John Giordano
Professor of Practice
Visual and Performing Arts
Degree(s)
Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Studies, Union Institute and University
M.F.A., Painting, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Studio Art and Art History, Skidmore College
Teaching
Interdisciplinary Arts
Professional Experience
Dr. Giordano presents papers at visual art, interdisciplinary studies, and philosophy conferences in the United States and Europe. He recently presented his doctoral research at the Summer Institute in American Philosophy in Dublin, Ireland in June, 2015. A review article, “Pragmatism and the Somatic Turn: Shusterman’s Somaesthetics and Beyond,” co-authored with Christopher J. Voparil, was published in the journal, Metaphilosophy, also in 2015. He is on the organizing committee for the 2015 Association for Interdisciplinary Studies conference hosted by Merrimack College.
Research
Dr. Giordano has shown his artwork and community-based projects in galleries and museum across the country. Projects have been funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation and other national and regional arts funders.