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Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt

Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt (PhD Washington University) is Associate Professor of Art and Art History and a Little Endowed Scholar at Covenant College. She is especially interested in how we are formed by images, and her writing and teaching focuses on representations of race and gender in nineteenth and twentieth century art. Her essay “A Loving Regard: Contemporary Art and Expanding the Archive” was included in the edited collection, Religion and Contemporary Art: A Curious Accord (Routledge, 2023). Her first book, Redeeming Vision: A Christian Guide to Looking at and Learning from Art (Baker Academic, 2023), is a practical introduction to engaging art with generosity and grace.