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Sherri Irvin is Presidential Research Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Oklahoma, where she serves as Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate College. She holds a PhD from Princeton University and focuses on aesthetics, philosophy of race, and intersections between aesthetics and justice. Her work examines contemporary art ontology, body aesthetics, and everyday aesthetic experiences.
- PhD, Princeton University
- Presidential Research Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies
- Senior Associate Dean of Graduate College, University of Oklahoma
Her research investigates how rules constitute contemporary artworks, as seen in her book Immaterial: Rules in Contemporary Art (Oxford 2022) and edited collection Body Aesthetics (Oxford 2016). Current projects analyze aesthetic blight, embodiment practices, and justice intersections.
Recent publications (2022-2025) span topics from Taylor Swift's re-recordings as conceptual art to mental health in aesthetic experiences. Her work has appeared in Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Estetika, and edited volumes on collaborative art and mental health aesthetics.
Key Scientific Awards
- Big Idea Challenge Grant (2021-2023)
- 30th Anniversary Feminist Caucus Prize (2020)
- Humanities Forum Fellowship (2018-2019)
- Franklin Research Grant (2013)
- American Society for Aesthetics Prizes
Irvin contributes to Journal of Aesthetics and Philosophy Compass editorial boards. Her courses include Survey of Aesthetics, Philosophy and Race, and Seminars on Social Construction and Contemporary Art.
