{"id":3886,"date":"2024-05-16T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/artsci\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=3886"},"modified":"2026-10-06T15:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:31:18","slug":"linda-pastryk-phd","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.queens.edu\/artsci\/campus-directory\/linda-pastryk-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Linda Pastryk, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Linda Pastryk teaches a range of art history courses in global art and architecture. Site visits are part of every class and include museums, churches, gardens, temples, and historic homes to heighten student engagement through first-hand experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, she is redacting the personal journals of North Carolina ceramist, Clara \u201cKitty\u201d Couch, to be archived at the Mint Museum (Randolph Road). Recently, she completed an editing project for a comprehensive book on global craft and technologies by Dr. Carol Ventura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Pastryk is committed to students achieving their professional and personal goals through their art history courses. Hence, the scholarship of teaching and learning in Art History is an abiding interest for her, an area in which she has published. Her courses include curatorial practices within the scope of art history and she has established a micro credential for art history in conjunction with Gallery and Museum Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She considers art history a vital subject as it addresses the values and efforts of human societies. In keeping with the interdisciplinary approach of art history, she earned her doctorate in the Department of Humanities. Her dissertation addressed religion versus medical science and transformative built environments in early modern France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ph.D., Humanities, Salve Regina University<br>M.A., Art History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill<br>B.A., Art History, Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography Dr. Linda Pastryk teaches a range of art history courses in global art and architecture. Site visits are part of every class and include museums, churches, gardens, temples, and historic homes to heighten student engagement through first-hand experiences. 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