Jennifer Feltman
Interim Director
Jennifer Feltman, Associate Professor of Art History in the Department of Art & Art History, was appointed CARI Interim Director in August 2026. An internationally recognized specialist in French Gothic architecture and sculpture, Feltman frequently collaborates with colleagues across the fields of art history, archaeology, museums, materials science, digital art, and computer science. Notably, she was the only American member of the Chantier scientifique de Notre-Dame, the interdisciplinary group of researchers charged by the French Ministry of Culture and CNRS to digitally document and study the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris during its restoration. Some of this research featured in the PBS -Nova documentary, The Lost Tombs of Notre-Dame (2024). She currently directs the Notre-Dame in Color project, an international collaborative project that brings together scientists, artists, and humanities researchers to enrich our understanding of the once-painted sculptures and multi-chromatic environment of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. Feltman’s research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Albertine Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, the Human-AI Foundation, and Google Summer of Code. For her contributions to the field of medieval art she was named the University of Alabama’s 2025 Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor.
Shannon McCue
Assistant Director
Shannon McCue began as Assistant Director of CARI in 2024. She is an arts administrator with experience in program design, grant-writing, and project management. Previously, Shannon served as Education Director for the Arts & Humanities Council of Tuscaloosa, where she managed all education programs, including the West Alabama Arts Education Collaborative, Poetry Out Loud, and a small grants program. She co-wrote a successful $100,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to start “The pARTners Project,” which brings together community members to determine the best path forward for local arts education. Shannon has held positions with the Alabama Blues Project and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in New York City. She is a professional violist with degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Lawrence University, and regularly performs with several regional orchestras.