Becker, Cynthia J.
Becker, Cynthia J.
PERSONAL:
Married. Education: University of New Orleans, B.A., 1987; University of Wisconsin at Madison, M.A., 1991, Ph.D., 2000.
ADDRESSES:
Office—Department of Art History, Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Ave., Rm. 305B, Boston, MA 02215. E-mail—cjbecker@bu.edu
CAREER:
University of Wisconsin at Madison, research assistant, 1993, teaching assistant, 1997-99, lecturer, 1999-2000; University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, assistant professor of art history, 2000-05; Boston University, Boston, MA, assistant professor of art history, 2005—. Faculty director, University of St. Thomas study-abroad course in Morocco, 2002, 2003, and 2005, and in Paris, 2004.
MEMBER:
African Studies Association, American Institute of Maghreb Studies, Arts Council of the African Studies Association, Wet African Research Association, College Art Association, Midle Eastern Studies Association, Saharan Studies Association.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Fellow, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1999-2000, and Boston University, 2007; grants from State University of New York, 1995, American Institute for Maghreb Studies, 1995, 1999, 2006, Fulbright grant, 1996, University of St. Thomas, 2001, 2002, 2004, and Humanities Foundation, 2006.
WRITINGS:
Amazigh Arts in Morocco: Women Shaping Berber Identity, University of Texas Press (Austin, TX), 2006.
Contributor to numerous scholarly journals.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
ONLINE
Boston University Art History Department Web site,http://www.bu.edu/ah/ (May 18, 2007), short biography of Becker.