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 K12 art education. Outside the classroom, Jamie works in the film industry as a production designer for commercial and narrative films. She is currently producing and designing a feature film with her creative partner and husband, Stephen Schaffer, another Tyler MEd alum.

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 tools, in support of this goal. She is particularly committed to providing game-design opportunities for groups underrepresented in the game-design industry, and mis-represented or underrepresented within game content including females, students of color, LGBTQ2+ and non-binary students at the middle and high school levels. The tech industry,...

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 throughout Philadelphia and its surrounding areas.

Though highly experienced in varied community arts settings, Dr. Kirker’s primary focus is advocacy for excellence in public school visual art programs and promoting quality...