Alexa Sand

Alexa Kristen Sand is an American art historian and educator. A scholar of medieval art, Sand is currently Professor of Art History at Utah State University.

Alexa Sand
Born	Alexa Kristen Sand United States
Occupation(s)	Art historian Educator
Spouse	Albert Wiebe
Academic background
Alma mater	Williams College University of California, Berkeley
Thesis	Picturing Devotion Anew in Psalter-Hours of Yolande of Soissons (1999)
Doctoral advisor	Harvey Stahl
Other advisors	Michael Baxandall
Influences	Margaret Alison Stones
Academic work
Discipline	Art history
Sub-discipline	Medieval art
Institutions	Sonoma State University Utah State University

Career

Sand graduated from Williams College with a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Anthropology in 1991, as cum laude. She continued on to earn a Master of Arts in Art History from the University of California, Berkeley in 1994. There, the subject of her thesis was Villard de Honnecourt. Five years later, Sand received a Doctor of Philosophy in Art History from the same school. Her doctoral dissertation was on the Psalter–Hours of Yolande de Soissons held at the Morgan Library and Museum. It was written under the supervision of Harvey Stahl with Michael Baxandall, Joseph Duggan, and Geoffrey Koziol.

A scholar of medieval art, Sand began her teaching career at Sonoma State University in 2001 as adjunct professor of Art History. Three years later, she was hired at Utah State University as assistant professor of Art History in 2004. She was promoted to the Associate level in 2011. Six years later, Sand was made full Professor. In 2018, she also became the Associate Vice President for Research at the school.

See also

• List of University of California, Berkeley alumni in arts and media
• List of Utah State University faculty
• List of Williams College alumni

External links

• Utah State University profile