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28 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine ARTS, MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT Research Institute’s Educational Site Licensing Project at American University and serving on the board of the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural History. Dr. Albrecht is a past president of the Visual Resources Association, served as co-chair of the Visual Resources Association’s Summer Educational Institute and participated in the U.S. Department of Commerce Conference on Fair Use. She was appointed to the National Endowment for the Humanities, a Senate-approved Presidential appointment. In 2012, the Visual Resources Association bestowed the Distinguished Service Award to Dr. Albrecht for her exemplary professional work in service to the Visual Resources Association and to the visual resources field. Likewise, she was featured in the book “How Women Lead,” authored by Sharon Hadary. Dr. Albrecht’s book, “The Machine Anxieties of Steampunk: Contemporary Philosophy, Victorian Aesthetics, and the Future” was published in 2021. Dr. Kathe Hicks Albrecht has over 30 years of experience in art history, education, aesthetics and art curation. At an early age, she was encouraged to study history and philosophy and to explore the field of aesthetics. Fostering her intellectual spirit, she attended the University of California Los Angeles, where she earned a BA in art history in 1975. She then attended American University and received an MA in art history in 1989. Dr. Albrecht then joined American University as the curator of their Visual Resources Center, where she led the center’s development from a film-based media library into a collection of digital media. During this time, she transferred the existing visual resources to a digital format. She retired from American University in 2014. In 2014, Dr. Albrecht began teaching art history at Northern Virginia Community College while studying at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA). She received a PhD from IDSVA in philosophy and aesthetics in 2017, focusing her research on contemporary aesthetics. Since receivingher doctorate, shehas servedas a special faculty member at the Institute. Dr. Albrecht has also been involved in the coordination of the Getty KATHE HICKS ALBRECHT, PHD SPECIAL FACULTY Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts La Jolla, CA

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