Jackie Testamark

Biography

Jacqueline Testamark graduated from Yale University in May 2024 with a double major in History and Classical Civilizations, receiving distinctions in both majors and Latin honors. Her senior thesis on women’s health in classical Athens was nominated for the Andrew D. White Essay Prize, and she earned several awards for art historical work and outreach. In addition to academic pursuits, she performed regularly with the a cappella group Out of the Blue and led the globally-ranked Model UN Team at Yale. From 2022, she worked as a field archaeologist in Rome, assisted in curating an exhibition and associated catalogue in New York, and was a provenance researcher of Ancient Art for the Yale University Art Gallery. Jackie is now a DPhil student in the History of Art and Visual Culture and a member of Christ Church College. Her research explores questions of art and empire through the lens of nineteenth-century costume books. She is particularly interested in themes of orientalism, belatedness, classicism, and the use of art in early ethnography.