John Zarobell

John Zarobell is a Professor of Global Studies and Academic Director of the GSMA program. His first book, Empire of Landscape, focused upon visual culture in colonial Algeria and was published in 2010. Art and the Global Economy, published in 2017, analyzes major changes in the art world as a result of globalization. He is currently working on a long-term research project on Asian Megacities and the role of arts in urban development.

• Academic Director, Global Studies (2024-2025)
• Department Chair, Global Studies (2018-2021, 2022-2023)
• Program Director, European Studies (2011-2015, 2017-2018)

• PhD, History of Art, University of California, Berkeley
• MA, History of Art, University of California, Berkeley
• BA, Fine Art, Hampshire College

• Assistant Curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• Associate Curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art

• Empire of Landscape (2010)