We are thrilled to announce two new hires who have joined our faculty!
Dr. Natchee Barnd is a comparative and critical ethnic studies scholar interested in the intersections between ethnic studies, cultural geography, and Indigenous studies. His research focuses on issues of race, space, and Indigenous geographies. He is currently the Editor of the Ethnic Studies Review, the discipline’s oldest and most respected journal. He was previously Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at Oregon State University, Corvallis, and will helm a Native Studies department here at UCSB. Until then, we are so pleased to welcome him in History of Art & Architecture!
Dr. Christine Garnier is a specialist in histories of indigenous and settler art of the 19th and 20th centuries across North America, and holds a doctorate in History of Art from Harvard University. Most recently, she held a prestigious Society of Fellows Postdoctoral fellowship at University of Southern California. In the academic year 2024-25, she will hold prestigious joint post-doctoral fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and the Huntington Library in Marino, CA.
