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Portrait of Dr. Gina M Tarver

Dr. Gina M Tarver

  • Professor at School of Art and Design, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Ally of Texas State, Ally of Texas State. March 1, 2012 - Present.
  • Member, Faculty Awards Committee. September 1, 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Scholarship Committee. September 1, 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Latino Studies Minor Standing Committee. September 1, 2017 - Present.

2025

  • Juror, Honors College Undergraduate Research Conference. April 23, 2025.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Association for Latin American Art Open Session for Emerging Scholars at the College Art Association Conference. March 5, 2024 - February 13, 2025.

2024

  • Member, Research Enhancement Program Committee. October 10, 2024 - November 15, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, ARTMargins: Contemporary art across the evolving global peripheries (MIT Press). September 16, 2024 - October 27, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, H-ART: Revista de historia, teoría y crítica de arte (Universidad de los Andes). October 10, 2024 - October 24, 2024.
  • Academic Program Coordinator, Art History, Art History Area Coordinator. August 1, 2023 - August 15, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, H-ART: Revista de historia, teoría y crítica de arte (Universidad de los Andes). July 1, 2024 - July 15, 2024.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Art & the Environment, parts 1 &2, panels for the Internatonal Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. November 16, 2023 - June 14, 2024.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, The Art of Ecological Justice, virtual panel for the Internatonal Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. November 16, 2023 - June 12, 2024.
  • Editor, Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture. June 1, 2021 - May 31, 2024.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Ecological Art from Latin America, 1960s–1980s, panel for the Annual Conference of the College Art Association. July 14, 2023 - February 15, 2024.

2023

  • Organizer, Informational Meeting: How to Succeed in Art History. October 11, 2023.
  • Member, Nina Vaca-Humrichouse Scholarship Review Committee. March 1, 2023 - March 15, 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Fellowships selection panel, Arts & Humanities sub-panel, Association of American University Women. December 15, 2022 - March 15, 2023.

2022

  • Member, Faculty Awards Committee. September 1, 2020 - May 15, 2022.
  • Member, Tenure Track Mentoring Committee. September 1, 2015 - May 15, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Drexel University. August 15, 2022 - October 10, 2022.
  • Specialist Member, Graduate Fulbright Campus Committee. August 11, 2022 - August 26, 2022.
  • Academic Program Coordinator, Art History Area Coordinator. August 1, 2020 - August 5, 2022.
  • University Mentor, for Omari Souza. September 1, 2020 - June 15, 2022.
  • Member, Outcomes Committee. August 15, 2020 - May 30, 2022.
  • Member, Library Committee. August 1, 2020 - May 15, 2022.
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. August 1, 2020 - May 15, 2022.
  • Member, Director Search Committee. August 15, 2021 - April 22, 2022.
  • Member, Web Committee. September 1, 2017 - January 15, 2022.

2021

  • Reviewer / Referee, Ediciones Uniandes. December 15, 2021 - December 17, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Swarthmore College. September 1, 2021 - November 11, 2021.
  • Organizer, Informational Meeting: How to Succeed in Art History. October 13, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Fellowships selection panel, Arts & Humanities sub-panel, Association of American University Women. January 1, 2021 - February 24, 2021.

2020

  • Chair, Faculty Awards Committee. September 1, 2015 - May 15, 2020.
  • Organizer, Art & Design Lecture Series: Deanna Ledezma. November 30, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Oxford University Press. November 22, 2020 - November 29, 2020.
  • Organizer, Informational Meeting: How to Succeed in Art History. November 11, 2020.
  • Organizer, Art Historian Lecture: Deanna Ledezma. November 11, 2020.
  • Professional advice, Prince Claus Awards. August 15, 2020 - September 7, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Third Text: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Art & Culture (Routledge). June 18, 2020 - August 20, 2020.
  • Member, Art & Design Lecture Series Committee. September 1, 2018 - May 15, 2020.
  • Member, Search Committee for Assistant Professor of Art History. September 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020.
  • Member, Presidential Excellence Awards—Scholarly/Creative Committee. February 1, 2020 - February 21, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Routledge Press. February 1, 2020 - February 19, 2020.

2019

  • Organizer, Art & Design Lecture Series: Will Wilson, Auto-Immune Response. March 15, 2019 - November 15, 2019.
  • Participant, Informational Meeting: How to Succeed in Art History. October 30, 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Art Journal. September 16, 2019 - October 15, 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, H-ART: Revista de historia, teoría y crítica de arte (Universidad de los Andes). August 9, 2019 - September 11, 2019.
  • Member, Presidential Excellence Awards—Scholarly/Creative Committee. February 1, 2019 - February 22, 2019.

2018

  • Participant, Informational Meeting: How to Succeed in Art History. October 11, 2018.
  • Chair, Tenure-Track Faculty in Design History Search Committee. September 1, 2017 - June 1, 2018.
  • Organizer, University Lecture Series: Ana María Reyes, “Symbolic Reparations, Institution Building, and the Art of Mutual Recognition". April 24, 2018.
  • Member, Presidential Excellence Awards – Teaching Committee. November 2017 - February 2018.

