Karen T. Keifer-Boyd

210 Arts Cottage, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

(814) 863-7312 ¥ fax (814) 863-8664 ¥  kk-b@psu.edu ¥ http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/k/t/ktk2/

 

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Art Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1993

M.S. in Art Education, with an emphasis in Cultural Services, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1989

B.F.A. in Art with an emphasis in Painting and minor in Printmaking, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, 1978

 

EXPERIENCE:

Professor of Art Education, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (July 2006–present).

Associate Professor of Art Education, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (January 2002–June 2006).

Affiliate Professor of WomenÕs Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (July 2004–present).

Associate Professor of Visual Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas (2000–2001). Assistant Professor (1995–2000).

Visiting Associate Professor of Arts and Administration, University of Oregon, Eugene (Summer 2000–present). Visiting Assistant Professor (Summer 1995–1999).

 

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS:

2006     Fulbright Lecture and Research Award in Finland from the Council for International Exchange of Scholars

2005        National Art Education Association WomenÕs Caucus Kathy Connors Teaching Award for excellence in teaching and mentoring in the profession of Art Education

2001    Outstanding Art Educator in Higher Education Division, Texas Art Education Association

2001    Installed as a member of the Chi Chapter of Phi Beta Delta (Honor Society for International Scholars)

1998    Inducted into Texas Tech University Teaching Excellence Academy

1994    Pacific Region Supervisor/Administrator of the Year Award, National Art Education Association. The National Art Education Association made their selection from among Pacific Rim nominees representing 11 states and 3 territories of the USA for Òexemplary contribution, service, and achievement at the Regional level.Ó

 

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

Keifer-Boyd, K., Emme, M., & jagodzinski, j. (forthcoming 2007). InCITE/InSIGHT/InSITE: 25 Years of The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (in translation to Portuguese, forthcoming 2007). Computer Games: Art in the 21st Century. In Santaella, L. (Ed. & Trans.), Maps for playing: The cultural relevance of games. Brazil.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2007). Cyberfeminist activist art pedagogy (Park, Jeong Ae, Trans.). Journal of Research in Art & Education, 8(1), 29-90.  [KoSEA: English 29-59 & Korean, 61-89]

 

Keifer-Boyd, K., & Maitland-Gholson, J. (2007). Engaging visual culture. Worchester, MA: Davis Publications.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2007). Body interfaces in curriculum. In S. Springgay, & D. Freedman (Eds.), Curriculum and the Cultural Body (pp. 51-60). New York: Peter Lang.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2007). From content to form: Judy Chicago's pedagogy with reflections by Judy Chicago. Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 48(2), 133-153.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K., Amburgy, P. M., & Knight, W. B. (2007). Unpacking privilege: Memory, culture, gender, race, and power in visual culture. Art Education: The Journal of the National Art Education Association, 60(3), 19-24.

 

Knight, W. B., Keifer-Boyd, K., & Amburgy, P. M. (2007). A visual culture approach to art education. School Arts, 106(6), 36-39.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2006). (In)Forming  virtual learning communities through group portraits. In B. Hipfl & T. Hug (Eds.), Media communities (pp. 293-306). New York: Waxmann MŸnster.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2006). Back in the early days: A gay man's perspective on the changes from 1999–2004 in gay.com purposes and participation. In B. Hipfl & T. Hug (Eds.), Media communities (pp. 253-270). New York: Waxmann MŸnster.

 

Amburgy, P. M., Knight, W. B., & Keifer-Boyd, K. (2006). Revisioning the self-portrait and still-life as visual culture. In P. Duncum (Ed.), Visual culture in the art class: Case studies (pp. 73-80). Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K., & Smith-Shank, D. (2006). Speculative fictionÕs contribution to contemporary understanding: The handmaid art tale. Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 47(2), 139-154.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2006). Do you hate technology? School Arts, 106(2), 49.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2005). Sharing perspectives. Journal of the United States Distance Learning Association—USDLA, 2(1), 9–20.

 

Knight, W. B., Keifer-Boyd, K., & Amburgy, P. M. (2005). Visual culture explorations: Un/becoming art educators. Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 25, 255–277.

 

Wilson McKay, S., & Keifer-Boyd, K. (2004). Steal this sign: A semiotic expedition into Dynamite Museum's public pedagogy. In D. Smith-Shank (Ed.), Semiotics and art education: Sights, signs, and significance (pp. 25–34). Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.

 

Amburgy, P. M., Knight, W. B., & Keifer-Boyd, K. (2004). Schooled in silence. Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 24, 81–101.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K., Amburgy, P. M., & Knight, W. B. (2004). Postmodern art education in practice. Gude, O. (Ed.). (n.d.). Spiral Art Education. Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 24, 300-307.

 

Knight, W. B., Keifer-Boyd, K., & Amburgy, P. M. (2004). Revealing power: A visual culture orientation to student-teacher relationships. [Commentary]. Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 45(3), 270–274. 

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2003). A pedagogy to expose and critique gendered cultural stereotypes embedded in art interpretations. Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 44(4), 315–334.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2003). Telling testimonies: What happened at school today? In L. Lampela & E. Check (Eds.), From our voices: Art educators and artists speak out about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered issues (pp. 3–20). Dubuque, IO: Kendall-Hunt.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K., & Kraft, L. M. (2003). Inclusion policy in practice. Art Education: The Journal of the National Art Education Association, 56(6), 46–53.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K., Amburgy, P., & Knight, W. (2003). Three approaches to teaching visual culture in K–12 school contexts. Art Education: The Journal of the National Art Education Association, 56(2), 44–51.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2003). Nordic visual arts research: A theoretical and methodological review [Review of the book Nordic visual arts research: A theoretical and methodological review].  Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 44(2), 178–183.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K., Fehr, D., Check, E., & Akins, F. (2002). Canceling the queers: Activism in art education conference planning. Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 22, 124–143.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2001). Open spaces, open minds: Art in partnership with the earth. In Y. Gaudelius & P. Speirs (Eds.), Contemporary issues in art education for elementary educators (pp. 327–344). NY: Prentice-Hall.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K.  (2001). Art in bourgeois society: 1790-1850 [Review of the book Art in bourgeois society: 1790-1850]. Studies in Art Education, 42(2), 186–191.

