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Anne McClanan teaches western medieval and Byzantine art history, as well as methodology and advanced research skill-building. She brings the first-hand study of artworks to her teaching whenever possible, mentoring her students in original research showcased in an ongoing web-based database of medieval objects in Portland-area collections. She further participates in public humanities by partnering with Wikipedia and WikiEducation, generating Open Educational Resources (OERs) for YouTube, and, in a recent collaboration with Smarthistory, co-edited a freely accessible digital textbook, a Guide to Byzantine Art History.
In July 2024, Professor McClanan's book, Griffinology: The Griffin's Place in Myth, History, and Art, will be published by Reaktion Books UK. Griffinology's publication is aided by a generous grant from Furthermore (a J.M. Kaplan Fund program). She is actively researching her next book project on a related topic, with more details coming soon. Her earlier books include a monograph analyzing images of early Byzantine empresses, a co-edited anthology on Iconoclasm (published as well in a Mandarin Chinese translation), and another anthology on the material culture of sex, procreation, and marriage in the premodern era.
She studied at Harvard (Ph.D.), Johns Hopkins, and Columbia Universities and has excavated at archeological sites in Turkey, Jordan, and Israel. Professor McClanan developed and coordinates the Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Art History and the Cultural History of the Arts BA/BS. Please reach out with any questions regarding either program.