Professional Summary
I am an art historian with interests in global visual cultures, global futures, and philosophy. I employ a variety of disciplinary approaches, striving for thick descriptions across time, that contextualize human visual culture into a greater whole.
In this process, humanism is analyzed by means of employing philosophical posthumanism as a lens to think about questions surrounding the complexities of human visual culture and philosophy – all while imagining nonhuman ways of being, from animals to artificial intelligence. My doctoral dissertation “The Well-Tempered Android: Philosophical Posthumanism in Science Fiction Cinema” delves into these topics.
At the heart of my research is a deep appraisal of humanism and an engagement with humanity’s interconnectedness with animals, plants, environments, and others in ways that provide alternatives to contemporary ontologies. Thinking about how non-human beings experience the world, especially visually, complicates long-held notions about art.
Teaching is central to all of my professional endeavors. Best practices and new pedagogies in art historical and humanities instruction are of particular interest to me, especially in survey courses.
Education
MA: Indiana University Bloomington | Bloomington, Indiana, 2013 (Art History)
PhD: University of Louisville | Louisville, Kentucky, 2023 (Humanities: Studies in Culture, Criticism & Contemporary Thought)
Positions and Work Experience
08-2025 -To Present Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash, Blue Ash, Ohio
Contact Information
cody.gault@uc.edu