University of Pittsburgh

Graduate Students

Rachel Miller

Europe before 1750

rmm79@pitt.edu

Rachel’s research focuses on Italian Renaissance and Baroque art with an emphasis on the artistic patronage of the Jesuits, including the art and architecture produced on their overseas missions. She also has a strong interest in medieval and early modern Japanese art and the exchange of artistic methods and material culture between Europe and Japan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Her MA paper examines the art and architecture produced by the Jesuits on their missions in Japan from 1549 to 1614.

Education

MA – University of Pittsburgh, History of Art and Architecture, in progress, MA paper – “For the Greater Glory of Deusu: Art and Architecture on the Jesuit Mission in Japan”

BA – Kenyon College, May 2005; Major – art history, Minor – Italian; graduated summa cum laude; senior honors thesis: Giambologna’s Marble Testaments to Medici Power (passed with high honors)

Spring semester, 2004 – Studied abroad at New York University’s Florence, Italy campus

Awards and Honors

Arts and Sciences Graduate Fellow in the History of Art and Architecture Department, University of Pittsburgh, 2008-2009

Passed senior exercise at Kenyon College with distinction, 2005

Richard Kingan Liggitt Memorial Award in Art History, Kenyon College, 2005

Italian Prize, Kenyon College, 2005

Member of Phi Beta Kappa, 2005 – present

Teaching Experience

Department of History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh, Teaching Assistant
Course Assistant/Grading Assistant: Museum Studies Exhibition Seminar, Fall Semester 2009

English Instructor and Assistant Trainer, Yamagata Ekimae School, Nova Group, Yamagata, Japan, 2005-2008

Italian Apprentice Teacher, Kenyon Intensive Language Model, Kenyon College, 2003-2005

Professional Experience

Gallery Assistant, University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, Fall Semester 2009

Technology Liaison, Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College, 2002-2005

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