Framing the Discussion

LOOKING BACK, IT'S FUNNY TO think that Emily Salas '06—the founder and co-editor of the country's only undergraduate journal devoted solely to art history—arrived in Hanover without any particular aspiration to enter the world of art history scholarship.

"When I came to college, if you'd told me that I'd be an art history major I would have laughed," Salas recalls. "Then I took

Art History 1 freshman fall and loved it, and then I loved Art History 2 even more."

Those introductory courses touched off a remarkably prolific undergraduate career, during which the Syosset, New York, native—with grants from the Dickey and Leslie centers, the provost, and the council on student organizations—created the Collegiate Journal of Art (CJA). The annual publication typically features six academic papers, a creative writing section, an interview section, a schedule of college museum exhibitions and an abundance of color images across 120 pages.

"I realized there wasn't a forum for publication of art history scholarship here," Salas says. "Then I realized there wasn't such a forum anywhere. I decided

to provide this opportunity for the entire undergraduate community."

Salas began her work on the CJA during her sophomore spring and remains co-editor of the journal. Scholars from a variety of top universities both submit pieces and serve on the review board. About 20 schools currently receive the CJA, including all the Ivy League institutions, Stanford, MIT and Duke.

"I have been much impressed by Emily," says Ada Cohen, associate professor of art history at Dartmouth, "both by her excellent work as an art history major and because of her extraordinary initiative with an ambitious art history journal."

Salas has been working on a thesis about pop artist Tom Wesselmann, serving as a teaching assistant for Art History I and as vice president of the Art History Club. This summer she'll start working at the prestigious Acquavella Galleries in New York City.

"I am very passionate about art," Salas says." It dominates all of my time and energy."

Emily Salas '06

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