 

Fehr, D., Fehr, K., & Keifer-Boyd, K. (Eds.). (2000). Real-world readings in art education: Things your professors never told you. New York: Falmer Press.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1998). Transformative power, controversy, and critical thinking. In E. Sacca & E. Zimmerman (Eds.), Herstories, our stories, future stories: Women art educators IV  (pp. 182–199). Quebec: Canadian Society for Education Through Art.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1998). Power of women: A topos in medieval art and literature, [Book Review]. Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 18, 83–86.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1997). Interactive hyperdocuments: Implications for art criticism in a postmodern era.  In J. W. Hutchens & M. S. Suggs (Eds.), Art education:  Content and practice in a postmodern era (pp. 122–131). Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1997). Re-presentations in virtual museums. Art and Academe: A Journal for the Humanities and Sciences in the Education of Artists, 9(2), 38–60.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1996). Interfacing hypermedia and the Internet with critical inquiry in the arts: Preservice training. The Journal of Art Education, 49(6), 33–41.

 

 Keifer-Boyd, K. (1993). Woman-made space. In K. Congdon & E. Zimmerman (Eds.), Women art educators III. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.

 

 Keifer-Boyd, K.  (1992).  Deep-seated culture: Understanding sitting. Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 12, 73–99.

 

INVITED PUBLICATIONS:    

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2006). A cross-cultural teaching strategy. InSEA Finland-Suomen InSEA, 3, 4-6. http://arted.uiah.fi/insea/Tiedote3_2006.pdf Retrieved March 1, 2007, from http://arted.uiah.fi/insea/inseafinland.html

 

Keifer-Boyd, K., & Roland, C. (2006). The future of art education. School Arts, 106(2), 8.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2005). Children teaching children with their computer game creations. Visual Arts Research, 60(1), 117-128.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2000). By the people:  A community-based art curriculum. In D. Fehr, K. Fehr & K. Keifer-Boyd (Eds.), Real-world readings in art education: Things your professors never told you (pp. 155–166). New York: Falmer Press.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2000). Section I:  Real-world classroom voices: Protesting the rules. In D. Fehr, K. Fehr & K. Keifer-Boyd (Eds.), Real-world readings in art education: Things your professors never told you (pp. 1–2). New York: Falmer Press.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2000). Section IV:  Real-world structural change: Rewriting the rules. In D. Fehr, K. Fehr & K. Keifer-Boyd (Eds.), Real-world readings in art education: Things your professors never told you (pp. 123–125). New York: Falmer Press.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1997). Interfacing hypermedia and the Internet with critical inquiry in the arts:  Preservice training. In D. Gregory (Ed.), New technologies and art education: Implications for theory, research, and practice (pp. 23–32). Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.

 

REFEREED PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS:    

 Keifer-Boyd, K. (2003) Cyberfeminist house: A place to act through difference. Proceedings of the International Society of Education through the Arts. University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Finland.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1998). Virtual chats with student created rooms and characters. Visions of the Future: Distance Learning for the 21st Century. Lubbock, TX. [Paper included in the conference proceedings and presentation selected for national distribution on the conference CD-ROM & video.]

 

 Maitland-Gholson, J., & Keifer-Boyd, K. (1994). An activity/dialogue approach to teaching visual literacy through the arts to classes of 100+ students. Experiential Education: A Critical Resource for the 21st Century [Proceedings, pp. 94–95]. Boulder, CO: Association for Experiential Education.

 

INVITED PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS:   

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2004, March). CyberArt Pedagogy. Invited paper at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education 15th International conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Best Paper Award. Online at http://dl.aace.org/15033

 

 Keifer-Boyd, K. (2001). Interactive Aesthetics. Invited paper at International Conference on The Trends of Graphic Communications for the 21st Century at the National Taiwan College of the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan (Proceedings published in English and Chinese)

 

BOOK & JOURNAL COVER DESIGN:

Visual Arts Research (2005)

Real-world Readings in Art Education: Things Your Professor Never Told You (2000). New York: Falmer Press.

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education (1996, 1997, 2000)

 

PRESENTATIONS:

International Invitational:

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2006, October). This Sign is as American as Apple Pie. XIV American Voices Seminar. University of Turku, Finland.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2006, October). Current Research in Art Education, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2006, September). Trends in Art Education. University of Art & Design in Helsinki, Finland.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2004, March). CyberArt Pedagogy. Invited paper at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education 15th International conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Best Paper Award. Online at http://dl.aace.org/15033

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2002, July). Invited panel chair for Cybercultures session at the Third-Wave Feminism International Conference - An Institute for Feminist Theory and Research, July 23-25, 2002, at the Crossmead Conference Center, University of Exeter, UK.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2001, March). Interactive Aesthetics. Invited paper presented at the International Conference on the Trends of Graphic Communications for the 21st Century at the National Taiwan College of the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2001, March). Politics of Display. Invited paper presented at Yuan Ze University in Taoyan, Taiwan.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1998, March). Integrating Technology in the Visual Arts. A four-hour workshop with art educators in higher education from the Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong.

