Andreea RitivoiErika Doss (PhD, Art History, Minnesota) is Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame.She is the author of Memorial Mania: Public Feeling in America (Chicago, 2010), Twentieth-Century American Art (Oxford, 2002), Spirit Poles and lying Pigs: Public Art and Cultural Democracy in American Communities (Smithsonian, 1995), The Emotional Life of Contrmporary Public Memorials (Amsterdam, 2008), and Public Art Controversy: Cultural Expression and Civic Debate (Americans for the Arts, 2006), among other titles. I chose her as a reader for her expertise in public art and American art. Read More Read Less