Bernard Schultz
Dean of the College of Creative Arts
Professor of Art History
Bernie Schultz (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1982) is Dean of the College of Creative Arts, Director of the Creative Arts Center and Professor of Art History at West Virginia University. He was Chairperson of the Division of Art from 1989 to 1994, and served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Creative Arts from 1994 to 2000. Bernie has been recognized as a distinguished teacher and has been the recipient of curriculum development grants. His research centers on the interdisciplinary relationships between art history and medical history. He is author of Art and Anatomy in Renaissance Italy (1985) and co-author of Art Past/Art Present (1990 and 2nd, Revised Edition, 1994, 3rd, Revised Edition, 1997, 4th, Revised Edition, 2000). In addition, Bernie has authored numerous pedagogical texts for Art History. Bernie is a frequent speaker on topics relating to his research and to arts administration. In 1997 Bernie received the Neil S. Bucklew Award for Social Justice from West Virginia University.