 

 

International Refereed:

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2005, September). Computer Games: Art in the 21st Century. REFRESH! First International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology. The Banff New Media Institute, Canada.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2005, May). Perpetual Displacement Inquiry Strategies with Multimedia for Analysis and Presentation. Juried paper presented at the First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2003, August). CyberFeminist House: A Place to Act through Difference. Juried paper presented at the International Society of Education through the Arts, University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Finland.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2002, July). CyberFeminist House: (In)Forming Collaborations. Juried paper presented at the Third-Wave Feminism International Conference: An Institute for Feminist Theory and Research, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2000, October). In.TIME.ations: A Performative Interactive Digital Video Installation Juried paper presented at Performative Sites: Intersecting Art, Technology, and the Body. Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. with Maitland-Gholson, J. (1994, November). An Activity/Dialogue Approach to Teaching Visual Literacy Through the Arts to Classes of 100+ Students. Association for Experiential Education International Conference, Austin, Texas.

 

National Invitational:

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2007, May 3). Virtual Learning Communities in Art Education: Current Issues & Practices.  To be presented at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2005, July). Approaches to Computers in Art Education—Computer Games. Invited presentation at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2005, May). Technology as a Cultural Interface: Pedagogical Perspectives in Art Education. Invited presentation at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2005, March). Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education: 1980-2005. Invited presentation at the National Art Education Association Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2005, March). Reflections on Mentors and Collaborators: Teaching Award Acceptance Autobiographical Presentation. Invited presentation at the National Art Education Association Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2005, February). Participatory Art Pedagogy Informed by Feminist Principles. Invited paper as part of the Feminism, Pedagogy, Practice panel chaired by Hillary Robinson and Susan Ressler presented at the College Arts Association Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2004, September). Participatory Art Pedagogy in CyberSpace and CyberWomb, Invited colloquium lecturer and seminar leader at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. with Wilson McKay, S. (2004, April). Steal this Sign. Invited author paper at the National Art Education Association Conference in Denver, Colorado.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2003, September). CyberArt. Invited paper at the Envisioning the Future Lecture Series, Globalization, Art, & the Future, Pomona, California.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2002, October). Invited presentation on Cyberfeminist House at the World of Diversity online 2-day conference ÒTechnology Across Disciplines.Ó

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2002, June). Teaching Contemporary Art Practices with New Media. Invited keynote speaker for the Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2002, March). Teaching Critical and Creative Practices with Technology and Collaborative Art: From WomanHouse to Cyberfeminist. Invited papers presented at the Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota, Florida.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2000, March). ÒWomen In and Out of Fashion.Ó Invited speaker for the first in a Contemporary Evening Series at the Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1999, April). Internet Exchanges on the Effects of Context on Interpretation. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois.

 

National Refereed:

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2007, May 4). Feminist Perspectives in Cross-cultural Collaboration. Third Annual International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2007, March). Uganda-Lithuania-Germany-United States Dialogue on Developing Virtual Learning Communities in Art Education. 14th Triennial Symposium on African Art organized by the Arts Council of African Studies Association (ACASA) at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2007, March). Five Faces of Arts-Based Research. National Art Education Association Conference in New York City.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2007, March). Sharing Perspectives. National Art Education Association Conference in New York City.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2006, March). Forming Virtual Learning Communities. National Art Education Association Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2006, March). Technology Interfaces with Art Education. National Art Education Association Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. with Amburgy, P., & Knight, W. (2006, March). White Privilege. National Art Education Association Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. with Amburgy, P., & Knight, W. (2006, March). Revisioning the Self-Portrait and Still-Life as Visual Culture. Panel with other authors in the book, Visual Culture in the Classroom: Case Studies. National Art Education Association Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2006, February). Cyberfeminist Activist Art Pedagogy. Women, Gender, Pedagogy: Conference on Feminist Pedagogy in NYC, New York.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2005, June). Youth Visions of Computer Games for Educational Purposes. National Educational Computing Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2005, March). Collaboration with Judy Chicago. National Art Education Association Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2004, November). Children Teaching Children with their Computer Game Creations. The Visual Culture of Childhood: Child Art After Modernism Symposium at The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. with Smith-Shank, D. (2004, April). WhoÕs in Bed with the Handmaiden? National Art Education Association Conference in Denver, Colorado.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2004, April). CyberArt Games. National Art Education Association Conference in Denver, Colorado.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K., Knight, W. B., & Amburgy, P. M. (2004, March). Schooled in Silence. Ethics and Epistemologies of Ignorance Conference at The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2003, April). Strategies For Creating Community and Collaboration in Web-based Art Courses. National Art Education Association Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. with Sohn, J.  (2003, April). Art WebQuests: Teaching Critical and Creative Practices. National Art Education Association Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. with Kraft, L. M., & Centofanti, J. (2002, March). Inclusion Policy in Practice. National Art Education Association Conference in Miami, Florida.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2001, March). Transformative Art Strategies. National Art Education Association Conference in New York, New York.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2000, April). Intervisuality in Postmodern Multicultural Art Curricula. National Art Education Association Conference in Los Angeles, California.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2000, April). A Collaborative Approach to Examining Preservice Teacher Education in the Visual Arts (Panel: Jack Davis, Karen Keifer-Boyd, Bill McCarter, Jay Ulbricht). National Art Education Association Conference in Los Angeles, California.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1999, March). Teaching Critical and Creative Thinking, National Art Education Association Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1999, March). Dialogue with the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education Authors and Artists. National Art Education Association Conference in Washington D.C.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1998, April). Contemporary Feminist Approaches to Art & Education. National Art Education Association Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

 

 Keifer-Boyd, K. (1998, April). Technology Collaborations in Art Teacher Preparation II. National Art Education Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

 

 Keifer-Boyd, K. (1998, April). Works in Progress—Social Theory Web Site, National Art Education Association Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

 

 Keifer-Boyd, K. (1997, October). Gender Factors in Interpreting Images. School of Visual Arts Eleventh Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists ÒArt at the MillenniumÓ in New York City, New York.

