Art Education Faculty

Meet Our Art Education Faculty

Profile type
  • 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…

    Email Jamie

  • David Herman looking at the camera.

    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…

    Email David

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

    Renee Jackson, PhD

    Associate Professor and Program Head of Art Education

    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…

    Email Renee

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

    Lisa Kay, ATR-BC

    Professor and Chair of Art Education & Community Arts Practices

    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…

    Email Lisa

  • Jessica 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…

    Email Jessica

  • 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…

    Email Pepón