Claire Daigle is assistant professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies. A writer, art historian, and critic whose reviews have appeared frequently in New Art Examiner, Art Papers, and Sculpture. She was a Fellow in Critical Studies at The Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program and holds a PhD in art history from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. In 2004 she completed her dissertation, Reading Barthes/Writing Twombly, and is now preparing the text for publication. Her work is particularly focused on word and image relationships. A recent project involves the analysis of visual figures in Orhan Pamuk’s novel My Name Is Red. She has taught the history and theory of modern and contemporary art as well as Indian and African art at the School of Visual Arts and Hunter College in New York, and at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.