Dr. Deborah Cibelli
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Professor of Art (Art History)
Education: Contact Information: Dr. Deborah Cibelli is no stranger to awards. She has been recognized on the local and international level for her contributions to the Kappi Pi International Honorary Art Fraternity and the Nicholls Art Club. Cibelli received two Outstanding Faculty Adviser of Student Organizations awards, presented by the Nicholls Division of Student Affairs, and was honored by the international Kappi Pi organization with the Arthur B. Kennon award. During her tenure at Nicholls, Cibelli has been the recipient of the Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence, worked on projects to integrate technology into the curricula with two Louisiana Board of Regents Enhancement grants and taught for the Nicholls Honors Study Abroad Program. Cibelli’s research on Italian Renaissance paintings as well as the relationship between art and literature has been published and presented along with other topics at international conferences and symposia including: the College of Art Association, the Italian Art Society, the Renaissance Society of America and the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference. Cibelli’s study of the art of the “outsider artist” Kenny Hill at the Nicholls Folklife Center and Sculpture Garden in Chauvin has been published internationally in Raw Vision, a contemporary art journal. In her spare time, Cibelli watches films and reads novels. She is especially intrigued by fiction based on famous works of art. |
