2000 Ph.D., Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland, College Park
1994 M.A., Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland, College Park
1986 Certificat de Hautes-Etudes, Université d’Aix-en-Provence, France, Graduate with mention
1987 B.A., Modern Foreign Languages, Castleton State College, summa cum laude
1986 B.S., English Communications, Castleton State College, summa cum laude

Publications

• In Press (Spring 2008): “Fiber Technology and Weaving in Formative Period Gulf Coast Cultures.” Ancient Mesoamerica Vol. 19, No 1 (March 2008).
• 2006 “The Child and the Child-Like in Olmec Art and Archaeology,” chapter in The Social Experience of Childhood in Ancient Mesoamerica, edited by Traci Ardren and Scott Hutson, 249-280. University Press of Colorado.
• 1998 Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Collection objects, description and interpretation. I Maya Exhibit Catalogue. Palazzo Grassi I Maya exhibit, Venice, Italy, 6 September 1998 - 16 May 1999.
• 1997 "Rubens Peale's Spectacles: An Optical Illusion?" Survey of Ophthalmology, Vol 41, No. 5 (March/April), 417-423.

Presentations

• 2006 “The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Formative Period Gulf Coast Ceramic Figurines.” Session: Mesoamerican Iconography and Symbols in Action: Small-Scale Figurines as Large-Scale Social Phenomena. (April 28, 2006) Society for American Archaeology 67th Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• 2005 Session Co-Chair: The Ties that Bind: Representations of Marriage in Mesoamerican Art. February 18. College Art Association 2005 Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. With Lori Diel, Texas Christian U.
• 2005 “Did She or Didn’t She? A Re-Evaluation of Olmec and Olmec-related ‘Exogamous Bride” Images.” Session:The Ties that Bind: Representations of Marriage in Mesoamerican Art. February 18.
• 2004 Session Chair: The Importance of Textiles in Mesoamerica. April 3. Society for American Archaeology 69th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.

Grants and Awards

• 2007 Louella Stuck Cline Endowment Award, Missouri State University
• 2006 Excellence in Community Service Award, Missouri State University
• 2006 College Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Arts and Letters, Missouri State University
• 2005 Citizenship and Service Learning (CASL) Faculty Fellowship, Missouri State University
• 2003-04 Faculty Research Grant. Project: “The Importance of Weaving in Pre-Classic Period Gulf Coast Cultures”
• 2003 Dumbarton Oaks Summer Fellowship, Pre-Columbian Studies Museum and Library, Trustees for Harvard University

Courses Taught

• ART 200: Art in Context
• ART 273: Art of Africa, Oceania, & the Americas
• ART 385: Art of the Americas *CASL Integrated Service-Learning Course
• ART 386: Art of Africa *CASL Integrated Service-Learning Course
• ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica *CASL Integrated Service-Learning Course
• ART 494: Independent Study in Art History
• ART 495: Internship in Art History

Office: Ellis Hall 203 A
Phone: 836-6348
Email: BillieFollensbee@missouristate.edu