Thea Stevens
Academic Development Lead (School of Design) & Academic Coordinator: Interdisciplinarity (School of Design)
School of Design
The Glasgow School of Art
Research Interests
heritage, aura/replica, material culture, place/space, art & design education
Research Profile
Dr Thea Stevens is a historian of visual, material and built culture whose research and teaching focus on place, experience, and hidden or intangible histories. Her current research has two core themes: GSA's collection of plaster casts in terms of the archival, with key themes including damage, aura and reproduction; and pedagogies in Art & Design Higher Education. At GSA, Thea's roles are Academic Development Lead for the School of Design and Academic Coordinator: Interdisciplinarity, in which she coordinates Design Domain. She is also guest lecturer in heritage context at the School of Simulation and Visualisation, and in Design History & Theory. Thea's other recent roles include PhD Coordinator in the School of Design and in the Mackintosh School of Architecture. She has been a membermore...
Dr Thea Stevens is a historian of visual, material and built culture whose research and teaching focus on place, experience, and hidden or intangible histories. Her current research has two core themes: GSA's collection of plaster casts in terms of the archival, with key themes including damage, aura and reproduction; and pedagogies in Art & Design Higher Education. At GSA, Thea's roles are Academic Development Lead for the School of Design and Academic Coordinator: Interdisciplinarity, in which she coordinates Design Domain. She is also guest lecturer in heritage context at the School of Simulation and Visualisation, and in Design History & Theory. Thea's other recent roles include PhD Coordinator in the School of Design and in the Mackintosh School of Architecture. She has been a member and panel reviewer for the Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities Discipline Catalyst Cultural and Museum Studies, and lecturer in Design History & Theory and the Forum for Critical Inquiry. Thea holds an MA in History of Art (University of Warwick) and an MA (Hons) in History of Art and Italian (University of Glasgow). She received a University of Glasgow Scholarship for her PhD thesis in History of Art (University of Glasgow). Before working at GSA, Thea held teaching fellowships, lectureships and other teaching positions in art, design and architectural history at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Edinburgh College of Art, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde. Thea has also worked in cultural heritage and experiential tourism, for instance leading the University of Glasgow/Smithsonian George Mason Graduate Summer Field School Treasure Houses of Scotland: Royal Heritage.
Qualifications
PhD, History of Art, University of Glasgow
MA, History of Art, University of Warwick
MA (Hons), Italian and History of Art, University of Glasgow
PGCert (Learning & Teaching)
