Dr. Sabrina DeTurk

GRM 2017 Workshop: Gender and Identity in the Gulf: Cultural Constructions and Representations

Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor - College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, Zayed University

Dr. Sabrina DeTurk is currently Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Creative Enterprises at Zayed University in Dubai. From 2008 to 2014, she served as Associate Dean and Executive Director of Graduate Arts and Sciences at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. DeTurk’s research interests center on art as a form of social commentary, the contemporary visual culture of trauma and conflict, and the development of global art history curricula. Current projects include a comparative study of memorial architecture and memorial museums in the US, Europe and the Middle East as well as research on street art and visual culture in the Middle East and North Africa. Recent publications include “SALTWATER: The 14th Istanbul Biennial (Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, 2016) and “The ‘Banksy Effect’ and Street Art in the Middle East” (Street Art and Urban Creativity Scientific Journal, 2015). Dr. DeTurk received her BA in the History of Art from Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA) and her MA and PhD in the History of Art from Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA).