Anne Norcross

Anne Norcross

Professor of Art History
Art History
Email: [email protected]

Education

• MA, Michigan State University, History of Art
• Certificate, Spring Arbor University, Post BA Michigan Teacher Certification
• PhD (abd), The Ohio State University, Art History, passed written and oral PhD examinations, dissertation prospectus defended, advanced to candidacy in 1999
• BA, Michigan State University, Graphic Design

Biography

Anne started at Ferris State University's Kendall College of Art and Design in 2005 and became a tenure-track faculty member in 2007, receiving tenure in 2011. Prior to joining the faculty at KCAD, Anne held one-year temporary positions teaching art history at Western Michigan University and Central Michigan University, and was a visiting lecturer at Michigan State University from 1996-2003. Prior to pursuing her graduate degree in art history, Anne was a vice president of marketing in a communications and marketing firm and then was a partner in her own creative design firm which offering effective design and communication solutions.

Anne has served on national boards for the College Arts Association (CAA) and the Visual Resource Association (VRA), and has chaired conference sessions at the CAA’s annual conference and the Midwest Art History Society’s annual conference, and presented papers on teaching and pedagogy at international conferences.

Publications and Intellectual Contributions

• Textbook editor and reviewer
  (2023). "Edited and Reviewed "Re-Envisioning the Material Past: How to Educate and Engage Modern Students Using Visual Culture," In A. Norcross (Ed.), Re-Envisioning the Material Past: How to Educate and Engage Modern Students Using Visual Culture. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Publication Reviewer/Editor
  (2016). "Art History: Digital by Design," In A. Norcross (Ed.), Art History: Digital by Design. Cengage Publisher.
• Publication Editor
  (2013). "The Visual Arts: A History (revised 7th edition)," In A. Norcross (Ed.), Laurence King Publishing.
• entry in the American National Biography
  Norcross, A. (1998). "Charles Henry Miller," American National Biography. Oxford University Press.
• entry in the American National Biography
  Norcross, A. (1998). "David Dalhoff Neal," American National Biography. Oxford University Press.
• Book Chapter
  Norcross, A. (1996). "American ‘Schools’ of Art in Germany: The Impact of Emanuel Leutze and Frank Duveneck," ViceVersa: Deutsche Maler in Amerika, Amerikanische Maler in Deutschland, 1813-1913. München: Hirmer.

Presentations

• Presentation
  Norcross, A., College Art Association Annual Conference 2026, "The Value of Art History," (February 19, 2026).
• Presentation
  Norcross, A., College Art Association Annual Conference 2025, "Experimental approaches to engaging undergraduate students in research," (February 2025).
• co-chair session
  Norcross, A. (Co-Chair), 2022 Open Art Histories Pedagogy Institute, "One Image, Many Views: Encouraging Multiple Perspectives in the Analysis of Works within the Western Art History Survey," OAH Pedagogy Institute, Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, (June 17, 2022).
• Presentation
  Norcross, A., 11th Annual Grand Rapids Undergraduate Art History Symposium 2022, (April 2022).
• Session co-chair
  Norcross, A. (Co-Chair), College Art Association 2022 110th Annual Conference, "New Approaches to Inclusivity in the Western Art History Survey," CAA, New York, New York, (February 17, 2022).
• Session Chair
  Norcross, A., College Art Association 2020 Annual Conference, "Arthurian legend in American Art," College Art Association, Chicago, IL, (February 2020).
• Roundtable
  Norcross, A., College Art Association 2020 Annual Conference, "Teaching Art History to GenZ students," College Art Association, Chicago, IL, (February 2020).
• Presentation
  Norcross, A., Foundations in Art: Theory and Education 2019, "Don’t Lose the history in Art: Bridging Disciplines through Outcomes," (2019).
• Session Chair
  Norcross, A., College Art Assication 2018 Annual Conference, "Practical Approaches and Collaborations: A Session to Share Ideas and Methods for the Art History Survey," College Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, (February 2018).
• Paper
  Norcross, A., CAA Annual Conference 2018 / Teaching Art and Art History as a General Education Course, "Teaching Art History at an Art & Design School," College Art Association, Los Angeles, CA, (February 2018).