2017

  • Organizer, Donation of Jacqueline Barnitz Library to the Alkek Library. June 1, 2017 - December 1, 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, H-ART: Revista de historia, teoría y crítica de arte (Universidad de los Andes). August 2017 - October 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Cultural Dynamics (Duke Univerity/Sage Publications). February 2017 - May 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Ediciones Uniandes. February 2017 - May 2017.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, SET: A Collaborative Video Project, presented at Lugar a Dudas. August 2016 - March 2017.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, SET: A Collaborative Video Project, presented at the Museo de Arte Moderno Medellín. August 2016 - March 2017.

2016

  • Chair, Faculty Awards Committee. September 1, 2015 - May 15, 2016.
  • Member, College Presidential Excellence Awards Committee – Scholarly/Creative. November 19, 2015 - February 26, 2016.
  • Chair, Art History Master's Program Feasibility Study. August 15, 2015 - May 15, 2016.
  • Member, Latino Studies Working Group. August 1, 2015 - May 15, 2016.
  • Member, Web Committee. August 1, 2014 - May 15, 2016.
  • Member, Promotion and Tenure Document Committee. August 1, 2011 - May 15, 2016.
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. August 1, 2009 - May 15, 2016.
  • Supervisor, Trained and supervised 1-3 undergraduate student employees per academic year as teaching assistants. August 1, 2009 - May 15, 2016.
  • Organizer, Outside In: Brazilians in the School of Paris, Visiting Art Historian Lecture by Edith Wolfe. March 24, 2016.

2015

  • Member, Board of Directors, Art-Science Gallery, Austin, Texas. January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2015.
  • Participant, Roundtable Discussion and Informational Session on Graduate School in Art History, Texas State University–San Marcos. October 1, 2015.
  • Member, Visiting Artists Committee. January 1, 2011 - August 1, 2015.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, "Negotiating Idenity: The Art Museum in Latin America," Visual Arts Section-sponsored panel for the XXXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico. May 1, 2015.
  • Member, Gallery III Flex Space Committee. August 1, 2014 - May 1, 2015.
  • Participant, Roundtable Discussion and Informational Session on Internships in Art History, Texas State University–San Marcos. April 1, 2015.
  • Member, Search Committee for Assistant Professor of Art History. August 1, 2014 - April 1, 2015.
  • Organizer, Social Serigraphy and U.S. Third World Feminism, Visiting Art Historian Lecture by Tatiana Reinoza. March 24, 2015.

2014

  • Participant, Roundtable Discussion and Informational Session on Graduate School in Art History, Texas State University–San Marcos. October 1, 2014.
  • Member, Search Committee for Assistant Professor of Art History. August 1, 2013 - April 1, 2014.
  • Member, 100 4 100 Fundraiser Committee. January 1, 2014.
  • Organizer, 6th Biannual Art History Undergraduate Research Symposium, Texas State University, featuring eight Thesis II students. January 1, 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of the Inclusive Museum. January 1, 2014.

2013

  • Coordinator, Art History Area Coordinator (proxy for Erina Duganne). September 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, The panel "The Role of the Artist: Shifting Paradigms of Social Engagement," for the XXXI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Washtington, D.C. May 1, 2013.
  • Organizer, 5th Biannual Art History Undergraduate Research Symposium, Texas State University, featuring nine Thesis II students. January 1, 2013.
  • Sponsor, AHA! (Art History Association). January 1, 2013.
  • Proxy, Research, Grants, Awards Committee (proxy for Erina Duganne). January 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, University Press of North Georgia. January 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of the Inclusive Museum. January 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Social Sciences Collection. January 1, 2013.

2012

  • Participant, Roundtable Discussion and Informational Session on Graduate School in Art History, Texas State University–San Marcos. October 1, 2012.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, The panel "Selective Memories: Art as Historical Counter-narrative," for Toward a Third Century of Independence in Latin America, XXX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, San Francisco. January 1, 2012.
  • Moderator, Art History panel, for the Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Austin. January 1, 2012.
  • Member, College Presidential Excellence Awards – Service Committee. January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012.
  • Member, College Research Enhancement Committee. January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012.
  • Member, Research, Grants, Awards Committee. January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012.
  • Member, Search Committee for Visual Resource Specialist. January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012.
  • Member, Academic Program Review Committee. January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012.

2011

  • Organizer, 2nd Biannual Art History Undergraduate Research Symposium, Texas State University, featuring seven Thesis II students. January 1, 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Research on Women and Gender, vol. 4 (Spring 2012). January 1, 2011.

2010

  • Member, Library Committee (proxy for Erina Duganne). January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2010.
  • Member, Outcomes Committee. January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2010.
  • Sponsor, AHA! (Art History Association). January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2010.

2009

  • Member, Lectures and Roundtables, IIE Fulbright Research or Teaching Grades for University Graduates, AHA! (Art History Association) Meeting, Texas State University–San Marcos. 2009.