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Richard J. Powell

John Spencer Bassett Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History
Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Box 90766, Durham, NC 27708
114 Buchanan Blvd, Smith Warehouse, Bay 9, A287C, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


John Spencer Bassett Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History · 1999 - Present Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies · 1998 - Present Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Graduate Studies of Art, Art History & Visual Studies · 2024 - Present Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies · 2014 - Present African & African American Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Co-Director, From Slavery to Freedom Lab, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute · 2018 - 2023 John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Dean of the Humanities · 2014 - 2016 Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies · 2010 - 2013 African & African American Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of African and African American Studies · 2002 - 2007 Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Chair, Department of Art and Art History · 1996 - 2001 Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor with Tenure · 1993 - 1998 Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences