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C  h ri     tina       B a i n
Dr Christina Bain is an Associate Professor of Art Education at the University of North
Texas in Denton, Texas. Her area of research focuses on pre-service art education
training, curriculum, mentoring, and best teaching practices. She has published in the
Journal of Art Education, Studies in Art Education, Visual Art Research, School Arts,
NAEA Advisory, GAEA Journal, and Texas Trends. Her first book Pixels are not Paint was
published in 2010. She has chapters in Matter Matters: Art Education and Material
Culture Studies, Making Invisible Histories of Art Education Visible, and Work, Peda-
gogy, and Change: Foundations for the Art Teacher Educator. She has presented widely
at state, national, and international conferences; she received the NAEA 2009 Student
Chapter Sponsor Award and the TAEA 2005 Higher Education Division Outstanding Art
Educator Award. She may be contacted at Christina.bain@unt.edu
Rina        Kundu
[  Rina KLo (:u; is an Assistant Professor of Art Education, currently at the University
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee after leaving her position at the University
of North Texas. Her research is in the politics of knowledge across educational
environments and is particularly interested in museum and community education,
research pedagogy, film education, social justice, and culture. Dr. Kundu has
publications in various art education journals and books, such as the journals
Art Education and Visual Arts Research, the exhibition catalogue Raw Americans,
Cooked Europeans: Images of the "Other" in Sixteenth-century European
Illustrated Books, and a forthcoming book Seeing the Power of Teacher
Researchers. She was also the Coordinator of Instructional Resources for Art
Education, The Journal of the National Art Education Association from 2008-2010.
She may be contacted at kundu@uwm.edu

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Amanda Allison
Dr. Amanda Allison is an Assistant Professor and the Coordinator of Art
Education at'Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. She earned her Ph.D.
in Art Education at the University of North Texas in 2008. Her research
interests include fostering identity development in preservice teachers and
supporting students with disabilities in the public school art classroom. Dr.
Allison has been published in Art Education, The Journal of the National Art
Education Association and in McGraw Hill Art Connections textbooks. In
2008, she was selected as the Texas Art Education Association's Higher
Educator of the Year.
B. Stephen Carpenter, II
B. Stephen Carpenter, II, Associate Professor of Art Education and Visual
Culture at Texas A&M University, teaches courses in curriculum develop-
ment, curriculum theory, cultural foundations of education, art education,
and visual culture. His articles and book chapters have appeared in numer-
ous publications including Art Education, Ceramics: Art and Perception,
Educational Leadership, The Journal of Aesthetic Education, The Journal of
Cultural Research in Art Education, The Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy,
The Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, Studies in Art Edu-
cation, and Visual Arts Research. He is co-author of Interdisciplinary Ap-
proaches to Teaching Art in High School and co-editor of Curriculum for a
Progressive, Provocative, Poetic, and Public Pedagogy. Carpenter is past
editor of Art Education, The Journal of the National Art Education Associa-
tion and co-editor of The Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy.
C(thM F ,ng Chen
Chih-Feng Chen is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Teaching, Learning
and Culture, Texas A&M University. His research and teaching interests in
education focus on curriculum theory and educational technology.
Amy Counts
Amy Counts is an English Language Arts teacher at Annapolis High School in
Maryland. In 2009-2010, she was awarded the ATPE Teaching Excellence
Grant for secondary education and was named Teacher of the Year by the
high school, district, and alumni association of Nacogdoches ISD. Using the
ATPE grant money she purchased USB cameras that are being used by stu-
dents as a means of reflexive learning.

Kristlia iilZOnlao
Kristina Elizondo is a Ph.D. student in art education at the University of North Texas and
is writing her dissertation on university student learning in art museums. Ms. Elizondo
currently teaches fine arts and humanities at Tarrant County College and previously
worked as a museum educator at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas
at Austin and at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio.
Lauren Fretz
Lauren Fretz is Student Programs Coordinator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
where she develops and teaches programs for high school and college students. She
received a master's degree in Art History from the University of Denver, and also serves
as an adjunct instructor in Art History at Lone Star College-Montgomery.
Jennifer Hartman
Jennifer Hartman is a master's student and the first Onstead Fellow at the University of
North Texas. She earned a B.F.A in painting and digital media from the University of
Colorado at Boulder and taught middle school art for three years in the Plano Independ-
ent School District before coming to UNT for a Master's degree. She will begin work on
her Doctoral degree at UNT fall 2010.
Melinda Mayer
Melinda M. Mayer is an art museum educator who has held positions both in art muse-
ums and universities. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Art Education at The
University of Texas at Austin. Her doctorate in Art Education is from The Pennsylvania
State University. Dr. Mayer authored chapters that appear in From Periphery to Center:
Art Museum Education in the 21st Century. Articles she wrote have appeared in Studies
in Art Education, Art Education, and The Journal of Aesthetic Education.
Laura Lee McCartney
Laura Lee McCartney is a doctoral student in art education at the University of North
Texas. In 2008, she received a Priddy Charitable Trust Fellowship in Arts Leadership at
UNT. Currently, Laura Lee is the Art Education Coordinator of Student Teaching and
Field Placements at UNT.
Joni Tilton Nichols
Joni Tilton Nichols holds a Master of Education in curriculum and instruction and is a
second year law student at the University of Virginia School of Law. She is a member of
the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology.
Lori Santos
Lori Santos is Assistant Professor of art education at the University of Nebraska-Kearney
as well as a professional artist. Her research and teaching interests include multicultural
education, curriculum development, Native American traditional and contemporary art,
diversity in pre-service teacher training, global aesthetics and visual culture, critical
theory and cultural studies, and cultural representation in museum education. She is
currently finishing her Ph.D. at the University of North Texas.
Chelsea Schlievert
Chelsea D. Schlievert is Public Programs Coordinator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Hous-
ton, where she develops educational programs for adult audiences. She received a
master's degree in American Studies from the University of Kansas in 2004. She wrote
"Take This Moment: Sexual Violence Awareness and the Art Museum as a Vehicle for
Social Change," in the Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education and co-author of
"Collecting Asian Art, Defining Gender Roles: World War II, Women Curators and the
Politics of Asian Art Collections in the United States," with Jason Steuber, published in
2008 by Oxford University Press's Journal of the History of Collections
Ludovic A. Sourdot
Ludovic A. Sourdot is an Assistant Professor in the College of Professional Education at
Texas Woman's University where he teaches credential and graduate level courses in
education. His research focuses on the pedagogical possibilities television sitcoms offer
for visual culture studies and teacher education. His work recently appeared in the
Handbook of Public Pedagogy and in the Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education.
Matthew Sutherlin
Matthew Sutherlin is an Assistant Professor of Art Education at the Maryland Institute
College of Art. He completed his Ph.D. in Art Education from the University of North
Texas in 2010. As a practicing artist, he has shown in galleries in New England, Florida,
Texas, and Arkansas. His current research involves the use of social networking sites
and virtual worlds in the creation of student avatars.
Journal Design: Andres Peralta
Andres Peralta is an adjunct professor at Collin County Community College where he is
currently teaching courses in the Humanities. He has defended his dissertation and will
complete his Ph.D. in Art Education from the University of North Texas in December
2010.

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