Dr. Cindy Persinger is associate professor of Art History at California University of Pennsylvania. She received a B.A. in French and a M.A. in French Translation from Kent State University. She also completed one year at the Ecole de Traduction and d’Interprétation in Geneva, Switzerland. 

After teaching French in an elementary school for three years, she returned to grad school and received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History and Ph.D. certification in Cultural Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Her work as a professor currently entails teaching, research, and service. She recently published a co-edited book on the topic of Socially Engaged Art History.