Dr. Scott A. Sherer’s interdisciplinary background contributes to his positions as Professor of Art History at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Director of Galleries, and Coordinator of the UTSA Museum Studies Minor. Sherer earned a BA in Architecture from Yale University, a MA in Art History from the University of Kentucky, and a PhD in Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society from the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota. Sherer teaches a range of courses and seminars in modern and contemporary art, and he organizes exhibits and programs with local, regional, national, and international artists. His research continues philosophical and artistic traditions that examine the inherent distance and opportunities between lived sensory experience and artistic representations.
