Shana Cooperstein

Dr. Shana Cooperstein specializes in the art of the long 19th century, particularly as this concerns the material practices of artistic production, representational theory, and the history of scientific imaging. As demonstrated by her publications in Leonardo, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide and Grey Room, among others, her interdisciplinary scholarship is motivated by unresolved questions about the role of human sense perception in the development of art-making strategies. “Drawing Pedagogy in Modern France: Habit’s Demise," a book manuscript under contract with Routledge, examines schematization, the education of the eye and other problems central to the history of art instruction in the modern era.

Cooperstein joined IE's Arts and Humanities Division in 2023 after holding teaching positions at Anne Arundel Community College, the University of Chicago, Villanova University, Community College of Philadelphia and McGill University. Her research has been supported by The Osler Library of the History of Medicine, the Institut Français d’Amérique, Media@McGill, The Wolfe Chair Graduate Fellowship in Scientific and Technological Literacy and The Max Stern Museum Fellowship.