Nicole Jozwik is a student in the joint Art History and Latin American Studies Ph.D. program. She studies the religious art of the colonial Andes, with a current focus in Cuzco, Lima, Huancavelica and Potosí. Her research investigates how post-contact religious and cultural interchange impacted the formation of religious identities for both Indigenous peoples and their descendants. Her additional research interests include apparitional imagery, hagiographic artwork, pigment materiality and circulation, and religious studies. She earned her M.A. in Art History from the Pennsylvania State University and has received Quechua instruction through Centro Tinku, Cuzco, and Ohio State University.
