Joyce de Vries

Joyce de Vries is Professor in the Department of Art & Art History at Auburn University, specializing in early modern Italian visual and material culture. She holds a PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research examines gender construction through art, domestic material culture, and collecting practices in Renaissance Italy.

Research interests focus on:

• Visual representation of gender in early modern Italy
• Material culture in domestic spaces (1400-1700)
• Bolognese art collections and valuation practices
• Non-elite women's material possessions

De Vries received major grants including NEH and Millard Meiss awards for her work on Caterina Sforza. She served as Director of Women's Studies (2011-2017) and co-edited Outside In: Voices from the Margins on diversity in higher education.