 

 Keifer-Boyd, K. (1997, March). The Effects of Context on Meaning in Virtual Museums. National Art Education Association Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

 Keifer-Boyd, K. (1997, March). Dialogue with the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education Authors and Artists. National Art Education Association Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

 Keifer-Boyd, K. (1997, March). Technological Collaborations in Art Teacher Preparation. National Art Education Association Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1996, March). Nonlinear Computer Design, Art Criticism, and Critical Thinking. National Art Education Association Conference in San Francisco, California.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1996, October). Re-Presentations in Virtual Museums. School of Visual Arts Tenth Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists ÒTechnology, Interdisciplinary Art and Teaching: Hybrid or Low-Bred?Ó in New York City, New York.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1995, April). Woman-Made Space Explored from a Multivocal Art Criticism Model. National Art Education Association Conference in Houston, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. with Rogena Degge (1995, April). A Videotaped Conversation with June King McFee. National Art Education Association Conference in Houston, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. with Jane Maitland-Gholson (1994, March). A Model for Teaching Visual Literacy. National Art Education Association Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1994, March). Women Art Educators III [panel]. National Art Education Association Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.  

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1993, March). An Exploratory Study of Nonverbal Digital Video Interactive Analytic Techniques Applied to an Individual Learning Dance. National Art Education Association Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

 

 

University, State, Panel, Online Invitational:

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2007, March 27). WhatÕs Diversity Got to Do with It? Panel presenter on the Commission on Racial/Ethnic Diversity Second Annual Promotion and Tenure Symposium 2007. Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2004, May). Sharing Perspectives. Juried presentation at A New Global Environment for Learning (ANGEL) Day II: A Symposium of Faculty Examples, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2003, April). A Web-based Critique of Visual Culture and Self, presentation in the College of Arts and Architecture series, Digital Arts & Architecture, at Penn State.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2003, April). House as Body Metaphor: Digital Exploration of Self a workshop with 14-16 year-old pregnant young women at the YMCA, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2002, November). CyberFeminist House. Invited presentation at a Penn State art education colloquium.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. with Amburgy, P. M. & Knight, W. B. (2002, September). Visual Culture. Invited presentation at a Penn State art education colloquium.

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2001, August). Critical & Creative Thinking Using Art for Problem Solving & Team Building, a presentation to 700 engineer students involved in Texas Tech UniversityÕs Bridge Program.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2000, April). Recovering WomenÕs History: Telling WomenÕs Stories at the 16th Annual All-University Conference on the Advancement of Women in Higher Education, Texas Tech University.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2000, February). Ecofeminist Art at the Landmark Art Galleries Lecture Series, Texas Tech University.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2000, December). What Is Social Theory, and How Can It Make K-12 Art Classes Mean Something (panel presentation). Texas Tech University.

 

State Refereed

Knight, W. B., Keifer-Boyd, K., & Amburgy, P. M. (2005, October). How Does Race Affect Who, What, and How We Teach? Juried paper presented at the Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference, State College, Pennsylvania.

 

Julian, J., & Keifer-Boyd, K. (2005, October). Teaching and Learning with Blogs. Juried paper presented at the Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference, State College, Pennsylvania.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2004, October). Envisioning the Future Art Pedagogy. Juried paper presented at the Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2003, October). The Art Behind Computer Games. Juried paper presented at the Pennsylvania Art Education Association conference, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [I invited two undergraduate students to present their work created in my A ED 323 course as examples in this presentation.]

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2002, October). Plastic Wraps & Masks: Process Metaphors. Juried paper presented at the Pennsylvania Art Education Association conference, Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

 

Parada, E. with Keifer-Boyd, K. (2001, November). Intertextual Terrains. [workshop], Texas Art Education Association Annual Conference, Lubbock, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2000, November). Interactive Aesthetics at the Texas Art Education Association Annual Conference, Arlington, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (2000, November). The Art Museum and the University in Pre-Service Education at the Texas Art Education Association Annual Conference, Arlington, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1999, November). Postmodern Instructional Approaches, Texas Art Education Association Annual Conference, Houston, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1999, November). Real-world Readings in Art Education: Things Your Professors Never Told You, [co-presented with Dennis Fehr] Texas Art Education Association Annual Conference, Houston, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1999, November). Pre-Service Teacher Education in the Visual Arts [panel presentation with Bill McCarter, Jay Ulbricht, & Holly Hughes] Texas Art Education Association Annual Conference, Houston, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1998, November). Critical and Creative Thinking Lesson on Chilean Arpilleras, Texas Art Education Association Annual Conference, Corpus Christi, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1998, October). Virtual Chats with Student Created Rooms and Characters, Visions of the Future: Distance Learning for the 21st Century Conference, Lubbock, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1998, April). The Power of Women Topos, Fourteenth Annual Conference for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education, Lubbock, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1997, November). How to Create Virtual Chat Spaces with Student-Created Rooms and Characters, Texas Art Education Association Annual Conference:  Commonalities:  The Art of Thinking, Thinking of Art, Fort Worth, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1996, November). Museum Sparked Art Lessons, Texas Art Education Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1995, November). Nonlinear Travels through Tansey's Short History of Art, Texas Art Education Association Annual Conference, Austin, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1995, February). Self-Awareness: How Do You Organize Information, Tech Leadership Academy, Lubbock, Texas.

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (1994, November). Experiential Activities that Reveal Assumptions about Art, Texas Art Education Association Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas.

 

VIDEO PRODUCTIONS:

Keifer-Boyd, K. (Producer/Director/Editor). (2000, February). Lynne Hull: Ecoatonements in West Texas. [Video premiered at Landmark Arts Gallery, Lubbock, Texas.]

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (Producer/Director/Editor). (1995). A Conversation with June King McFee [Video sold by the Arts & Administration Program at the University of Oregon. Showings in 1995 at the National Art Education Association Annual Conference, the National Taipei Teachers College, and at the Third Penn State International Symposium on the History of Art Education.]

