Jessica Williams

Jessica Williams is a Ralph and Jean Hovel Fellow and fourth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Art History, as well as a recipient of the Visual Studies Graduate Certificate. She received her BA in art history from Duke University, where she graduated summa cum laude. Her research focuses on the trajectory of sports photography in the twentieth century, particularly in the mass media environments of France, Germany and the United States. Prior to joining the department at USC, Jessica was an education intern at the Timken Museum of Art and a team leader for the international Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database. She was awarded a Deans’ Summer Research Fellowship to complete her undergraduate honors thesis, entitled The Historiography of Italian Gothic Architecture.

• BA , Duke University