Research Interests
- Zapotec art and society
- Funerary art of Mesoamerica
- Ritual and funerary practice in ancient Mesoamerica
- Audience and conditions of visibility
- Sacred space and protected knowledge
- Structures of power and their formation, negotiation, and reinforcement through shared knowledge encapsulated in artistic programs
Education
MA, Art History, University of Houston
BA, Art History, California State University Stanislaus
Bio
Katherine Schumann is a Ph. D. Candidate at UT Austin studying the art of Zapotec tombs in Oaxaca, Mexico.