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Christina Smylitopoulos is an award-winning researcher and educator in the field of Art History, specializing in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art and visual culture. Her research focuses on pedagogical capacities, arts-based methodologies, and material culture, including heavy metal music. Smylitopoulos has held the position of Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Yale Centre for British Art, where she has been awarded several grants and fellowships from organizations such as SSHRC and the Ontario Ministry of Science, Research and Innovation. In addition to her research, she is recognized for her excellence in teaching, having received the 2019 UGFA Distinguished Professor Award and the College of Arts Teaching Excellence Award in 2014. She has been named the Post-Secondary Art Educator of the Year for 2023-24 by the Ontario Art Education Association. Her teaching covers the early modern period, including the European Age of Exploration and the Enlightenment, with courses that analyze artistic production and complicate stylistic categorizations across various art movements.
Department of Clinical Studies. Offers MSc by thesis (2 years) and MSc by coursework (1 year).