CAA Conversations

David R. Modler is an associate professor of Art Education in the Department of Contemporary Art at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Sam Peck currently works and studies at the University of Minnesota as a PhD student, resident artist, art educator, and researcher.

Maggie Guggenheimer is Director of External Relations for Virginia Humanities (University of Virginia).

Ellen Oh is Director of Programs in the Office of the Vice President for the Arts at Stanford University.

Alan Crockett is professor emeritus at Ohio State University.

Alan Crockett, Jr., is director at Klamath/Siskiyou Art Center, and an instructor at College of the Siskiyous.

Dr. Anja Foerschner is a curator, scholar, and professor at the Node Center for Curatorial Studies in Berlin.

Marta Jovanovic is an artist and founder of PerformanceHUB in Belgrade.

Ashley Gardini and Cheyanne Cortez are both adjunct instructors at several community colleges in northern California.

Mitchell Blessing is an assistant professor in the Department of Technology, Art, and Design at Bemedji State University.

Kristi Oliver is an assistant professor of art education at the University of Massachussetts - Dartmouth.

Jason Grunebaum is a lecturer in Hindi in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.

Dr. Sarita Heer is an instructor of Art History in the Fine and Performing Arts Department at Loyola University Chicago.

This week, Christian Benefiel and Meg Mitchell ask: "Do we owe it to our students to teach practical skills?"

Christian Benefiel is an assistant professor of Art - Sculpture at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. 

Meg Mitchell is an assistant professor of Art at University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Monica Zandi is a writer, educator, and graduate art student at Hunter College.

Stephanie Cortazzo is a multimedia artist who recently had a show entitled "Cosmic Crisis" and is in the Brooklyn Collage Collective (http://www.brooklyncollagecollective.com/).

Rose Liljenquist is an Open Educational Resources (OER) librarian at Gerald Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. Anne Diekema is also a librarian at Gerald Sherratt Library and an assistant professor at Southern Utah University.