Nicole Derenne
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Teaching Associate Professor, Art & Design
- Art History
Contact Info
- Email: nicole.derenne@UND.edu
- Office: 701.777.3395
- Dept: 701.777.3395
Office Address
Hughes Fine Arts Building Room 127
3350 Campus Rd Stop 7099
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7099
Office Hours
Wednesday, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and by appointment.
Curriculum Vitae
Biography
I teach art history courses to undergraduate and graduate students as a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Design. I have taught art history at UND since 2003. From 2003 to 2016, I taught part-time and worked full-time as Director of Grand Forks' arts council and Public Arts Commission. I became a full-time faculty member in 2016. I teach introductory visual and fine arts courses, art history survey courses, and courses on advanced art history topics. I specialize in feminist, modern, and non-Western art history and have been a faculty mentor for undergraduate research projects. I have taught courses in synchronous in-person, synchronous online, blended, hybrid, and online asynchronous modalities. Many of my courses incorporate information, digital, and AI literacy competencies.
I received a Doctor of Education in Educational Practice and Leadership, specializing in Higher Education, from the University of North Dakota in May 2025. I received a Master of Public Administration from the University of North Dakota and a Master of Arts in Art History from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Alverno College. In addition to my teaching, I serve on several University Senate committees, College of Arts and Sciences committees, and Departmental committees. I also served as a faculty mentor through the Alice T. Clark faculty development program.
Outside UND, I serve as Commissioner on the Grand Forks Historical Preservation Commission, as President of the Grand Forks Public Library Foundation Board, and as a member of the ArtWise Board.
Introduction to Visual Art - Art 110
Introduction to Fine Arts - Fine Arts 150
History of Art I - Art 210
History of Art II - Art 211
Advanced History of Art - Art 410
Art 410 topics:
Art of Africa
Renaissance and Baroque Art
18th & 19th Century Art
20th & 21st century Art
Feminist Art
Non-Western Art
History of Graphic Design
Contemporary Art
Faculty development
Digital literacy
Artificial intelligence in higher education
Strategic planning
Organizational theory
Certificate of Public Administration (received 2018)
Nominee, Teacher of the Year Award, University of North Dakota (2018, 2023, 2024)
Recipient, Distinguished Faculty, UND Athletics (2025)
Commissioner, Grand Forks Historical Preservation Commission (2017 to present)
President, Grand Forks Public Library Foundation Board (2021 to present)
Doctor of Education in Educational Practice and Leadership, specialization in Higher Education
University of North Dakota
Master of Public Administration
University of North Dakota
Master of Arts, Art History
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Bachelor of Arts, Biology
Alverno College
I serve on University Faculty Senate committees, including the Essential Studies and Budget committees. I was chair of the Essential Studies Committee from 2023 to 2024 and the Budget Committee from 2024 to 2025. I have also served on the College of Arts and Sciences Scholarships Committee from 2022 to 2025, as a member of the College's Strategic Planning Committee in 2022–2023, and on the College's Academic Program Review teams in 2022, 2023, and 2025. In 2022, I led students in my advanced art history class to curate an artwork exhibition by the Guerrilla Girls.