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (Producer/Director/Editor). (1994). East/West Arts & Culture Family Camp. [Video funded by the University of Oregon Continuing Education Center and shown at schools in the Pacific Rim.]

 

Keifer-Boyd, K. (Producer/Director/Editor). (1993). Alternative Ways to Experience Art: A Tactile Tour [Video].

 
GRANTS:

2006-2007     Awarded a College of Arts and Architecture Faculty Research Grant of $5000 for A Virtual Learning Environment to Explore Power and Privilege in Visual Culture.

2006               Fulbright Lecture and Research Grant (10,000 euros) from the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (August-December).

2004-2005     Awarded a College of Arts and Architecture Faculty Research Grant of $3588 for CyberHouse, an Art Education Strategy to Explore Perception, Production, and Dissemination of Visual Cultural Practices of Inclusion and Exclusion from Power and Privilege. [Completed.]

2003                        Awarded $2000 from The Envisioning the Future Foundation, Pomona, California and $2000 from Penn StateÕs College of Arts Architecture for research and a DVD publication on Judy ChicagoÕs Participatory Art Pedagogy Informed by Feminist Principles. [Completed.]

1999-2000        Awarded $3586.80 from the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center, Texas Tech University for WebCT to Teach Research Methods in the Visual Arts: Issues of Interactivity, Connected Learning, and Collaboration. [Completed.]

1997-1998     Awarded $1,800 from the Institute for University Research, Texas Tech University for Gender Factors in Interpreting Images. [Completed.]

1996-1997     Awarded $5,000 from the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center, Texas Tech University for Critical Inquiry in the Arts with Interactive Hypermedia and the Internet. [Completed.]

 

GRADUATE WORK DIRECTED:

 

Doctoral Dissertations Completed:

2007 ¥ Sharif Bey, Ph.D. in Art Education—Dissertation: Aaron Douglas and Hale Woodruff: The Social Responsibility and Expanded Pedagogy of the Black Artist

 

2006 ¥ Apisak Sindhuphak, Ph.D. in Art Education—Dissertation: The Need for a Digital Library of Indigenous Materials from a Cultural Perspective in ThailandÕs Design Education

 

2004 ¥ Jihyun Sohn, Ph.D. in Art Education—Dissertation:  Web-enhanced Art Education for Critical Intepretation: Constructing Critical Interpretations of Visual Culture in Preservice Art Education

 

2003 ¥ Elizabeth Leal, Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Art Education emphasis—Dissertation:  Transformative Power of Art: A Self-Study

 

2002 ¥ Joyce Centofanti, Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Art Education emphasis—Dissertation:  Gender Differences in Learning the Alphabet Using Clay and a Tactual/Kinesthetic Approach

 

2002 ¥ George Bauer, Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Independent track emphasis—Dissertation:  Perpetual Displacement as a Creative Concept and Critical Strategy of Inquiry into Sites of Meaning

 

2001 ¥ Michelle Kraft, Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Art Education emphasis—Dissertation:  A Policy Analysis and Case Study of Special Learners in the Art Classroom

 

2000 ¥ Oliver McRae, Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Art Education emphasis—Dissertation: Toward an Understanding of the Beaux Arts Curriculum: A Survey Analysis of Six Sculptors Educated in the United States Beaux Arts Academies in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

 

2000 ¥ Shwu-Huoy Tzou, , Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Art History and Criticism emphasis (Co-chair)—Dissertation:  Cultural-Specific and International Influences on and Critical Perceptions of Five Asian Installation Artists: Gu Wenda, Yanagi Yukinori, Xu Bing, Miyajima Tatsuo, and Choi Jeong-Hwa

 

1999 ¥ Julia Fox, Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Art Education emphasis—Dissertation:  An Analysis of Student-Perceived Outcome from Three Types of Visual Arts Courses Selected to Fulfill University General Education Requirements

 

MasterÕs Theses Completed:

2004 ¥ Ryan Patton, MAE, Thesis: ÒWhyÓ Project: Art in the Aftermath for Consolation and Community?

 

1998 ¥ Silvia Daneri, MAE, Thesis:  African-American and Mexican American Cowboys:  A Multicultural, Social Reconstructionist, Interdisciplinary Art Education Curriculum.

 

1998 ¥ Norma Jean Moore, MAE, Thesis:  Developing and Implementing a Formative Assessment Contextually Bound by Three Critical-thinking Art Lessons for a Fourth Grade Class.

 

 

MasterÕs Project Completed:

2001 ¥ Danielle Hale-Feist, MAE, project: A Community-based Mural Project

 

2000 ¥ Tiffanie Davis, MAE, project emphasis: Middle School Student Responses to an Art Unit Involving Feminist WebQuests

 

1998 ¥ Diane Brise–o, MAE, artistic/studio problem emphasis—Presentation/Exhibit:  Impact of Text on Images

 

1998 ¥ Mary Beth Rippel, MAE, artistic/studio problem emphasis—Presentation/Exhibit: Emergence

 

1996 ¥ Adetty PerŽz Miles, MAE, artistic/studio problem emphasis—Presentation/Exhibit:  Contributions of Chicana Artists to the Feminist Movement

 

 

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advisor Completed:

2007 ¥ Rachel Bachman, B.S. in Art Education with Honors. Thesis: Technology in Art Education: Where is it? 

2006 ¥ Ann Chirdon, B.S. in Art Education with Honors. Arts-based Research Project: Visual culture for individuals experiencing Visual impairment: A research project on  Multi-sensory art.

