Art Education Alumni
—PhD in Art Education—
Shivani Bhalla, PhD 2024
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art Education, University of Illinois Chicago
Kaleb Ostraff, PhD 2024
Assistant Professor of Art Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Shannalia Reyes, PhD 2023
Paulina Camacho Valencia, PhD 2022
Endowed Assistant Professor of Art Education, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Catalina Hernández-Cabal, PhD 2022
Instructor of Women’s and Gender Studies, Academy for Transdisciplinary Studies, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
Ahu Yolaç, PhD 2021
Assistant Professor of Game Design, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
Allison Rowe, PhD 2021
Assistant Professor of Art Education, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Jody Stokes-Casey, PhD 2021
Assistant Professor of Art Education, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Albert Stabler, PhD 2018
Assistant Professor of Art Education, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Meadow Jones, PhD 2018
Hong-An Wu, PhD 2017
Associate Professor, Bass School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas
Jeff Horwat, PhD 2016
Assistant Professor of Art Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Wasana Sriprachya-Anunt, PhD 2016
Lecturer, Thammasat University, Thailand
Ebenezer Acquah, PhD 2015
Senior Lecturer in Art Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
Yu-Tsu Chen, PhD 2015
Courtesy Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Susan Livingston, PhD 2015
Adjunct Professor, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Brad Olson, PhD 2015
Assistant Professor, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Ceéar Peña, PhD 2015
Associate Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
Jennifer Bergmark, PhD 2013
Assistant Professor of Art Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephanie Danker, PhD 2012
Associate Professor of Art Education, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Christina Chin, PhD 2010
Professor of Art Education, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Michelle Bae-Dimitriadis, PhD 2009
Assistant Professor of Art Education and Gender and Women’s Studies, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
April Munson, PhD 2009
Associate Professor and Assistant Director, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Martina Riedler, PhD 2009
Associate Professor, Çanakkale Onsezkis Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey
Olga Ivashkevich, PhD 2008
Associate Professor of Art Education, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
David Nyaberi, PhD 2008
Assistant Professor in Art, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MI
—EdM & MA in Art Education—
Josh Rushing, EdM 2024
Kyung-Hwa “Kay” Yang, EdM 2024
Toria Baez, EdM 2022
Isabel A. Young, EdM 2022
Alicia de León, MA 2021
Dessau Middle School, Austin, TX
Connor Dyer, MA 2021
Kristina Kim, EdM 2020
Seoyeon Kim, MA 2020
PhD Candidate, University of Arizona
Emma Jebe, MA 2020
Shane Rodems, EdM 2020
Katrina Widholm, EdM 2020
Angela Baldus, MA 2019
Patricia León Quecán, MA 2019
Rian Mobley-Luke, MA 2019
Sunni Ayers, EdM 2018
Kamila Glowacki, MA 2018
Education Coordinator, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
Howard Kanter, BA 1991/MFA 1994
Carlos Llerena Aguirre, MEd 1991
Professor of Art and Art History, University of Miami, FL
Shannon (Batman) Percoco, BFA in Painting 1991, MA in Art Education 1998
Art Teacher & Content Area Chair at Centennial High School, Champaign, IL
Adjunct Lecturer of Art Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kevin Cole, MA 1983
—BFA in Art Education—
Natalie Bready, BFA 2021
Art Teacher, Olympia High School, Stanford, IL
Elizabeth Chong, BFA 2019
Art Teacher, Centennial High School, Champaign, IL
Zoe Nelson, BFA 2019
Oregon Elementary School, Oregon, IL
Elizabeth Brent, BFA 2014
Special Education Teacher and Case Manager, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL
Owner of LizBrentArt
Andrea Slusarski, BFA 2011
Assistant Professor of Art Education, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
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