Experience

ARTS COUNCIL OF THE AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION -A C A S A-

• United States
• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President Elect

  • Jun 2021 - Present



University of North Carolina at Greensboro

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professor

  • 2008 - Present

  As Full Professor Dr. Perrill's responsibilities include teaching, service, and research. Perrill's primary research areas include Southern African ceramics and Zimbabwean stone sculpture. Additionally, she is a scholar of the history of ceramics, with a multi-regional scope to her inquires. Her doctoral research focused on the economic and aesthetic transformation of contemporary Zulu ceramics between the 1960s and the 2000s.Simultaneously, Dr. Perrill has maintained an active curatorial profile from her undergraduate years to the present. As part of a 5-year Consulting Curator position with the North Carolina Museum of Art, Perrill was a project manager for the re-installation of the permanent galleries of African art. The NCMA team, including designers, educators, and a range of museum staff, won a 2018 AAM Excellence in Exhibitions Award, the only art museum to win this award in the 2018 cycle. Perrill is committed to the use of focused life-histories as an ethical research model that can incorporate social and economic network analysis in art historical research. In her current scholarship and teaching, Perrill is exploring cross-cultural comparisons between ceramic art markets, connections between media in the South African art world, and historical trends in the norms of artistic professionalization in ceramics.



AP Art History, College Board

• Development Board member

  • 2016 - Jun 2021

  As a member of the AP Art History Development Board, Dr. Perrill is part of a team that vets and develops exam materials for approximately 25,000 students worldwide who take the Art History AP Exam on an annual basis. As a member of the AP Art History Development Board, Dr. Perrill is part of a team that vets and develops exam materials for approximately 25,000 students worldwide who take the Art History AP Exam on an annual basis.



North Carolina Museum of Art

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Consulting Curator for African Art

  • 2012 - 2018



Indiana University Bloomington

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2001 - May 2008



Grinnell College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Faulconer Gallery Staff

  • Aug 1999 - Jul 2001



The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 700 & Above Employee

• Curatorial Intern

  • May 1999 - Aug 1999

  Curatorial Intern with the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Curatorial Intern with the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.