Emily F. Cutrer

Interim President

Sonoma State University (CA)

Cutrer is a native Texan, born in San Antonio and raised there and in Houston. She attended Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia, and later The University of Texas at Austin where she earned her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in American studies and began her academic career as a faculty member in American Studies and Art History. Her book The Art of the Woman: The Life and Work of Elisabet Ney (Lincoln: The University of Nebraska Press, Women in the West series, 1988) was awarded the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Best Book by a Texas Author in 1988. It was republished by the Texas A&M Press in its Ellen C. Temple Classic in Texas Women’s History Collection in 2016.