PhD in Art History

Vincent Forsell

Vincent E. Forsell (he/they) is a specialist in art at the intersections of disabled and queer methodologies, specifically queer semiotics and its applications to the function of art within the broader spectrum of HIV and AIDS activism. They are a PhD Candidate and Adjunct Instructor in art history at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University, where they also received their MA in art history in 2019. Before coming to Philadelphia, they received their BA in art history from East Stroudsburg University in 2017.   

MA, Art History, Temple University, 2019  

BA, Art History, East Stroudsburg University, 2017  

 MA, Art History, Temple University, 2019 
BA, Art History, East Stroudsburg University, 2017 

Dissertation Title: “At the “Crossroads of Pathology and Difference”: Figuring Disability in the Art of HIV/AIDS Positive Transgender Artists” 

Advisor: Alpesh Kantilal Patel