Kermit Swiler Champa (August 20, 1939 – July 22, 2004) was an American art historian and educator.
A scholar of Impressionism, Champa was the Andrea V. Rosenthal Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at Brown University from 1970 to 2004.
He went on to receive a Doctor of Philosophy in Art History from Harvard University in 1965, where he studied under Frederick B. Deknatel and Clement Greenberg.
[1] Champa wrote a doctoral dissertation about the Impressionist period, under Deknatel.
[2] A specialist on Impressionist paintings, Champa first taught at Yale as an Assistant Professor of Art History.