Brittany Myburgh, PhD

If you’re interested in developing skills to critically analyze the visual world, this is the best degree for you.

Dr. Brittany Myburgh is an interdisciplinary art historian, curator, and educator specializing in global visual culture, digital humanities, and the intersections of art, technology, and community engagement. She earned her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Toronto and holds a B.F.A. (Hons) and B.A. in Art History from the University of Auckland.

At Jackson State University, Dr. Myburgh teaches undergraduate and graduate courses across art history, contemporary art theory, and museum studies. Her pedagogy is rooted in student-centered, interdisciplinary learning, integrating digital tools and critical inquiry to foster creative thinking and global perspectives. She is deeply committed to inclusive education, equity-centered curriculum design, and expanding access to creative technologies. In 2023 she received an award for Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year. 

Dr. Myburgh curates the Department of Art’s Permanent Collection and serves as Chair of the Department Gallery Committee. She has led strategic initiatives that connect the university’s art and design programs with broader innovations in digital storytelling, interdisciplinary research, and workforce development. She is also a Teaching Fellow with the Center for Teaching and Learning, supporting faculty development in inclusive and technology-enhanced pedagogy.

Research and Teaching Interests

• Media technologies and their influence on visual culture and artistic production

• Institutional critique, participation, and interactivity in installation art practices

• The impact of nineteenth-century exhibition culture on the development of modern museums and knowledge systems

• Mobility, exchange, and the production of cultural identity within Oceanic art traditions

• Postcolonial approaches to comparative modernisms and global art histories

• Integration of digital humanities tools in art historical research and pedagogy

• Myburgh, B. “Lux Pinxit: Thomas Wilfred, Lumia, and the Medium of Light.” Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism. Forthcoming December 2025. 
• Myburgh, B, and C. Meyer. “Intergenerational Father/Son Relationships: Past, Present, and Future.” The Researcher: Special Issue; Reimagining the Black Family, 31(2),  15-32. (2024)
• Myburgh, B. “Andrei Pop: A Forest of Symbols.” Journal of the History of Science Society. 114(1), 207-208. (2023)
• Myburgh, B. “Vertis Hayes and the Johnson Hall Carver Mural.” Mississippi Quarterly. 75(3), 229-251. (2022)
• Myburgh, B. “Space-Time and Utopia: Notes on artistic engagement with physics from Cubism to Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.” Spontaneous Generations:A Journal for the History and Philosophy Science. 10(1), 54-62. (2022)

• Chair, Department of Art Gallery Committee

• Teaching Fellow, Center for Teaching and Learning

• Co-Lead, Mississippi AI Educator Fellowship

• Organizer, Mississippi AI-Thon

• Member, College of Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee

• Member, University Marketing Council