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Thomas S. Rankin

Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Box 90802, Durham, NC 27708-0802
1317 W Pettigrew St, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Photographing American 2008-2009 · March 19, 2012 Lecture University of North Carolina-Wilmington, NC
Near the Cross: Photographs of the Sacred South · March 19, 2012 Lecture The Center for the Study of the American South
Being There: The Work of Bruce Jackson · March 19, 2011 Lecture Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Time Being: Photography and the Documentary Impulse · March 19, 2010 Lecture Corcoran Museum of Art
In Focus: Photography for Ethnographers · March 19, 2010 Lecture American Folklore Society, Nashville, TN
Photographing American 2008-2009 · March 19, 2012 Lecture University of North Carolina-Wilmington, NC
Near the Cross: Photographs of the Sacred South · March 19, 2012 Lecture The Center for the Study of the American South
Being There: The Work of Bruce Jackson · March 19, 2011 Lecture Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Time Being: Photography and the Documentary Impulse · March 19, 2010 Lecture Corcoran Museum of Art
In Focus: Photography for Ethnographers · March 19, 2010 Lecture American Folklore Society, Nashville, TN
Women: Pioneers in the South · March 19, 2010 Lecture Southern Historical Society Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC
Picturing Ourselves: Documenting North Carolina Lives · March 20, 2009 Lecture Friends of NC Humanities Council, Chapel Hill, NC
Beyond Beauty: Conversations about Photography · March 19, 2009 Lecture Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University
The Art of Farming · March 19, 2009 Lecture Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University
The Politics of Representation in Documentary · March 19, 2009 Lecture Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University
Histories Past, Present, and Future: Some Notes on Ethnographic Archival Collections · March 19, 2009 Lecture American Folklore Society, Boise, ID
Reflecting on F.M. Steele · March 19, 2009 Lecture Kansas Historial Society, Topeka, KS
Photo Story: Time, Place, Transition · November 7, 2008 Lecture Southeast Regional Society for Photographic Education Conference, Randolph Community College, Asheboro, NC
Photography and the Southern Experience · March 20, 2008 Lecture The Mississippi Museum of Art
Photography, Documentary, and the Making of Art: A Conversation with Barkley Hendricks · March 19, 2008 Lecture Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University

Service to the Profession


Duke University Academic Council · 2012 - 2014 Other
Host and Study Leader "Waterways of Russia" : Duke Alumni Association Education & Travel · September 2011 Other Russia
Office of Institutional Equity Advisory Committee · 2010 Other Duke University
Duke Center for Civic Engagement, Campus Council on Civic Engagement · 2009 Other
MFAEDA Executive Committee · 2009 Other
Duke University Academic Council · 2012 - 2014 Other
Host and Study Leader "Waterways of Russia" : Duke Alumni Association Education & Travel · September 2011 Other Russia
Office of Institutional Equity Advisory Committee · 2010 Other Duke University
Duke Center for Civic Engagement, Campus Council on Civic Engagement · 2009 Other
MFAEDA Executive Committee · 2009 Other
Advisory Board Member : Southern Arts Federation, Traditional Arts Program · 2009 Other Atlanta, GA