Rate My Professor Heather Mathews

Heather Mathews serves as Chair and Associate Professor of Art History in the Department of Communication, Media & Design Arts at Pacific Lutheran University, where she joined the faculty in 2007. She earned her B.A. in Art History and German from Hood College in 1994, her M.A. in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin in 1997, and her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006. Mathews specializes in German art of the Cold War period, focusing on the role of the artist in public discourse in East and West Germany. Her research examines the exhibition of contemporary art as a cultural and political force in the Cold War era and today, with recent work addressing contemporary art and cultural integration. She teaches courses exploring gender issues, identity, and memory in modern and contemporary art, and her scholarship intersects cultural production and politics, including gender issues in contemporary art representation.