Alison Fields

Not to be confused with epidemiologist Alison Field.

Alison Lynne Fields (born August 1, 1979) is an American art historian and educator. Fields is currently the Mary Lou Milner Carver Professor of Art of the American West at University of Oklahoma.^[1]

Alison Fields
Born	Alison Lynne Fields (1979-08-01) August 1, 1979 (age 46) United States
Occupation(s)	Art historian Educator
Academic background
Alma mater	Colgate University Brown University University of New Mexico
Thesis	False Closure: Narratives of Trauma, Healing, and American Nationhood (2009)
Academic work
Discipline	Art history
Sub-discipline	American Studies
Institutions	University of Oklahoma

Career

Fields received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Native American Studies from Colgate University in 2001. There, she was part of the Student Government Association.^[2] Fields then proceeded to receive a Master of Arts in American Civilization from Brown University in 2003, and a Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies from the University of New Mexico in 2009. Fields wrote a doctoral dissertation titled "False Closure: Narratives of Trauma, Healing, and American Nationhood."^[3] Following graduating, she was hired as the Mary Lou Milner Carver Professor of Art of the American West at University of Oklahoma. Additionally, Fields began serving as Associate Editor of the journal titled Western Historical Quarterly since 2016, and two years later, Associate Director of the School of Visual Arts.^[4]

See also

• List of Brown University alumni
• List of Colgate University people
• List of University of New Mexico alumni
• List of University of Oklahoma people