Prize for Best Paper in Modern and Contemporary Arab Art, Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey (AMCA). (2021).
  • Ary Stillman Fellowship, Columbia University. (2020).
  • Pierre and Gaetana Matisse AHAR-Departmental Dissertation Fellowship, Columbia University. (2020).
  • Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Columbia University. (2019).
  • Mellon Humanities International Travel Fellowship, Mellon, Columbia University. (2018).
  • Core Graduate Student Teaching Award, Art Humanities, The Center for the Core Curriculum, Columbia University. (2018).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Shabout, N.M., Floyd, T.R. (2025). All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Group for Modern Art. New York, Center for Curatorial Studies Bard College.

    • Encyclopedia Article

  • Floyd, T.R. (2016). Short Guide.
  • Floyd, T.R. (2016). Suad al-Attar, Faiq Hassan, Hafidh al-Droubi, Mohammed Ghani Hikmet, Ismail al-Shaikhly, Atta Sabri, Khalid al-Jader, Abdul Qadir al-Rassam.
  • Floyd, T.R. (2015). Suad al-Attar, Faiq Hassan, Hafidh al-Droubi, Mohammed Ghani Hikmet, Ismail al-Shaikhly, Atta Sabri, Khalid al-Jader, Abdul Qadir al-Rassam.
  • Floyd, T.R. (2014). al-Attar, Suad (1942--). Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781135000356-rem762-1
  • Floyd, T.R. (2014). Droubi, Hafidh al- (1914–1991). Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781135000356-rem1565-1
  • Floyd, T.R. (2014). Hassan, Faiq (1914–1992). Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781135000356-rem445-1
  • Floyd, T.R. (2014). Hikmet, Mohammed Ghani (1929–2011). Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781135000356-rem830-1
  • Floyd, T.R. (2014). Jader, Khalid al- (1922–1988). Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781135000356-rem451-1
  • Floyd, T.R. (2014). Sabri, Atta (1912–1988). Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781135000356-rem1422-1
  • Floyd, T.R. (2014). Shaikhly, Ismail al- (1924–2002). Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781135000356-rem905-1

    • Journal Article

  • Floyd, T.R. (2023). Ahl al Naft: An Adventure. Sawt al-Arsheef, al Mawrid NYUAD. (August 2023) online. NYU Abu Dhabi. https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/faculty-labs-and-projects/al-mawrid/reesearch/sawt-al-arsheef/article-one2.html
  • Floyd, T.R. (2021). Floating on Oil and Antiquities: Iraq Petroleum, Al Amiloon Fil Naft, and Iraqi Cultural Modernism.
  • Floyd, T.R. (2019). Iraqi Modern Art and Global Modernism.

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Floyd, T.R. (Author & Presenter), DMA Late Nights - International Surrealism Exhibition, The Women of Surrealism, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2025).
  • Floyd, T.R. (Author & Presenter), Gallery Talk for You Stretched Diagonally Across It: Contemporary Tapestry, Comments on Yto Barrada's Geological Time Scale, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).

    • Paper

  • Floyd, T.R. (Author & Presenter), International Association of Middle Eastern Studies (IAMES), “Legendary Baghdad: Ghani’s City of Monuments”, The International Association of Middle Eastern Studies (IAMES), Madrid, Spain - Universidad Juan Carlos III de Madrid, Spain. (2026).
  • Floyd, T.R. (Author & Presenter), From Ancient to Modern: The Current State of Research on Iraq (The Academic Research Institute in Iraq – TARII), “A Sculptor of Sumer, Modern Mythologies and Narrative Space-Time in Mohammed Ghani Hikmat’s Relief Practice”, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Floyd, T.R. (Author & Presenter), Insaniyyat Forum, (Manouba University),, “Floating on Oil and Antiquities”, Tunisia. (2022 - 2022).
  • Floyd, T.R. (Author & Presenter), Iraq Studies: Past, Present, and Future (Columbia University),, “The Rivers of Time: Deep Time, Petromodernity and Iraqi Modern Art in Al Amiloon Fil Naft”, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Floyd, T.R. (Author & Presenter), World Congress of Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), Seville,, “The Time of Violence: Faisal Laibi Sahi’s Tragedy of Karbala and the Aesthetic Transcendence of Suffering”, Spain. (2018 - 2018).
  • Floyd, T.R. (Author & Presenter), “Abstraction Unframed”, Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran and Turkey Conference, "Cosmic Horizons: Rafa al-Nasiri’s Poetic Abstraction and the Process of Printing the Formless (1990-1998)", United Arab Emirates. (2016 - 2016).

    • Symposium

  • Floyd, T.R. (Author & Presenter), Iraq and Gulf Relations: Art Patronage and Education Past and Present (NYUAD, Al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art), “The Doors of Mohammed Ghani Hikmat in the Gulf”, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Floyd, T.R. (Author & Presenter), Symposium and Roundtable at the Shaikh Ebrahim Center, “Beyond Archives: Modern Art in Iraq”, Bahrain. (2017 - 2017).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

  • Curatorial Work. Shabout, N.M., Floyd, T.R., "All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group", Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College and The Art Gallery at New York University Abu Dhabi, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY) and The Art Gallery at New York University Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi, UAE), United Arab Emirates. (June 21, 2025 - October 19, 2025).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Department Undergraduate CAA Travel Grant - Selection Committee. (November 2025 - Present).
  • Member, Jury for the Emergence Exhibition, Foundations Students. (September 2025 - Present).
  • Program Coordinator, The Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Initiative (CAMCSI). (August 2025 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, Art History Society. (December 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Academic Affairs Committee, Faculty Senate Standing Committee. (September 2025 - December 2028).
  • Attendee, Graduation, Art History Faculty. (December 2025 - December 2025).
  • Attendee, Orientation, MA Student Orientation. (August 14, 2025 - August 14, 2025).
  • Attendee, Orientation, First Flight, Flight Week. (August 13, 2025 - August 13, 2025).
  • Attendee, Graduation, Art History Faculty. (May 2025 - May 2025).
  • Attendee, Orientation, CVAD Celebrates. (March 29, 2025 - March 29, 2025).
  • Attendee, Graduation, Art History Faculty. (2024 - 2024).

Professional Service

  • Officer, Treasurer, Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran and Turkey (AMCA). (March 30, 2025 - Present).
  • Program Coordinator, Mapping Art Histories in the Arab World, Iran and Turkey, a Getty-funded project with the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey (AMCA). (2020 - 2024).