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Kate Wheeler

Lecturer, Art History


Office: 117A Fine Arts Bldg.
Telephone: 859.257.5509
Email: wheeler@email.uky.edu

Education: M.A., University of Kentucky


Kate Wheeler?s research focuses on Roman Imperial art history. Her thesis, Augustan Ideologies of Greek and Roman: Vitruvius on Theater Buildings, addresses Vitruvian labels of “Greek” and “Roman” in relation to theater types and their place in the larger Augustan Age cultural renewal. Kate has taught art history at the University of Kentucky since 1999 as a teaching assistant, part-time instructor, and currently as a full-time lecturer. She teaches both the Ancient to Medieval and the Renaissance to Modern art history survey courses.