Catherine N. Howe

Catherine N. Howe is a Lecturer in Art History at Williams College, teaching courses spanning Enlightenment-era architecture to contemporary digital portraiture with emphasis on photography and avant-garde movements. She operates within the Department of Art History from the Spencer Studio Art Building.

Her academic credentials include:

• B.A. from Barnard College (1997)
• M.A. from University of California-Santa Barbara (2005)
• Ph.D. from University of California-Santa Barbara (2012)

Research focuses on photographic evolution from 19th-century ambrotypes to Instagram-era portraiture, modernist/anti-modernist discourse, and intersections of natural history with artistic practice. Course offerings like ARTH 216 and ARTH 438 demonstrate specialized expertise in avant-garde chronologies and technological impacts on portraiture.