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About a decade ago, Caitlin Hutchison applied to — but didn't get in — University of Delaware's nationally recognized graduate program in art history. She handled this setback much like she coped with sitting on the bench her first year as an undergraduate basketball player.
“These were huge disappointments and I could have quit or walked away, but in both cases I worked a lot harder and formed a group of people that I could reach out to for help," said Hutchison. In the case of basketball, her efforts resulted in consistently being on the court during her subsequent years at Ferris State University, where she helped her team make it to the “Sweet 16" round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. As for her academic career, after Hutchison earned a master's in art history from the University of Notre Dame, she applied to UD's Ph.D. in art history and this time was accepted. At UD, she excelled under the tutelage of mentor and advisor Lawrence Nees, emeritus professor of art history. Then, upon graduation, she achieved the academic version of the “Sweet 16," landing a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar award. As part of this program, she spent last year teaching and lecturing at the University of York in the United Kingdom.
Hutchison specializes in Insular art and architecture, which was produced in the post-Roman era of Great Britain and Ireland. Probably the most famous example of this art form is the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript currently housed at Trinity College in Dublin.