Education

PhD, Emory University, Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts, 1990
M.A., Emory University, Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts, 1987
B.A., Georgia State University, 1979

Biography

Joyce Medina is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Industrial Design at Georgia Institute of Technology, where she has been teaching since 1999. She teaches Art History surveys and Design History and Theory courses. 

Medina holds a Ph.D. in Art History and Aesthetics from Emory University, an M.A. from Emory University's Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, and a B.A. in English Literature from Georgia State University. She is the author of "Cezanne and Modernism: The Poetics of Painting," which explores hidden images in Paul Cezanne's paintings. Medina's current research focuses on Material Culture studies, examining the reciprocity between art, design, and cultural conventions. 

Her teaching experience includes positions at Georgia State University, Emory University, The Atlanta College of Art, and Southern Institute of Technology. Medina has also participated in the Oxford Program, a summer study-abroad tour of Europe.

Statement of Teaching Interest

Art History surveys, Design History surveys, Design Theory seminars

Statement of Research Interest

Material Culture studies of art, art history, design, design history