Education
Ph.D., Columbia University, Art History and Archaeology, 2021
M.Phil., Columbia University, Art History and Archaeology, 2017
M.A., Columbia University, Art History and Archaeology, 2016
B.A., Carleton College, Studio Art, 2010
Distinction in Studio Art Major
Distinction in Senior Comprehensive Exercise
Phi Beta Kappa
Academic Publications
Cataldo, Emogene and Julianna van Visco. “Eau Magistra: Investigating Binders for Sand Molds.” In Secrets of Craft and Nature in Renaissance France. A Digital Critical Edition and English Translation of BnF Ms. Fr. 640, edited by Making and Knowing Project, Pamela H. Smith, Naomi Rosenkranz, Tianna Helena Uchacz, Tillmann Taape, Clément Godbarge, Sophie Pitman, Jenny Boulboullé, Joel Klein, Donna Bilak, Marc Smith, and Terry Catapano. New York: Making and Knowing Project, 2020.
Cataldo, Emogene and Julianna van Visco. “Try Burnt Oysters: Deciphering Marginalia.” In Secrets of Craft and Nature in Renaissance France. A Digital Critical Edition and English Translation of BnF Ms. Fr. 640, edited by Making and Knowing Project, Pamela H. Smith, Naomi Rosenkranz, Tianna Helena Uchacz, Tillmann Taape, Clément Godbarge, Sophie Pitman, Jenny Boulboullé, Joel Klein, Donna Bilak, Marc Smith, and Terry Catapano. New York: Making and Knowing Project, 2020.
Cataldo, Emogene and Julianna van Visco, “Wax and Tallow: Material Explorations.” In Secrets of Craft and Nature in Renaissance France. A Digital Critical Edition and English Translation of BnF Ms. Fr. 640, edited by Making and Knowing Project, Pamela H. Smith, Naomi Rosenkranz, Tianna Helena Uchacz, Tillmann Taape, Clément Godbarge, Sophie Pitman, Jenny Boulboullé, Joel Klein, Donna Bilak, Marc Smith, and Terry Catapano. New York: Making and Knowing Project, 2020.
Grants and Fellowships
2020 — Columbia University, Art Humanities Teaching Fellowship*
2020 — Columbia University, Claudia Rattazzi Papka Memorial Fund Grant*
2020 — Columbia University, Arts and Sciences Travel Grant
2020 — International Center for Medieval Art, ICMS-Kress Travel Grant (Kalamazoo)*
2020 — International Center for Medieval Art, ICMS-Kress Travel Grant (CAA)
2019-20 — Columbia University, Rudolf Wittkower Fellowship
2018-19 — Columbia University, GSAS Research Excellence Dissertation Fellowship
2018 — British Archaeological Association, Student Travel Scholarship
2017-18 — Columbia University, Art Humanities Teaching Fellowship
2015-17 — Columbia University, Graduate Teaching Fellowship
2014-15 — Columbia University, Dean’s Fellowship
2009 — Carleton College, Larson International Fellowship
Invited Talks
2019
“La flore à Notre-Dame d’Amiens. Quelques réflexions sur l’histoire écologique et son contexte local,” Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, Amiens, France, Jan. 11
Conference Activity
Panels Organized
2020
“Buildings in Bloom: Foliage and Architecture in the Global Middle Ages” co-organized with Dr. Meg Bernstein. ICMA-sponsored panel, College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, Feb. 12-15
Papers Presented
2020
“Strange Weather: Environmental Miracles and Sacred Space at Notre-Dame of Amiens,” International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 7-10*
“The Case for Studying Foliage: Notre-Dame of Amiens,” College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, Feb. 12-15
2019
“Thinking through Audiences: Use-case Scenarios and Design Best Practices for Collaborative Digital Humanities Projects,” International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 9-12
2017
“Reading the Choir Stalls of Amiens Cathedral as an Enclosed Garden,” International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 11-14
2016
“The Arm Reliquary of Saint George as a Tool of Visuality,” Seeing and Believing Graduate Student Symposium, University of Toronto, Mar. 18
2015
“Architecture of the Ephemeral: Convents and Destruction in Medieval Flanders,” Half Life UCLA Graduate Student Symposium, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 24
Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record, Art Humanities: Masterpieces of Western Art, Columbia University, (Fall 2017, Spring 2018)
Teaching Assistant, Intro to Architectural History, Prof. Michael Waters, Columbia University (Fall 2016)
Teaching Assistant, Medieval Architecture, Prof. Stephen Murray, Columbia University (Spring 2016)
Course Assistant, Devotional Objects in Medieval and Early Modern Christianity, Prof. Caroline Walker Bynum (Emerita, Dept. of History), Columbia University (Fall 2015)
Teaching Artist, Walker Art Center (Summer 2009)
Departmental Service
Co-coordinator, Bettman Lecture Series, 2015-2017
Co-coordinator, Robert Branner Forum for Medieval Art, 2015-2016
Collaborative Digital Projects
Life of a Cathedral: Notre-Dame of Amiens, directed by Prof. Stephen Murray
Secrets of Craft and Nature in Renaissance France, directed by Prof. Pamela Smith
Musiconis: Representations of Sound and Music in the Middle Ages, directed by Prof. Susan Boynton and Prof. Frédéric Billiet
Additional Work Experience
Senior Content Designer, Studio Rodrigo, 2021-Present
Freelance Research Assistant and Consultant, 2014-Present
Barista, East One Coffee Roasters, 2019
Research Associate and Fellow, Media Center for Art History, Columbia University, 2017-18
Web Design Associate, Nexen Group, Inc., 2012-13
Research Coordinator, Night Kitchen Interactive, 2010-2012
Education Intern, Walker Art Center, 2008
*Declined or postponed due to COVID-19
Volunteer Work
UX Writer, IssueVoter, 2021
UX Writer, DemocracyLab, 2021
Illustrator, Indie Kids, 2020