Sarita K. Heer, Ph.D.
Advanced Lecturer of Fine Arts in Art History
Dr. Sarita K. Heer's research is focused on Modern and Contemporary South Asian Visual Culture, with a particular interest in women artists and images of women. She has presented papers and co-chaired a session at the College Art Association’s annual meetings and has presented papers and co-chaired sessions at various smaller conferences, both national and international.
She is currently working on projects that focus on Indian Postage Stamps.
Education
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago
M.A., Case Western Reserve University
B.A., Baldwin-Wallace College
Publications/Research Listings
“Food for Thought: India, Postage Stamps and Banal Nationalism.” South Asian Popular Culture. 20, No 3 (2022) 331-348. https://doi.org/10.1080/14746689.2022.2115732
“Painting.” Encyclopedia of the Modern World. Oxford University Press, 2009
Book review of Feminine Fables: Imaging the Indian Woman in Painting, Photography and Cinema in Woman’s Art Journal 26 No 1 (Summer 2005) 58-59. https://doi.org/10.2307/3566542