kmurphy@newhaven.edu

Prato Staff

Dean, University of New Haven - Tuscany Campus

A native of Liverpool, Kevin Murphy has been Dean of the University of New Haven's Tuscany Campus in Prato since its foundation in 2012. He brings over 20 years of experience in international education as an instructor and director. He has taught courses and seminars in Italian Art History at many North American programs in Italy (such as Syracuse, Florida State, Gonzaga, Kent State), and was Director of the Art History department at the British Institute of Florence. Before taking up his position in Prato, Kevin was Academic Dean and Campus Director of the CEA Global Education Programs in Rome and Florence. Kevin has presented sessions and workshops at conferences in Europe and the US, focused particularly on aspects of intercultural competence, experiential learning and the relationship between international study and careers. In 1997 he earned his PhD at the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London, UK, and has published on Italian Renaissance art and patronage. Kevin also teaches the course ‘Art & Science in Renaissance Italy’ at the Tuscany Campus.