AKELA REASON
LECTURER
ART HISTORY
artamr@langate.gsu.edu
Akela Reason joined the faculty of the School of Art and Design in 2007, after teaching as a lecturer since 2005.
A historian of American Art, with a minor in Ancient Greek Art and Architecture, Dr. Reason received a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Maryland in 2005, an M.A in Art History from the University of Maryland in 1993, and a B.A. in Art History from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1990. Prior to joining the GSU faculty, she taught courses at several colleges in the northeast, including George Mason University and the Art Institute of Boston. Dr. Reason has also worked at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the High Museum of Art.
Her dissertation examined the work of the nineteenth-century American artist Thomas Eakins. Her research interests include American Sculpture, African-American Art, Native American Art, Book Illustration, and Photography. Her work also explores the influence of Ancient Greek art on American artists. She has curated exhibitions of American Naïve Painting, Native American Portraits, and American works on paper from the High Museum of Art.
At GSU Dr. Reason has taught courses on American Art, Twentieth Century Art, Women Artists, and Ancient Greek Art.
