Curriculum Vitae

Joann Zimmerman

700 Landon Lane

Austin TX 78705

(512) 473-2367

jzimm@bellereti.com

   

 

Education

1999

University of Texas at Austin: Ph.D. in Art History. Dissertation: The City as Practice: Urban Topography, Pictorial Construction and Liminality in Venetian Renaissance Painting, 1495-1595. Advisor: Brenda Preyer.

1993

University of Texas at Austin: M.A. in Art History. Thesis: Narrative, Models and Workshops: Approaches to Secular Illumination in the Roman de la Rose. Advisor: Joan Holladay

University of Texas at Austin: B.A. in Computer Science and History; special student in Art History

 

 

 

Research Interests

 

Visual phenomenology; Venetian Renaissance; medieval manuscripts; pictorial space; narrative illustration; historical anthropology

 

 

 

Grants

1997

Graduate Student Travel Fellowship, "Venice Reconsidered" Conference, Syracuse University

 

Travel Fund Grant, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin, for conference attendance

1995

Jean M. Hage Travel Fellowship, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin, for research in Venice in fall 1995

 

 

 

Honors

1992

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

 

 

 

Art History Papers Presented

2000

"Labyrinths of Fear: Spaces of Danger in Venetian Cinquecento Painting, "Arizona Medieval and Renaissance Conference, Tempe AZ (February).

1997

"Crossing the Bridge: Depicting Changes in the Perception of Space in Venice c. 1495," Arizona Medieval and Renaissance Conference, Tempe AZ (February).

 

 

 

Teaching Experience

1996-1997

Assistant Instructor, "Introduction to the Visual Arts," 3 semesters, University of Texas at Austin

1994-1996

Teaching Assistant, 4 semesters, 3 discussion sections/semester of lower division art history, University of Texas at Austin

 

 

 

Related Work

1992-93, 1997

Grader, one or two art history courses/semester, University of Texas at Austin

 

 

 

Memberships

 

College Art Association

 

Italian Art Society

 

Renaissance Society of America

 

 

 

Software Engineering Employment

Software Release Manager, Tandem Computer, Austin TX

Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics, San Jose CA

Software Engineer, Software Renovation Technology, Sunnyvale CA

Software Engineer, Fairchild Automated Test Equipment, San Jose CA

Software Engineer, Computer Automation, Austin TX

 

 

 

Software Engineering Papers Presented

1987

"DSEE on a Large Scale: A Case Study," Apollo Domain Users' Society (ADUS), San Francisco (October).

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