Marilyn Jane Stokstad (February 16, 1929 – March 4, 2016) was an American art historian, educator, and curator.
[2] In the year after receiving her doctoral degree, Stokstad was hired as assistant professor of art history at the University of Kansas.
[3] Stokstad stepped down from serving as department chair in 1972 in order to become associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, until 1976.
In that final year, Stokstad was given the title of university distinguished professor of art history, and in 1994, the post was endowed by Judith Harris Murphy.
Shortly after her death, Time magazine named Stokstad one of the most-read female authors by students in colleges within the United States.