Kris Groberg, assistant professor of visual arts, is the recipient of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science's 2009 Outstanding Research/Creative Activity Award.
Groberg was chosen for her excellent research record in the college and in her profession. “Her scholarly work is highly regarded and respected outside and beyond the United States, and she fully deserves that high regard,” said Jonathan Sutton, senior lecturer at the University of Leeds in Leeds, England.
Groberg’s work has appeared in professional publishing houses in Russia, Hungary, Israel and the United States. She has worked extensively with Russian art preservationists, restorers and other professionals. She has edited three anthologies and written 18 chapters in edited books, 17 peer reviewed articles in professional journals, 10 book reviews and 20 conference papers to present at the most prestigious venues in her field. She also has given numerous invited lectures and panel sessions.
“Dr. Kristi Groberg is one of the few specialists who brings together her professional achievements, intellectual strengths and personal commitment to scholarship. That was a significant reason for us to invite Dr. Groberg’s contribution to the newly planned edition of the monograph ‘Alternative Spaces,’” said Anna P. Sokolina, fellow researcher and executive editor of “Alternative Spaces.”
Her work played a central role in eight museum exhibition catalogs, which document each artifact or work of art in a specific exhibition. The catalogs are working records of the significance of a work of art or an artifact, as well as interpretations of its history and art historical importance.
“Kris has done so much to better the visual arts program,” said Kent Kapplinger, associate professor of visual arts. “Her dynamic method of teaching has built enthusiasm for the art history focus and her creation of new topics courses like Russian art and architecture, art decadence and symbolism and art theory and criticism continue to enliven our majors as never before.”
She also teaches introduction to visual arts and introduction to art history, art history I-II, contemporary art and American art. She oversees the NDSU Art Cinema program, which is in its third year, and in spring semester organizes student field trips to Minneapolis.
Groberg earned a doctorate at the University of Minnesota, master’s degree at NDSU and bachelor’s degree at Minnesota State University Moorhead.
June 3, 2009