Office Hours
By appointment

Courses Taught

• EED 316: Educating Children in Art
• EST 650: Graduate - Educating Children in Art
• EED/SED 489: International Experience in a Foreign Country
• AED 301: Visual Culture: Theories in Art Education
• AED 304: Theory and Practice of Teaching Art at the Secondary Level
• IB 670/671; International Baccalaureate: Philosophy and Practices
• AED 455: Supervision of Student Teachers
• EST: 505 The Art of Children's Books

Personal Information
Public school practitioner for 27 years in urban, rural and suburban schools at the elementary, middle/junior and senior high levels. Specifically taught photography, AP Art History, video and art fundamentals. Completed EdS degree in 2006 and currently completing doctoral disseration for a PhD in Educational Leadership.

Interests

• Issues of social justice in the arts
• Arts advocacy
• Creativity
• Aesthetic education
• International Baccalaureate curriculum and methodology
• Coordinates/designs annual SEHS trip to Europe over the OU winter break
• Co-hosts podcasts for Leaderful Schools with Dr. Robert Maxfield
• Treasurer of MAEA

Degrees
B.F.A. University of Michigan M.A. University of Michigan EdS Oakland University

Other Information

• National Art Education Association OU Student Chapter Faculty Advisor