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  • Jamie Forslund

    Jamie Forslund, MEd

    Adjunct Faculty

    Jamie Forslund, a Tyler MEd alumna, teaches pre-service art and elementary teachers. While Forslund’s classroom teaching experience ranges from preschool to older adults and spans multiple disciplines, the majority of her experience is in…

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    David Herman Jr., PhD

    Associate Professor

    David Herman Jr. is a lens-based exhibiting artist, educator and scholar whose work explores the relations between the perceptual and the social as a political endeavor. His research and scholarly interests are grounding in a belief that the…

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  • Renee Jackson sitting on a table, smiling at the camera.

    Renee Jackson, PhD

    Associate Professor, Program Head of Art Education and Director of Graduate Studies

    Renee Jackson is an artist, critical feminist pedagogue, and scholar, whose research interests relate to the disruption of oppressive mechanisms in education and the integration of game-design and gameplay as collaborative art forms and learning…

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  • Lisa Kay leans against a fence, smiling warmly at the camera and crossing her arms.

    Lisa Kay, EdD, ATR-BC

    Professor, Chair of Art Education & Community Arts Practices, Director of Graduate Studies

    Lisa Kay is an artist/researcher, art educator, and art therapist whose creative voice is manifested in and enhanced by the integration of these three identities. She considers art, teaching, and therapy as an integral part of her art practice. A…

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  • Jessica L. Kirker, PhD

    Adjunct Faculty

    Jessica Kirker is a visual arts educator that has been teaching artist-scholars ranging from preschool to higher education over her 25+ year career. She has facilitated arts-based learning in a diverse range of formal and informal settings…

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  • Pepón Osorio smiling at the camera.

    Pepón Osorio

    Professor

    Pepón Osorio is known for his provocative, large-scale, multimedia installations that merge conceptual art and community dynamics. His visual language, explosive and elegance challenges traditional art canons with richly textured monumental…

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  • Jo-Anna J. Moore

    Jo-Anna J. Moore

    Associate Professor Emeritus

    In Memoriam Jo-Anna J. Moore, retired Associate Professor Emeritus, passed away on August 20, 2025. She was the Coordinator of Art Education at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University for 23 years. She taught for over a…

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  • Billy Yalowitz, EdD

    Billy Yalowitz, EdD

    Associate Professor Emeritus

    Billy Yalowitz is a playwright, director and community arts practitioner whose interdisciplinary performance works draw from public history and chronicle grassroots movements for self-determination. As the founder and co-director of Tyler’s…

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