Dr. Amber McAlister

Amber McAlister is Assistant Professor of the History of Art & Architecture at the Greensburg campus. Her specialty is the Italian Renaissance and her research interests include miracle-working images of the Virgin Mary & Christ, eco-critical approaches, and technical art history (the materials and techniques of art-making and conservation). She caught the travel bug on a month-long school trip through Europe in high school, and studied art history abroad as an undergraduate in Paris. The highlight of her travels is undoubtedly leading students and colleagues on a trip to Egypt! Dr. McAlister has lived in, researched, and taught study abroad in Italy for a combined total of over 2 years, and counting! Her regular teaching schedule consists of introductory surveys of art history, courses on Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art, as well as specialized courses on Women Artists, Italian Art & the Black Death, and the science of artist’s materials.