School of Humanities and Sciences
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Michael Marrinan
Professor of Art and Art History, Emeritus
BioAreas of Specialization:
European Art - 17th through 19th Centuries -
Jamie Meltzer
Associate Professor of Art and Art History
BioJamie Meltzer’s documentary films include: Off the Charts: the Song-Poem Story, about the shadowy world of song-poems, Welcome to Nollywood, an investigation into the wildly successful Nigerian movie industry, La Caminata, about a small town in Mexico that puts on a simulated border crossing as a tourist attraction, and Informant, about a revolutionary activist turned FBI informant.
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Richard Meyer
Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor in Art History
BioAreas of Specialization:
20th-century American art and visual culture -
Perla Garcia Miranda
Student Svcs Offcr 2, Art & Art History
BioPerla Miranda, Student Services Manager
Perla received her B.A. in Politics and Latin American and Latino Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her M.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests are in indigenous language revitalization, with a particular focus on Valley Zapotec from Oaxaca, Mexico. Before joining the Department of Art & Art History, Perla has been program manager at the Santa Cruz headquarters of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science, graduate program coordinator for the sociology department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, graduate program coordinator for the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and Academic and Student Services Administrator at Stanford's Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS). In all these roles, she has used her own experience as a first-generation college graduate to help students navigate academic systems and advise a diverse student population. Currently, she is developing a Zapotec Master-Apprentice Language Learning plan in her hometown of San José, California. In her free time, Perla enjoys watching movies, going to concerts and music festivals, traveling, and playing rummikub.
