A highly respected scholar, professor and conservator of paintings, Joyce Hill Stoner has treated major works of art in galleries and private collections across the United States. She also has been on the other side of the paintbrush. Her portrait was painted by Andrew Wyeth.
In recognition of her "essential research" that "has fundamentally shaped" the field of conservation scholarship, Stoner, the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Material Culture in UD's Department of Art Conservation, was bestowed the 2011 CAA-Heritage Preservation Joint Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation. The College Art Association (CAA) is the national organization of art historians and artists, and Heritage Preservation is a national nonprofit dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of the United States.
The author of more than 80 articles or book chapters, Stoner directs UD's Preservation Studies Doctoral Program, which embraces both historic preservation and the technical study of art and artifacts. In 2003, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute for Conservation.