 

Undergraduate Theses Advisor Completed:

1999 ¥ Sarah Wolter, General Studies Undergraduate Thesis Co-chair – Thesis:  Using the Chinese Theory of ÔFeng ShuiÕ to Design Living Spaces: A Case Study

 

1998 ¥ Melissa Hutson, General Studies Undergraduate Thesis Co-chair – Thesis:  Emergent Patterns from Selected Studies of Elementary-aged Children Involved in Art Making

 

 

Supervision/Chair of Doctoral Dissertations (In-process):

 

Wei-Chung Chang

Ph.D., candidate, dissertation research concerns women in animation. (5/04–present)

 

Art Education

Hui-Chun Hsiao

Ph.D. candidate, dissertation research: Reflective Learning with Narrative Interfaces in a Simulation Game Environment (1/06–present)

 

Art Education

Adetty PŽrez Miles

Ph.D., candidate, dissertation research: The School of Pan-American Unrest: Spaces of Dialogic Pedagogy (9/04–present)

 

Art Education & WomenÕs Studies

Maryellen Murphy (co-chair)

 

Michelle Tillander

Ph.D., candidate, dissertation on Architecture of Reassurance (4/05–present)

 

Ph.D., candidate, dissertation: Cultural Interface as an Approach to New Media Art Education (5/04–present)

Art Education

 

 

       Art Education

 
Membership on Graduate Advisory Committees

 

Doctoral Dissertations Completed:

2007 ¥ Wan-Hsiang Chou, Ph.D., Art Education—Dissertation: The Strange Case of Disconnection: Co-Sleeping, Attachment, and the Imported Picture Books about Bedtime in Taiwan

 

2005 ¥  Chia-chi Chuang, Ph.D., Art Education—Dissertation: A Descriptive Case Study of the Impact of a ProfessorÕs Teaching Strategies on Taiwanese College StudentsÕ Photographic Image Interpretations.


2004 ¥  Po-Hsien Lin, Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Fine Arts—Dissertation: Art TeachersÕ Attitudes Toward and Experiences in the Use of Computer Technology to Conform with the Teaching Strategies Stipulated in the 2002 Taiwaness First to Ninth Grade Curriculum Alignment

 

2003 ¥ Tavin, Kevin, Ph.D., Art Education—Dissertation: A Critical Pedagogy of Visual Culture as Art Education: Toward a Performative Inter/Hypertextual Practice

 

2002 ¥ Briggs, Judith, Ph.D., Art Education—Dissertation: Interpreting the Frames: An Analysis of the Implementation of the New South Wales Visual Arts Syllabus, Year 9

 

2001 ¥ Kimball, Tom, Ph.D., Marriage and Family Therapy—Dissertation: A Case Study of the Experiences of Women and Therapists in a Collaborative Language Systems Therapy Group for Divorced Women Framed by Feminist and Attachment Theory and Practice

 

2001 ¥ Salinas, Sue Elwood, Ph.D., Educational Instructional Technology—Dissertation: Students Perceptions of Technology Integrated Experiences in Their Method Courses

 

2001 ¥ Gharaibeh, Anne Ayesh, Ph.D., Land-Use Planning, Management, & Design, College of Architecture—Dissertation: The Use and Evaluation of Euretics as a Pedagogy for Motivating Creative Designs Among Beginning Architectural Students

 

2000 ¥ Burleson, Kathy, Ph.D., Educational Instructional Technology—Dissertation: The Effects of Content and Screen Design on Learner Achievement in a Web-Based Course

 

2000 ¥ Williams, Marian Kay, Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Music emphasis—Dissertation: An Alternative Class Piano Approach Based on Selected Suzuki Principles

 

Outside Member of Doctoral Committee (In Process):

Ellen Key (Curriculum and Instruction)

Maria Madonna (Curriculum and Instruction)

 

 

External Evaluator of Doctoral Dissertation (Completed):

Valerie Eggemeyer (University of North Texas, Dissertation: Art Museum Resources and Teacher Use)

 

Member of Candidacy Exam Committees:

Hui-Chun Hsiao – completed (chair)

Wei-Chung Chang – completed

Sunghee Choi – completed

Christine Liao – completed (chair)

Maryellen Murphy – completed

Adetty PŽrez Miles – completed

Ryan Patton – in process

Michelle Tillander – completed

 

Masters Theses Completed:

2001 ¥ Avery, Denise, Masters in Art Education – Thesis: Power and Control in the Classroom

 

1997 ¥ Adamietz, Becky, MS in Museum Science – Thesis: Peer Instruction for Special Audience Educational Programs at Art Museums

 

Masters Internship Completed:

2000  ¥ Sarah Bishop, MS in Museum Science

 

Masters Project Completed:

2005 ¥ Pannayiota Guigley, M.Ed. in Art Education – Project: CyberCamps Exploring the Use of Digital Media with Children

 

TEACHING:

October, 2006: Forming Research & Focusing Qualitative Analysis. 3-credit intensive course at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland.

August-December, 2006: Virtual Learning Communities in Art Education: Current Issues & Practices. Graduate semester-long 5-credit seminar at the University of Art & Design in Helsinki.

July-August, 2006: Technology Interfaces with Art Education. Summer graduate course at the Ohio State University

2002–present: Developed and taught graduate courses, Colloquium, Artistic Creations & Theories of Knowing, and Introduction to Research in Art Education, and undergraduate courses, Visual Culture & Art Education, Visual Culture & Educational Technologies, Introduction to Art Education, and Capstone in Art Education. In addition to the normal teaching load of four courses per academic year, Keifer-Boyd has taught 29 credit hours of individual studies in 2002, 43 credit hours of individual studies in 2003, 70 credit hours of individual studies in 2004, 77 credit hours of individual studies in 2005, and 54 credit hours of individual studies in 2006.

1999–2005: Developed and taught each summer an online course, Arts and Visual Literacy, for the University of Oregon.

