Liberal Arts

Courses  Design as Entrepreneurship I | Design in Management II: Concep, Meth, Prod | Design Research Methods: Prod Dev & User Ex | Emotion & Aesthetic Expression

Degree PhD, University of Gothenburg (Göteborg University), Sweden; Fil. Mag. (Master of Fine Arts in History of Art), University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Courses  Spies | Writing and Inquiry I: Basic Composition and Contemporary Ideas | Writing and Inquiry II: Research and Intellectual Traditions

Diana Y. Chou

Title Scholar-in-Residence
Department Liberal Arts
Phone 216.421.7303 | Fax 216.754.3632

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Courses  12 Artists of Post-1950's China | Art of China | Art of East Asia | Asian Art Survey | Cinematic Landscapes of Asia | Museum Studies: Who Owns Art? Issues of Asian Art Collecting

Degree PhD, University of Kansas (Chinese Art History)
Dissertation: A Re-examination of Tang Hou (1250s) and His Huajian (An Examination of Painting)
MA, Northern Illinois University (Japanese Art History)
Thesis: I Fu-Chiu: An Influence of Japanese Nanga Painting Development
BA, Providence College, Taiwan, ROC (Western Literature and languages)
Thesis: Symbolism in The Great Gatsby

Born and raised in Taiwan, ROC, Diana Y. Chou joined The Cleveland Institute of Art in 2009 and has taught Art History: Ancient to the 18th Century, Art of China, Art of East Asia, Museum Studies, Asian Films, and Chines Contemporary Art. She is also a lecturer at Art Department of Cleveland State University. Her primary research interests focus on art-collecting cultures and painting taste in China and Japan of the pre-Modern eras; lately she has developed an interest in artistic transformation/adaptation in cross-cultural/cross-national contexts, focusing on the Silk Road.

Honors & Awards (Selected):

• Awarded Participant, The Niagara Foundation/the Center of Islamic Studies of John Carroll University, Intercultural and Interfaith study/field trip, Turkey 2013.
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institutes: University of Hawaii 2006
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institutes: India 2008.
• Seminar fellowships at the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, Case Western Reserve University 2009.
• Seminar/Worship Fellowship, Study of Islamic Culture, University of Texas-Austin 2009

Professional conferences & public talks (selected):

• SOAS, University of London, UK 2012
• The Department of History of Art, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2012
• Nankai University, Tianjin China 2012
• Beijing Normal University, World History Association, China 2011
• The Cultural Bureau, Ministry of Culture, Taiwan, ROC 2012
• West City Market Art Museum, Xi'an, China 2011
• Gallery Talk (China & India), British Museum 2012
• Gallery Talk (Gallery One: India, Japan, & China), Cleveland Museum of Art 2013

Publications (selected):

• http://beyondborders-medievalblog.blogspot.com/2013_03_01_archive.html
• http://mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?aid=5835&pc=10
• http://berkshirepublishing.com/home/product.aspx?projid=65
• http://global.oup.com/academic/product/benezit-dictionary-of-asian-artists-9780199923014?cc=us&lang=en&tab=author

Archeology, Museum, and Conservation:

• National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
• Content Development Team, Center of World Religions, Harvard University/World Religion Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
• Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu, China
• Hadumi Mosque, Gjakove, Kosovo

Courses  Basic Theories of Psychology | Jung & Creativity

Courses  Art & Design History I: Ancient - 18th C. | Critical Issues Art & Des Hist: 18th C - 1945

Courses  Advertising + Consumer Culture | Advertising Images | Critical Issues Art & Des Hist: 18th C - 1945 | Critical Issues Art & Des Hist: 1945-Present | The Body: Tradition, Transformation, Transgression | Visual Culture and the Manufacture of Meaning

Degree PhD, Art History from the University of Michigan; MA, Art History from the University of Denver; BS, Speech Pathology and Audiology from State University of New York

Rita has received several awards and grants through the years including the Lucry Fellowship as well as grants from The Samuel H. Kress Foundation for their Travel Fellowship and Photographic Subvention Program among countless others.

Courses  Creative Writing | Poetry Writing