Abstract | Painting in Photography | Biographical Note
Aaron Bodle, Cheri Beverly, Katie Dredger, Diane Foucar-Szocki, Teresa Harris, Shin Ji Kang, Douglas Loveless, Margaret B. Shaeffer, Jane Thall, and Phil Wishon
Abstract | Painting in Photography | Biographical Note
Aaron Bodle, Cheri Beverly, Katie Dredger, Diane Foucar-Szocki, Teresa Harris, Shin Ji Kang, Douglas Loveless, Margaret B. Shaeffer, Jane Thall, and Phil Wishon
Lesson in Vulnerability Artists
Aaron Bodle is an Assistant Professor at James Madison University where he teaches social studies methods and qualitative inquiry to beginning elementary educators. Using film, animation, and performance as methods of data generation and (re)presentation, his research explores changing conceptions of citizenship in relationship to place. students’ perceptions of their connections to global, national, and local contexts, and links between multicultural and global education in theory and practice.
Cheryl L Beverly is a Professor of Education who has explored learning and educating from a variety of perspectives. She is a fourth generation educator, an educator of learners with disabilities, a teacher educator, a leadership educator, an educator for education, and a life-long learner. Cheryl has spent her career exploring how to create learning spaces, educators and learning opportunities that provide equitable access, opportunity, encouragement, engagement, and critical feedback to all learners.
Katie Dredger, assistant professor at James Madison University, spent 13 years in Calvert County, Maryland as a middle and high School English Language Arts teacher, department chair, and literacy coach. Her research interests include reading and writing across disciplines, text complexity, aliteracy prevention in adolescents, and the implementation of emerging technologies to support literacy in modern times. She works to foster connection, communication, and critical innovation in differentiated classrooms.
Diane Foucar-Szocki works as a Professor and as Coordinator of Grants and Contracts for the College of Education at James Madison University. Dr. Foucar-Szocki began her professional life as a teacher in Vancouver, Washington, founded a consulting firm in Buffalo, NY and joined JMU in 1996 to lead grant-funded workforce development efforts for Virginia’s Office of Adult Education. She also works with Minds at Work and the Creative Problem Solving Institute exploring creativity and transformation.
Teresa Harris is professor of Early Childhood Education at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. A Fulbright Scholar to South Africa, Dr. Harris studies international perspectives on quality early childhood care and education. She also serves as the Managing Director of the International Beliefs and Values Institute (IBAVI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that addresses real-world issues of conflict resolution, human rights, sustainability, global education, and religious and cultural understanding.
Shin Ji Kang received her Masters and Doctoral degrees at Vanderbilt University in the area of early childhood education. She has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses including curriculum & assessment, classroom management, introduction to early childhood education, diversity in elementary education. Shin Ji has been passionate about teacher development while researching spiritual issues in education, teacher efficacy, and refugee education.
Douglas J. Loveless is an assistant professor at James Madison University where he teaches literacy education and inquiry. Previously, he has taught in public dual-language schools, college-readiness programs for at-risk students and supplementary literacy programs for students of all ages. Using arts-based research methodologies such as visual art, animation, and performance; he explores the complexity of polymodal narratives, critical and situated literacies/pedagogies and digital literacies.
Margaret Shaeffer has followed her passion of serving through teaching for over 30 years. While a teacher of young children with disabilities, her focus was on empowering families to advocate for their children. As a teacher educator and administrator, she has carried that passion forward, with the goal of improving education and access for all. Presently, she serves as Interim Associate Dean in the Darden College of Education at Old Dominion University.
Jane Thall is an Associate Professor and Academic Unit Head in the Learning, Technology and Leadership Education Department, College of Education at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She teaches graduate courses in program evaluation, performance analysis and needs assessment, consulting, research methodology, and thesis. Her research interests include tacit knowledge, knowledge creation, mixed methods research, visual literacy, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Phil Wishon has been a professional educator for over 20 years, has authored/co-authored over 100 published works, and has served on editorial and advisory boards for numerous professional associations. Former President of the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators, Wishon currently serves as President Emeritus of the Virginia Association of Colleges of Teacher Education. A graduate of Ohio State, Wishon is Dean of James Madison University’s College of Education.
The Arts in Spaces and Places: Volume 1, Issue 1 (Inaugural), Winter 2014
Brenda Morant
Footnotes
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The Arts in Spaces and Places: Volume 1, Issue 1 (Inaugural), Winter 2014
Full Composition | Biographical Note
Michael L. Angelotti
Michael Angelotti is a working writer and abstract painter currently focused on connecting internal visual imaging and spontaneous writing as beginning places to personal growth in both abstract painting and literary writing. To this end, he also teaches English Education as an emeritus professor at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, most notably teaching Creative Composition- a summer course featuring an image to word process he dubs “paint-write.”
The Arts in Spaces and Places: Volume 1, Issue 1 (Inaugural), Winter 2014
Plots of Land (And Those Who Write Them) | Biographical
Jeff Spanke
Jeff Spanke is a doctoral candidate in English Education at Purdue University. His research interests include narrative ethnographical studies of alternative schooling, composition instruction, service learning, and pre-service teacher preparation. He is a former high school English teacher who currently teaches introductory composition courses at Purdue and serves as a research assistant for Purdue’s Gifted Education Resource Institute. He and his wife live in West Lafayette, Indiana with their three year-old son.
The Arts in Spaces and Places: Volume 1, Issue 1 (Inaugural), Winter 2014
Before She Died | An Old Monk’s View | Biographical Note
Theron Montgomery
Theron Montgomery is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Troy University in Troy, Alabama.
The Arts in Spaces and Places: Volume 1, Issue 1 (Inaugural), Winter 2014
Full Text | Biographical Note
Michael Angelotti is a well-published working writer and abstract painter currently focused on connecting internal visual imaging and spontaneous writing as beginning places to personal growth in both abstract painting and literary writing. To this end, he also teaches English Education as an emeritus professor at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, most notably teaching Creative Composition- a summer course featuring an image to word process dubbed “paint-write.”
Audio Performance | Score | Author Interview | Biographical Note
William Krape