Joshua Rutherford CV
Bio
I am an art historian, educator, designer, web developer, and information technologist. I'm a man of many hats, including being a chef and butcher at a different time in my life.
My research in Art History privileges community reception, collective representation, and political activism using methodology rooted in performance studies, affect psychology, and media theory. My thesis, Performance, Representation, Reception, and the Lost Cause, focuses on Confederate Monuments and the performances surrounding their construction. He investigates the ways in which public demonstrations have affected the social acceptability of Confederate memorialization to better understand how structures of representation play a role in perpetuating systemic racism. Recordings of presentations related to my thesis research are available on the videos page.
As an educator, I am passionate about inclusion and strive to create a learning environment in which ideas can be discussed, challenged, and otherwise explored from multiple perspectives. I believe in learning through experience and create projects that help students connect course work to future career skills. I've also worked in instructional design, and use learning management systems as a tool to communicate clearly and efficiently with my students, bolster course content, and gain insight into student engagement.
I have also worked as a web developer and graphic designer, most recently as a Graduate Student Fellow at UWM's Center for 21st Century Studies, where I've focused on information architecture in re-structuring websites that have been managed by multiple hands over the past decade, designing marketing materials for programming, and built out a digital publication platform to better disseminate the Center's research, Thinking C21,
I'm will complete coursework on a second Master's degree in Information Sciences in May 2023, with a concentration in Information Technology and Security; I have developed skills in information security policy-making, ethical hacking, digital forensics, and Cisco Networking, and am currently seeking employment in Information Technology. Understanding that individual users within an organization are often the weakest link in information security, I'm seeking a position that will allow me to combine my skills as an educator and knowledge of information technology to help create security policies, educate employees, and manage systems.
Education History
MLIS Information Technology, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - August 2021 through May 2023
-Research Focus: Information Technology and Security
-Capstone Project: Assessing the Impact of Information Security Awareness Programming in the Private Sector through the Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Model
MA Art History, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - August 2019 through May 2021.
-Research focus: Confederate Monuments, Public Performances, and Collective Representation during the Reconstruction and Redemption Periods
BA Art History, University of Illinois - Chicago - August 2005 - May 2009.
-Research focus: Representations and Enactments of Violence in Art, emphasis on Gerhard Richter’s “Oktober” series and Marina Abramovic‘s “Rhythm 0”
GIFRIC Seminar in Lacanian Psychoanalysis - Quebec City, Quebec - 2009
Professional History
Graduate Fellow - Center for 21st Century Studies. -University of Wisconsin. -Milwaukee
-August 2022 - May 2023
Adjunct Faculty - Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
-January 2022 - Present
-Courses:
-Art History 151: Introduction to Art and Design History
-Art History 318: Monuments and Public Art
Teaching, Learning, and Technology Assistant - Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
-February 2021 - July 2022.
Teaching Assistant - Department of Art History - University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.
-August 2019 - May 2021
-Courses:
-Film Studies 206: History of Film I
-Film Studies 206: History of Film II
-Milwaukee: Past, Present, Future
-Art History 101: Ancient through Medieval Art
-Art History 102: Renaissance through Modern Art
Gallery Intern - Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery and Collection - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
-August 2019 (Gallery Guard) - Present
User Experience Specialist - Lyft - Nashville, TN
-June 2016 - April 2019
Presentations
UWM Lawrence R. Hoey Memorial Essay Prize - Nominated by Professor Jennifer Johung
-April 2021: Procession: Black Representation, Precarity, and Performance since Reconstruction
UWM Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference - Milwaukee, WI
-February 2021: To Rally: Grievability, Dispossession, and Performativity in the History of Confederate Monuments
-February 2020: Autopoietic Machines: Artistic Experiments with Affective Interfaces
UWM Emile H. Mathis Gallery - Art Expose - Milwaukee, WI
-Nov 2020: Lester Johnson
-Oct 2020: Rogers Collection
-Mar 2020: Suku Hemba
UIC Art History Undergraduate Symposium - Nominated by Professor Hannah Higgins - Chicago, IL
-Apr 2009: Happenstance Responsibility: Violent Art in the Age of Mass Destruction
Performances
Without You, I’m Nothing: Art and Its Audience - Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, IL
-January 2011: Performed Classic Fluxus Scores with DadaMachineFluxus troupe
UIC Fluxus Ensemble - Fulcrum Point New Music - Harris Theater - Chicago, IL
-March 2009: Performed Classic Fluxus scores with Fluxus artist Alison Knowles
Skills
-Research, Analysis, and Presentation
-Content Writing and Development
-Online Course Planning and Construction
-Museum Registration Management
-Photo/Video/Audio Recording and Editing
-Web Development (HTML, CSS, JS)
-Written Translation: Spanish, French, German
-Information System and Network Administration
-Data Management and Organization
-Information Security, Ethical Hacking, and Digital Forensics
Software Proficiencies:
-Microsoft Office Suite/Google Docs
-Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop/Illustrator/Dreamweaver/XD)
-Learning Management: Canvas/D2L
-Wordpress
-Kali Linux and associated Programs
-Notepad++/Atom
-PastPerfect