Jacqueline Fonvielle Bontemps is an Associate Professor of Art and Humanities in the Division of Arts and Humanities where she teaches Advanced Art History and Special Projects in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts. Dr. Bontemps holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art and a Masters of Education degree from Fisk University in Nashville, TN. She is the first African American female to receive a Doctorate of Education from Illinois State University, Normal, Il. She has been active in research and organizing important exhibitions of African American art. Dr. Bontemps continues to be recognized in numerous publications, resource books, and textbooks for her scholarship in the field of art by African American Women. She remains active as an exhibiting visual artist and is consistently invited to jury local, regional and national exhibitions.

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