Department:
Humanities

Contact:
rremmel@esm.rochester.edu
(585) 274-1164

Rachel Remmel studies nineteenth-century American architectural history. She is currently revising her dissertation on Boston public school architecture from 1800 to 1860 for publication as a book. She is also writing articles about the founding of the Cincinnati Art Museum and the architecture of Chicago picture palace movie theatres. Her research interests include building types, theories of environmental influence, and architectural process. Remmel teaches courses on the history of American art, the history of African-American art, modern architecture, the architecture of American houses, the history of American education, the history of photography, writing and composition, and antebellum culture. She has presented or will shortly present her work at conferences sponsored by the College Art Association, the American Studies Association, the History of Education Society, the Nineteenth-Century Studies Association, and the Society for the History of Children and Youth. Her dissertation was supported by the Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art and the Carter Manny Award from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. She received her B.A. in Art History and German Literature from Williams College. Her M.A. and Ph.D. were completed in art history at the University of Chicago.