Melissa R. Kerin

Kerin teaches courses in South Asian and East Asian art and architecture. Her research focuses on the intricate and multifaceted relationships between art and identity formation, cultural memory and religious praxis.

Melissa R. Kerin

Melissa R. Kerin

Professor of Art History

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Department of the History of Art
    Dissertation Topic: 15th-17th-Century Buddhist Wall Paintings of India’s Western Himalaya
  • MTS Harvard Divinity School, World Religions Program (Buddhist Studies)
  • B.A. Trinity College, Hartford, CT (Women’s Studies)

Teaching

I teach courses in South Asian (including Tibet and the Himalayas) and East Asian Art and Architecture. My research focuses on the intricate and multifaceted relationships between art and identity formation (political and cultural), cultural memory, and religious praxis.