1998–2001: Developed and taught graduate courses in WomenÕs Studies at Texas Tech University including Women & Their Arts, and Feminist Research Methodologies.

1993– 2001: Developed and taught undergraduate and graduate Visual Studies courses at Texas Tech UniversityÕs School of Visual Arts including Approaches to Art Criticism, Research Methodologies in the Visual Arts (offline and online), Feminist Research Methodologies, Art for Elementary Schools, and Practicum Experience in Art Education.

1988–1993: Developed and taught undergraduate Art Education courses at the University of Oregon including Arts and Visual Literacy, Arts and Human Values, Arts and Gender, Supervision of Student Teachers, Symbol Systems, Art for Elementary School Teachers, and Practicum in Art Education.

 

EDITORIAL & REVIEW SERVICE:

 

2006

Member of the Review Board for Studies in Art Education [Elected term 2006–2008] and Studies Commentary Editor [Elected term 2007–2009]

 

2006

Reviewer for the International Journal of Education & the Arts

 

2006

Co-Editor with Deborah Smith-Shank of the journal of Visual Culture & Gender

 

2006

Guest editor for School Arts with theme of technology (October issue)

 

2006

Invited reviewer by authors of ÒGender Equity in Visual and Performing Arts EducationÓ (2006) by Garber, et al. In S. Klein (Ed.). Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity through Education. Lawrence Erlbaum.

 

2005-present

Member and reviewer for the National Art Education AssociationÕs Professional Materials Committee [Elected term 2005–2009.]

 

2005

Member of the ReviewersÕ Advisory Board for the International Handbook of Research in Arts Education

 

2005

Reviewer for The Living Research International Database (LRI), an Internet-driven search tool incorporating publications from the fields of education, the arts, and disability.

 

2003-2005

Guest editor of the journal, Visual Arts Research.

 

2005

External evaluator of the B.F.A. in Art Education Program at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Report completed.

 

2004–present

Member of the Review Board of the journal of Visual Arts Research.

 

2003

 

Reviewer for The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) Initial reviewer and final reviewer for grant proposals.

 

1998-present

Member of the Review Board of the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education.

2003

Reviewer for McGraw-Hill in the area of philosophy & art.

 

2003 & 2004

Served as an outside reviewer to assess the scholarly contributions of art educators for tenure at the rank of associate professor at universities in the U.S.

 

1999-present

Review Prentice-Hall manuscripts each spring in the area of art criticism and technology in the visual arts and art education.

 

2001

Reviewer for Merrill Publication in the area of art education

 

1995–1997

Editor of the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education (vol. 15/16 & 17).

Reviewer vol. 18-25 (1998–2006)

 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • National Art Education Association (NAEA), 1988–present
    • NAEA Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education, 1989–present
    • NAEA WomenÕs Caucus, 1993–present
    • NAEA Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgendered Issues Caucus, 2001–present
    • NAEA Electronic Media Issues Group, 2001–present
    • NAEA Special Needs Issue Group, 2004–present
    • NAEA State Organizations: Oregon, 1988–1993; Texas, 1994–2001; Pennsylvania, 2002–present
  • International Society for Education Through Art, 2003–present
  • United States Society for Education Through Art, 1995–present
  • International Society for Technology in Education, 2003–present
    • SIG: Hypermedia and Multimedia, 2003–present
    • SIG: Games and Simulations, 2005–present. The mission statement of the group is: ÒTo further the understanding and promote research into how digital games and virtual simulations/environments are used for teaching and learning.Ó
  • College Arts Association, 2004–present
  • Teaching Tolerance, 2003–present

á        National Women in the Arts Museum, 2002–present

á        Rhizome.org at the New Museum, 2004–present

 

 

SERVICE:

National & State

2005 & 2006      Initiated and coordinated an annual Graduate Research in Art Education (GRAE) conference with Dr. Graeme Sullivan (Chair, Department of Arts and Humanities, and an Associate Professor of Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University) to alternate each fall—at Penn State or Teachers College (TC). The first GRAE conference was Nov. 3-5, 2005. Art education faculty from six universities served as panel respondents to PSU and TC art education dissertation research presentations.

 

2005                       Juror of Art Exhibition at Wissahickon High School, Ambler, PA

 

2004                       STARS in the Knight Art & Technology Charter School Board member, Pennsylvania.

1995-2003                   Executive Board Member of the Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education (CSTAE)

 

2003                       National Art Education Association Women's Caucus Connors awards committee

2001                                  Represented the Texas Consortium for Pre-Service Education in the Visual Arts in NYC at The Arts Education Partnership, a national coalition involving 100 organizations.

1999–2001            Co-coordinated the Texas Art Education Association (TAEA) 2001 conference in Lubbock, Texas.

1999–2000            Served on the Texas Fine Arts EC-12 Standards Review Committee to develop standards as the basis for test frameworks for Examination for the Certification of Educators in Texas (ExCet) assessments.

 

At The Pennsylvania State University (January 2002–present)

University

2004–2006            The Graduate Council (elected, 2004-2006 term)

2005–2006            Senate Committee on Research (sub-committee chair, appointed)

2004–2006            Graduate Council Committee on Graduate Research (appointed)

2002 & 2004        Juror for the Penn State Graduate Research Exhibition

 

College

2004–2005            Digital-Scan College Committee

 

School of Visual Arts

2005–2006            New Media Art Faculty Search Committee

2002–present        Editor of ArtsWord, the SoVA Alumni Annual Newsletter

2002–2006            Portfolio Review Committee for Admissions to the Undergraduate Programs (477 portfolios reviewed 2004–2005).

