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Ray Yeager, Katherine Barnes // teaching Intro to Art or Art Appreciation to non-majors Oct 03, 2017

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Ray Yeager is an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia. He teaches traditional art courses such as Drawing, Painting, Design, and several innovative courses that infuse art-based practices and creativity into disciplines such as Business and the STEM subjects. Currently, Katherine’s weeks are filled with teaching Art Appreciation, Art History I & II, and 2D Design at various Columbia College campuses as an adjunct professor and on the weekends she enjoys exploring new places by taking spontaneous road trips.

Heather Vinson, Kirsten Olds // diversity and inclusion in art history curriculum Oct 03, 2017

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Kirsten Olds is an Associate Professor of Art History at University of Tulsa teaching courses on art and visual culture from the late 18th century to the present. Her favorite assignment was curating the exhibition Dennis Oppenheim: Architecture/Not Architecture, Landscape/Not Landscape with students in my Art of the 1960s and ‘70s course. Heather Vinson is a Visiting Professor of Art History at Kalamazoo College, where she teaches courses on nineteenth and twentieth century art, as well as contemporary art and critical theory. Until this year at Kalamazoo College, I had never attended or taught at a school on the quarter system. It's finally June and we're finally done!!

Jon Rattner, Jenn Proctor // film and video Oct 03, 2017

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Jen Proctor is a filmmaker and Associate Professor in Journalism and Screen Studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, where she teaches courses in video production film media studies. Her pedagogical research focuses on strategies of inclusion in media production classrooms. Jonathan Rattner is a filmmaker and Assistant Professor in the Cinema & Media Arts Program and the Art Department at Vanderbilt University. In addition to teaching the introductory and senior capstone film and video production courses, he currently teaches 16mm Film Production, Documentary, and The Cinematic Essay.

Alessandra Sulpy, Danielle Head // discussing crossover between Photo & Painting/Drawing Oct 03, 2017

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Alessandra is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art and Indiana University, and this fall is beginning her 7th year of teaching drawing and painting at her new job at Winona State University. Danielle Head received her BA in Film, Photography and Video from Hampshire College in 2007, and her MFA in Photography from Indiana University in 2011. She is currently Assistant Professor of Photography at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. Her teaching focuses on bridging together analog and digital media in the photography classroom and emphasizes photography as a conceptual and fine art medium.

Jonathan Johnson, Takeshi Moro // teaching photo Oct 03, 2017

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Jonathan Johnson is an Associate Professor of Photography and Integrated Digital Media at Otterbein University in Ohio and as worked in public affairs and the music industry prior to academia. Takeshi Moro is an Assistant Professor at Santa Clara University, teaching digital and analog photography. Interesting fact: he is a former corporate finance banker and sushi chef.

Sarah Krupp, Meghan O'Connor // shifting from a BFA to a BA as faculty Oct 03, 2017

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Sarah Krupp is an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska. She teaches 2D & 3D Design, all levels of Sculpture, and sometimes Art Appreciation. Sarah can generally be found coated in a mixture of wood, plaster and metal dust. Since 2007, Meghan has been teaching a combination of foundations and printmaking courses; currently at Wayne State College, one of Meghan's biggest challenges is removing all the cat hair before discussing craftsmanship with her students.

Bobby Tso, Andrew Casto // teaching Contemporary Craft- Materiality and Concept in Ceramics Oct 03, 2017

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Andrew Casto is Head of Ceramics at The University of Iowa, where he teaches graduate and advanced undergraduate level Ceramics courses. Casto has participated in over sixty exhibitions in nine countries, and is a member of the University of Iowa Public Digital Arts Faculty Cluster initiative. Bobby Tso, is an Assistant Professor of Fine Art at Northwest Missouri State University. He teaches all level of ceramics classes, and still is not getting over the culture shock he had when he moved from Hong Kong, where there are 8 million people, to a Northern Iowa town of 300.

Jessie Van der Laan, Melissa Haviland // teaching online Oct 03, 2017

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Jessie Van der Laan is an instructor of art at Walters State Community College, in Morristown, TN, teaching Art Appreciation (in person and online), drawing, and printmaking. She is a practicing artist, mom, and is currently expecting her 2nd baby. Melissa Haviland is an artist and professor living in Athens, OH where she teaches printmaking, papermaking, and online art appreciation course.

Molly Sherman, Kate Bingaman-Burt // design and community engagement Oct 03, 2017

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Molly Sherman is an Assistant Professor in Communication Design at Texas State University. Her practice operates within the overlapping fields of graphic design and socially-engaged art. She is based in San Antonio, Texas. Kate Bingaman-Burt is an illustrator and educator. She lives in Portland, Oregon where she operates her studio and event space Outlet. Along with drawing for herself and other people, she is also an Associate Professor of Graphic Design at Portland State University.

Elizabeth McFalls, Rae Goodwin, Jane Jensen // teaching study abroad courses Oct 03, 2017

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Elizabeth "Libby" McFalls, Professor of Art and Foundations Coordinator at Columbus State University, uses storytelling as a central theme in her mixed media prints, which examine issues of loss and family, she also serves as an Associate VP of Programming of Integrative Teaching International. Rae Goodwin, Associate Professor in Art Studio at the University of Kentucky, works in an expanded studio practice that examines aspects of maternal ancestry as it influences the construction of identity, along with gender-based assumptions about freedom, the unknown and communication. Dr. Jane Jensen, Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky, holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology and Higher Education from Indiana University, Bloomington, and conducts research on post-secondary educational aspirations and impacts.

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