J. Cody Houseman, Ph.D.

Cody Houseman earned his Ph.D. in art history from Emory University. He also holds Masters degrees in Art History from Emory and in Classical Studies from the University of Florida. 

He now serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History and Curatorial Studies, based at Clark Atlanta University. His areas of research expertise are in the fields of global sculptural history, funerary art, portraiture, art production, and reception of myth in art. He has earned awards and fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation in London, and the Emory Graduate Diversity Fellowship. His fellowship research resulted in a curated digital exhibition of ancient Roman cinerary urns at the Michael C. Carlos Museum. He also previously worked at archaeological sites in northern Greece, including the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of Samothrace.

He currently is preparing a monograph based on his dissertation exploring production and display of cinerary urns in ancient Rome and the socioeconomics issues underlying their popularity. Other ongoing projects explore issues of provincial sculptural production in antiquity and the reception and adaptation of classical art in the works of contemporary artists in South Africa.