EDUCATION

Art History and Visual Culture

San José State University
San José, CA

Graphic Design, Minor in Art History

San José State University
San José, CA

Bachelor of Arts

Master of Arts

Magne Cum Laude

Master of Arts Thesis

The American Girl: Delineating an Age through the Ladies' Home Journal. San José State University

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Full Time Tenure-Track Professor

College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA 2022-present

Adjunct Instructor 9+ years full time equivalent

Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA 2013 - 2022

Chabot College, Hayward, CA 2016 - 2022

College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA 2020-2022

Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA 2016 - 2022

Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA 2013 - 2016

Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA 2013 - 2014

COURSES TAUGHT

proficiency in face-to-face, hybrid, and online instruction

Contemporary Art and Visual Culture

History of Photography

Introduction to Art / Art Appreciation

Modern Art: 1800 to 20th Century

Multicultural American Art

Non-Western Art Survey

Western Survey: Ancient to Gothic

Western Survey: Medieval through Renaissance

Western Survey: Renaissance to Modern

PUBLICATIONS

PRINT

Contributing author, “The American Girl: Ideas of Nationalism and Sexuality as Promoted in the Ladies’ Home Journal during the early 20th Century,” Women in Magazines: Research, Representation, Production and Consumption. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge, 2016.

Co- Author and Editor, San José State University Department of Art History and Visual Culture’s Student’s Guide to Art History. Edited by Cheyanne Cortez and Ashley Harrop. San José, C.A.: San José State University, 2011.

AUDIO

Cortez, C., Gardini, A. “The Realities of Adjuncting Today,” Contingent Talk Podcast for CAA Conversations, March 2019. https://contingenttalk.hcommons.org/episodes/the-realities-of-adjuncting-today/

CONFERENCE PAPERS

"The Girl Who Goes to College: Gender and Education in the Ladies’ Home Journal.” Tenth International Conference on The Image, Manchester School of Art and Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK, September 2019.

“The American Girl in Love: Sexual Hegemony and Harmony in the Ladies’ Home Journal.” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference, Washington D.C., March 2013.

“The Ladies’ American Girl.” Women in Magazines: Research, Representation, Production and Consumption, Kingston University, Great Britain, June 2012.

“Flappers & Feminism: Re-examining the Liberated Woman.” Social Context: A Gaze into Art History, Annual Art History Association Symposium, San José State University, April 2011.

“Getting the Most Out of College.” Paper presented at the Advancing Latinx Achievement & Success conference, San José State University, April 2012, April 2010.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Contemporary museum theory and practices

Gender and sexuality in mass media and visual culture

Native American art & architecture

Pre-Columbian art & architecture