2004–2005            School of Visual ArtsÕ Scholarship Committee

2005                       E-portfolio fair coordinator

2003–2004            Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

2002, 04, 07         Promotion and Tenure reviewer in the area of teaching (4 faculty members)

 

Art Education Unit

2002–present        Graduate Admissions to Art Education Preview committee

2002–present        Undergraduate advisor (20 students each semester)

 

At Texas Tech University (August 1993–December 2001)

University

2001                       Task Force on WomenÕs Studies Program Governance

1998–2001            WomenÕs Studies Council Member

2000                       WomenÕs Studies Task Force to review objectives, policies, and procedures and to design an assessment process for the Women's Studies Program.

1998–2001            Women Studies Exit Interview Committee member

1999–2000            University Task Force: Changing the Faculty Reward Structure

1998                       University Task Force: Web Course Tool Selection

 

College

1999                                   College of Education Technology for Teacher Education Advisory (TTEA) Team

 

School

1998–2001            Leadership and Strategic Planning Team

1996–2001            Visual Studies Area Representative (involved Budget management, preparing course schedules, curriculum revisions, and NCATE & NASAD accreditation reviews)

1996–2001            Technology Committee

1999–2001            Copyright Task Force

1999–2001            Five-Year Technology Plan Task Force

1995–2001            Visiting Artists and Exhibitions Committee

2000–2001            Junction Campus Program Coordinator

1999–2000            Design Communication Faculty Search Committee

1995–2001            Faculty Sponsor of National Art Education Student Chapter

 

ART PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT (selected):

2001                  Co-Director of HEARTS (Human Empowerment through the Arts) for ages ranging from 17 yrs. to adults to include people experiencing altered abilities, Lubbock, Texas.

 

1994                   Arts and Culture Program Director, Arts and Culture Family Camp, University of Oregon & Hong Kong East West Promotion Society.

 

1990–1993         Program Director, A.R.T.S. Unlimited, Eugene, Oregon, an Association of Institutes for Aesthetic Education.

 

1991–1992         Multicultural/Environmental Art Program Development & Implementation for Grades 3-8, Astoria, Klamath Falls, & Dalles, Oregon.  Funded by the Oregon Arts Commission.

 

1989–1991         Community-Based Art Curriculum Development & Implementation for Grades K-6, McKenzie School District, Blue River, Oregon.

 

1988–1991         Art Curriculum Development & Implementation, Council for Human Rights in Latin America, Eugene, Oregon.

 

 

CONSULTANTSHIPS:

1998–1999        Art Teacher Support & Technology Integration Consultant for Hong Kong Institute of Education, New Territories, Hong Kong. Participated in an international team to generate a proposal, ÒArea of Excellence:  Technology-based Creativity in Performance and Education.Ó (HKIEd provided travel & salary)

 

1997                   Arts & Ecology Consultant for GettyÕs ArtsEdNet (a semester paid position)

 

1995–1996        Consultant for the "Sophia Project," Northside I.S.D., San Antonio, TX

 

1989–1991           McKenzie School District, Blue River, Oregon. (a 2 year paid position)

 

1988–1991           Art Education & Exhibitions, Council for Human Rights in Latin America, Eugene, Oregon (workshops paid by public schools).

 

1989                   Discipline-based Art Curriculum Evaluation Report, Eugene School District, Oregon (3 month paid position).

 

1986                   Consultant and art educator in the video, Learning the Language of Art & Aesthetics, produced and directed by Norma Bengiat, Eugene, Oregon.

 

K-12 TEACHING:

1993–1994         McKenzie Art Classes for 5-8th grades, Leaburg, Oregon.

1990–1992         Teaching Artist for A.R.T.S. Unlimited, Southern Willamette Valley, Oregon.

1989–1991         K-6 Art Teacher, McKenzie Elementary School, Blue River, Oregon.

1986 & 1985      Visiting Artist, Monroe Middle School, Eugene, Oregon.

1984–1989         Children's Art Instructor, Willagillespie Elementary School, Eugene, Oregon.

1982–1987         Children's Art Instructor, Mohawk Valley Art Classes, Springfield, Oregon.

1985                   Visiting Artist, Marist High School, Eugene, Oregon.

1983                   Artist-in-Education, Walterville Elementary School, Walterville, Oregon; and Mohawk Elementary School, Springfield, Oregon.

1980–1988         Children's Art Instructor, Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon.

1980                   Gilham Elementary School (5th grade), Eugene, Oregon.

1979                   Artist-in-Residence, Kinder Care Learning Center, Raytown, Missouri.

1979                   Visiting Artist Program, Raytown High School, Raytown, Missouri.

1977                   Artist-in-Residence, Camelot Academy, Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

 

WEB DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT:

2007                       Intertextual House @ http://explorations.sva.psu.edu/intertexthouse/

2006                       Visual Culture & Gender journal @ http://www.emitto.net/visualculturegender

2006                       New Media Art (for a 4th-9th teacher who is piloting the curriculum) @ http://explorations.sva.psu.edu/helsinki/

2005–present       4Ó Binding Unbound @ http://explorations.sva.psu.edu/unbound/

2002–present      Penn State Art Education @ http://www.sva.psu.edu/arted/

2004–present      Judy ChicagoÕs Participatory Art Pedagogy Informed by Feminist Principles @ http://www.throughtheflower.org/pedagogy/

2001–present      CyberFeminist House @ http://explorations.sva.psu.edu/~cyberfem/

1997–present      Caucus on Social Theory & Art Education (includes newsletter, annual journal editorials & table of contents, & CSTAE member links) @ http://explorations.sva.psu.edu/cstae/

1997–present      My Web site (includes my research, artwork, course syllabi, and vita) @ http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/k/t/ktk2/

1997–2001        Texas Tech School of Art (includes dept. info, graduate & undergraduate programs, faculty profiles, and gallery info)

1997–2001        Texas Tech Art Education

1998–2001        Texas Tech Art Education Alumni (includes threaded discussions)