Profile
Mat Jarvis studies eighteenth and nineteenth century art under the advisement of Dr. Norman Bryson with a secondary field of study in film. He defended his dissertation Noir / Blanc: Depictions of Colonialism and Cosmopolitanism in Eighteenth Century Painting in November and will be awarded his doctorate this June. Presently, with Dr. Bryson, Matthew is co-editing a book on the women in the work of Jacques-Louis David that will complete the unfinished writings of the late Mary Vidal, a former UC San Diego professor. Matthew is currently the Dean of Arts and Humanities Curatorial Fellow at UC San Diego in addition to serving as the President of the Graduate Student Association. Matthew has held various positions of campus leadership including four other executive positions in the Graduate Student Association, Art History cohort President, founding member of the Campus Allies Board, and a member of over thirty campus committees. His service has led him to work on such topics as bringing Safe Zone to UC San Diego, work on the fair trade policy, expanding graduate student housing, advocating for a Graduate Bill of Rights, and the graduate and professional student representative to the Chancellor’s Strategic Planning Committee. Originally from Virginia, Matthew earned his A.B. from William and Mary in English and theatre. From 2010 - 2011 he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at California State University, Fullerton where he also advised McNair Research Scholars. Currently he is a lecturer of Art History for UC San Diego, Extension.
