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 Frank Boyer
 Aliza Driller
 Jodie Fisher
 Margaret Johnson
 Themina Kader
 Robert Leonard
 Susan Miiller
 Sangsook Park
 Wendi Piper
 Kim Schwartzhoff
 Karen Sickles
 Ann Teed
 Alice Wexler

 

Frank Boyer
Adjunct Faculty
Office: CT 124
Phone: (845) 257-3948
E-mail: boyerf@newpaltz.edu

Aliza Driller
Adjunct Faculty
Office: CT 124
Phone: (845) 257-3948
E-mail: drillera@newpaltz.edu

Jodie Fisher
Adjunct Faculty
Office: SAB 204C
Phone: (845) 257-3837
E-mail: fisherj@newpaltz.edu

Margaret Johnson
Director Art Ed
Office: SAB 108A
Phone: (845) 257-3851
E-mail: johnsonm@newpaltz.edu

Office Hours:
MR 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

or by appointment

photo of Professor Margaret Johnson

Professor Johnson teaches courses in art criticism, art curriculum development, and instructional strategies, and coordinates school-based field experiences for undergraduate students. She writes about methods of art criticism, art criticism at the middle school level, and early childhood art. She has also done extensive work in curriculum development at the state level in South Carolina. Professor Johnson's writing in these areas has been published in the Journal of Aesthetic Education, School Arts, and Art Education. Her most recent publication is a book on early childhood learning in art, "The Colors of Learning: Integrating the Arts Into the Early Childhood Curriculum" (Teachers College Press, 2003).

Professor Johnson has presented at many art education and early childhood education conferences and regularly conducts art criticism methods workshops for teachers. She has also received several awards for her contributions to the field of art education. She was named Art Educator of the Year, Higher Education Division by the National Art Education Association (1995) and served as President of the South Carolina Art Education Association (1993). She has recently been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Art Education Association as Vice-President-Elect for the Eastern Region.

Professor Johnson received a B.A. from Bucknell University, an M.A. from the University of Iowa, and a Ph.D. from Florida State University.

Themina Kader
Associate Professor
Office: SAB 112
Phone: (845) 257-2680
E-mail: kadert@newpaltz

Robert Leonard
Adjunct Faculty
Office:
Phone: (845) 257-
E-mail: leonardr@newpaltz.edu

Susan Miiller
Adjunct Faculty
Office: CT 124
Phone: (845) 257-3948
E-mail: miillers@newpaltz.edu

Sangsook Park
Assistant Professor
Office: SAB 214
Phone: (845) 257-3783
E-mail: parks@newpaltz.edu

Office Hours:
TF 1:40 PM - 2:40 PM
TF 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

or
by appointment

photo of Professor Park

Professor Park teaches courses in artistic development, teaching methods, and curriculum. Her research focuses on young children's drawings, with a particular interest in the impact of culture on children's drawing development. She has extensive experience in teaching art to young children in Korea and Illinois. She plans to continue her research with young children's art at the Children's Center on campus.

In addition to her doctoral studies in art education, Professor Park has an MFA degree in Metals, and her exhibition and conference presentation record reflects her interest in metals as well as children's art. A recipient of scholarships and fellowships while pursuing her degrees, Professor Park received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000.

Professor Park received her BFA in Metal Design from Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea, and MFA in Metal Design from the University of Washington, Seattle, and an MA in Art Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she recently completed her doctoral work.

Wendi Piper
Adjunct Faculty
Office: CT 124
Phone: (845) 257-3948
E-mail: jpiper@hvc.rr.com

Kim Schwartzhoff
Assistant Professor
Office: SAB 112
Phone: (845) 257-2641
E-mail: schwartk@newpaltz.edu

Karen Sickles
Art Ed. Secretary
Office: SAB 108A
Phone: (845) 257-3850
E-mail: sicklesk@newpaltz.edu

Office Hours:
MTWRF 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

lunch 12:00 - 1:00

Ann Teed
Lecturer
Office: SAB 204B
Phone: (845) 257-3759
E-mail: teeda@newpaltz.edu

Office Hours:

Note Action

You are free to stop by and meet with me on a "drop in" basis: M-F 8am - 2pm. Many days I am out of the office on an appointment or out in the field. If you would like to set up a time to meet, please email your available times and days. teeda@newpaltz.edu

photo of Ann M. Teed

Ann Teed is the instructor for the Art Education field experience and student teaching seminar, and teaches a course in art education theory and practice. She has more than two decades of experience teaching art and special education in a range of private and public sectors. She has been involved in a number of community outreach programs in the Mid Hudson area, including DIA Beacon, Mill Street Loft, and Dutchess Art Camp. She served as coordinator of educational programming for children for eight years at Dutchess Community College.

In addition to her work in visual arts, Ann Teed has worked in the areas of music and performance arts as a professional family entertainer. In 1999, she received a National Parents Choice Gold Award for her children's album entitled "The Shooting Star Express - A Journey to the Land of Imagination." She writes about interdisciplinary arts-based curricula as well as integrating visual and performing arts within the elementary classroom.

Ann Teed is an alumna of SUNY New Paltz where she earned a B.S. in Art Education and an M.S. in Special Education.

Alice Wexler
Associate Professor
Office: SAB 204C
Phone: (845) 257-3837
E-mail: wexler@fastmail.fm

photo of Professor Alice Wexler

Professor Wexler teaches courses in studio methods and artistic development, instructional resources in art education, and art for exceptional children and adults. Her research focuses on the art making practices of exceptional children and adults, and on the integration of text and image in art works made by children and adolescents. Professor Wexler's writing in these areas has been published in Studies in Art Education and Art Education. She is currently at work on a book based on children with special needs in alternative settings.

Professor Wexler has presented on her research nationally and has received awards in support of her work, including a Faculty Development Award to support her research on the art of exceptional adults at the G.R.A.C.E. facility in Vermont (2001). Professor Wexler, a painter, has exhibited extensively. She received an award for her painting from the National Arts Club (1995).

Professor Wexler received a B.F.A. from Boston University, an M.F.A. from the Royal College of Art, and an Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University.

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