Ph.D., University of Southern California, Art History
M.A., University of Southern California, Art History
B.A., University of California at Berkeley, Fine Arts
American Women in the Visual Arts
Jewish American art and visual culture
Editorial Board: Modern Jewish Studies
“The history of art fascinates me because it touches every aspect of human life and history; every object has a hidden life, and I love sharing these stories with students.”
- ARTH 11A & 12A C&I: Art and Identity
- ARTH 23 Art and Revolution: Europe and the U.S. 18th-20th Centuries
- ARTH 100 Art History Proseminar
- ARTH 140 Photography in the United States
- ARTH 143 Women's Work: American Women in the Visual Arts
- ARTH 144 Race, Gender, and Nation in 18th and 19th-Century American Art
- ARTH 145 Perpetual Revolution: American Art in the 20th-Century
Embroidering the Landscape: Art, Women, and the Environment, 1740-1770. Lund-Humphries, Northern Lights Series, Walter S. Melion, series ed., 2023.
“By isolating the contingent details found within these embroidered landscapes, Pappas foregrounds the economic, geographical, and horticultural knowledge possessed by the women who produced them... Overarchingly, Embroidering the Landscape: Women, Art and the Environment in British North America, 1740–1770 is an important contribution to the study of visual culture as well as the complex ecosystem of British North America with its dependence upon a global economy for its very survival. This much-needed study will complement the fields of American art, decorative arts, environmental history, and women’s studies.” – Nancy Siegel, CAA Reviews
“Tragedy and Timeliness: Finding a Path to a New Art” (chapter) Revisiting the Rothko Chapel, Aaron Rosen and Annie Cohen-Solal, eds., Brepols Publishers, 2024.
Editor, Modern Jewish Studies: Special Issue on Jewish Art and Culture. March 2016. Editor’s introduction: “Configuring and Contesting Jewish Identities in the Visual Field.”
Eye on the Sixties, Vision, Body, and Soul: Selections from the Collections of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson. (Essayist and curator). Exh. Cat., de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, February 2—June 15, 2008.
Teaching Art History with Technology: Reflections and Case Studies, contributing co-editor with Kelly Donahue-Wallace and Laetitia La Follette. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. “Introduction,” Co-authored with Kelly Donahue-Wallace and Laetitia La Follette; “Angel in the Architecture: Course Management Software and Collaborative Teaching,” Co-authored with Stephen Carroll and Dolores laGuardia.