Heather Horton
Education
Ph.D. 2010
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Dissertation: “Authority and Innovation in Alberti’s Theory and Practice”
M.A. 2002
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Concentrations in Italian Architecture and Japanese Painting
B.A. 1999
DePauw University, Art History
Current Appointment
Fall 2022-present
Lecturer, Queens College, City University of New York
Recent Fellowships
2025-2024
Year-long workshop focused on teaching provenance research with the primary sources of the Archives of American Art.
2024
Intensive training to develop and implement high-quality, open-licensed course materials.
Publications
2025
2024
2024
2022
Co-Editor, Art and Its Histories: Vol. 1, Cognella Publishing, First Edition published Fall 2022.
​
Author of “Early Medieval,” “Romanesque,” and “Gothic” Chapters; Co-Author of “Introduction,” “Pre-History,” “Roman,” and “Conclusion” Chapters.
2015
2015
2015
2013
2011
Teaching
Fall 2022-present
Lecturer, Queens College, C.U.N.Y., Art Department
ARTH 101: “History of Art I”
ARTH 102: “History of Art II”
ARTH 220: “Renaissance Art and the Birth of Modernity”
ARTH 223: “16th-century Italian Art”
ARTH 236: “Baroque and the Beginnings of Global Art”
ARTH 300: “Senior Colloquium in Art History Methods”
ARTH 504/702: “Northern Renaissance Art”
ARTH 504/702: "Baroque Painting and Sculpture"
ARTH 504/702: “Faking It: An Intellectual History of Forgery”
​
M.A. Thesis Advisor
​
CUNY Unlimited Faculty - CUNY Unlimited is a credential program that expands access to the college experience for students with intellectual disabilities.
2022-2011
Pratt Institute, History of Art and Design Department
​
2022-2020 HAD First-Year Courses Coordinator
​
2022-2019 Adjunct Asst. Professor
2019-2011 Visiting Assistant Professor
​
“Themes in Art and Culture I and II”
“History of Interior Design I”
“Medieval European Art”
“Jerusalem: Connection and Conquest”
“Renaissance Art in Italy and the North”
“Vision and Visions in Northern Renaissance Art”
Graduate Thesis Supervisor
Certified Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Ally
​
2018-2017
New York University, Department of Fine Arts
2018-2017 Adjunct Assistant Professor
“Renaissance Art”
“Western Art I”
2003 Adjunct Lecturer
“Medieval Art and Architecture”
2003-2002 Teaching Assistant “Western Art I”
2002-2001 Graduate Student Advisor, Freshman Scholars Program
2012
SUNY-Purchase College, Humanities Department
Adjunct Assistant Professor
"High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy"
"Creativity, Genius, and the Artist: 1200-1700"
​
2011
College of Staten Island, CUNY, Performing and Creative Arts Department
Adjunct Assistant Professor
"Introduction to Visual Arts"
​
2010
Brooklyn College, CUNY, Department of Art
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Parental Leave Replacement
"Art History Global Survey"
​
Professional and Museum Experience
2020-2004
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
The Cloisters,
Department of Education
Lecturer on special topics including:
Medieval Architecture;
The Medieval Body;
Northern Renaissance Art;
Medieval and Renaissance Interiors; Manuscripts and Depictions of Reading;
Classicism in Medieval Art and Architecture.
2006-2004
Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Greenwich, CT
Latin and Italian Translator
2002
2002
1997
1996
Student Assistant
Excavation at Samothrace, Greece, Sanctuary of the Great Gods
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Department of Prints and Drawings
Whitney Museum of American Art,
Department of Painting and Sculpture
Indianapolis Museum of Art,
Department of Education
Intern in preparation for In the American Grain:
Dove, Hartley, Marin, O'Keeffe, and Stieglitz
Fellowships and Awards
2025-2024
2024
2024
2023
2022
2020
2019
2021-20
2020-19
2006-2005
2006-2001
2005-2000
2004-2003
2004-2003
2004-2001
2003-2003
2002-2001
2001
2000
Samuel H. Kress Foundation Teaching Fellowship at the Archives of American Art
CUNY Next-Gen Learning Award Winner
CUNY Academic Travel Award
Dean's Travel Funds, Queens College
Mellon Research Fund Grant
Faculty Development Grant, Pratt Institute
Academic Senate Grant, Pratt Institute
John L. Loeb Sr. Fellowship
Lila Acheson Wallace Fellowship
McAfee Foundation Fellowship
Theodore Rousseau Fellowship
Benjamin Sonnenberg Fellowship
Lore and Rudolph Heiner Fellowship
Leo and Karen Guttman Foundation Fellowship
Jean Rosenfeld Fund Fellowship
Institute of Fine Arts Alumni Association Award
Shelby White and Leon Levy Travel Fellowship
Conferences
2026
Co-Chair
"Learning Through Discomfort"
College Art Association Conference
Chicago, IL
2026
Discussant
"Art History Teaching Resources (AHTR) Lightning Round: Assessing Lesson Plans"
College Art Association Conference
Chicago, IL
2025
Presenter
"Beyond the Anecdote: Learning Objectives and SOTL"
Southeast College Art Conference (SECAC)
Cincinnati, OH
Program Listing, Page 64
2025
Presenter
"Leaning Into Learning Objectives"
College Art Association Conference
New York, NY
2024
Presenter
"Learning to See and Describe in the Global Survey"
Southeast College Art Association Conference (SECAC)
Atlanta, GA
Program Listing, Page 60
2023
Presenter
"Rehabilitating Visual Analysis as a Threshold Concept"
Southeast College Art Association (SECAC)
Richmond, VA
Program Listing, Page 66
2023
Presenter
"Teaching the Renaissance with Contemporary Artists"
Renaissance Society of America Annual Conference
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Program Listing, Page 93
2023
Chair
"The Wily Author: Forgery, Falsehood, Anonymity"
Renaissance Society of America Annual Conference
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Program Listing, Page 70
2022
Co-Presenter
"Breaking the Rules with Joyce Scott at the Frick Madison"
Southeast College Art Association Conference (SECAC)
Baltimore, MD
Program Listing, Page 97
2021
Presenter
"Teaching Medieval Jerusalem: The City of Seventy Names and Even More Approaches"
International Conference on Medieval Art (ICMA)
Online
2019
Presenter
"Connection and Community in Introductory Art History Courses"
Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) Annual Symposium
Los Angeles, CA
2019
Chair
"The State of the Survey" Idea Exchange Round Table
College Art Association Conference
New York, NY
2014
Co-Presenter
"Strengthening the Campus Through Collaborations for Student Learning: First Year Residential Communities"
Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) Annual Symposium
Chicago, IL
2014
Chair
"Writing About Art"
Renaissance Society of America Annual Conference
New York, NY
2013
Presenter
"Filarete's Other Architectural Books"
American Association for Italian Studies Conference
Eugene, OR
2013
Presenter
"Leon Battista Alberti as Author and Architect in De re aedificatoria"
College Art Association Conference
New York, NY
2012
Presenter
"The Afterlife of the Auctor and the Invention of the Renaissance Narrative"
New England Renaissance Society Conference
Lowell, MA
2012
Presenter
"Innovative Latin and the all'Antica Vernacular in Renaissance Architectural Treatises"
Renaissance Society of America Annual Conference
New York, NY
2004
Presenter
"Executing Colonialism: The Martyrdom of Nagasaki"
Renaissance Society of America Annual Conference
New York, NY
Service: Discipline
2023-present
2023-present
2018
2017
Curriculum Evaluation, National College Credit Recommendation Service
Manuscript Reviewer, Thames and Hudson, World Survey Textbook
Article Reviewer, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
Service: Queens College and City University of New York
2022-present
2023-present
Fall 2025
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
2025
2025
2024
Speaker, First-Year Experience at Queens College, Introduction to the Major
"AI and Art Historical Description" Assignment Innovation Project through the CUNY Graduate and Undergraduate Programming Office
Grant Evaluator, PSC-CUNY Research Grants
Service: Art Department
2023-present
2022-present
2025-present
2025
2024
Advisor for Undergraduate Art History program
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee
Chair, Curriculum Committee
Organizer, Art Dept. visit to Hispanic Society Museum
Organizer, Art Dept. visit to "Barkey Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick"
Curriculum Development, Queens College
Service: Pratt Institute
2022-2019
Member, Peer Review Committee for Tenure and Promotion, History of Art and Design Department
2022-2019
Senator for Part-Time Faculty, Pratt Academic Senate
2022-2017; 2016-2015
2022-2020
2022
2022-2021
2021
Member, Curriculum Committee, History of Art and Design Deparment
Member, General Education Committee, Pratt Institute
Invited Speaker, "Hands-on Learning in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences," Center for Teaching and Learning, Pratt Institute
Organizer and Speaker, First-Year Conversations Across the Disciplines, Pratt Institute
Chair, Written Communication Assessment Committee for School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Pratt Institute
2020
Member, Strategic Initiative Grant Project of Inclusive Pedagogy, History of Art and Design Department
2019-2018
Member, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, Pratt Institute
2019-2018