Meet Our
Art Education Faculty
Adjunct Professor
Dr. Jessica Kirker
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Dr. Jessica Kirker earned a PhD in Art Education with a minor in Curriculum and Instruction from The Pennsylvania State University, an M.S. in Educational Administration from Gwynedd Mercy University, M.Ed in Art Education from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art, and B.S. in Art Education from The Pennsylvania State University.
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Assistant Professor
Dr. David Herman Jr
- Contact: davidhermanjr@temple.edu
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Dr. David Herman, Jr. Assistant Professor, Department of Art Education and Community Arts Practices, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, earned a PhD in Art Education from the College of Visual Art and Design at the University of North Texas, an MA focused on Visual Sociology from the University of Texas at Dallas, and a BA in Media Communications from Florida A&M University.
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Program Chair Associate Professor
Dr. Lisa Kay
- Contact: lisakay@temple.edu
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Dr. Lisa Kay, Associate Professor, Department of Art Education and Community Arts Practices, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, earned an Ed.D. from Northern Illinois University, an M.A. in Art Therapy, and a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from the University of Memphis. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate art education and art therapy courses at Tyler, Lisa has taught art therapy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Moholy Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest, Hungary.
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Assistant Professor
Dr. Renee Jackson
- Contact: renee.jackson@temple.edu
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Dr. Renee Jackson earned a PhD from the Education Department at Concordia University in Montréal, Québec Canada, an M.A. from the Art Education Department at Concordia University, a B.Ed from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in partnership with Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a B.F.A. in Visual Arts from York University in Toronto, Ontario. She has been an arts educator for seventeen years teaching first at the elementary and secondary levels in both public and private school settings.
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Professor Emeritus
Dr. Jo-Anna J. Moore
- Contact: jo-anna.moore@temple.edu
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Dr. Jo-Anna J. Moore, now retired Associate Professor Emeritus, was the Coordinator of Art Education at Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia, PA for 23 years. She earned a BFA in Painting at Syracuse University, an MS in Art Education from Massachusetts College of Art, and an EdD from Harvard University Graduate School of Education.
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Adjunct Professor
Carol Royer
- Contact: royerc@temple.edu
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Carol Royer is a practicing artist and educator with 20 years of experience in arts education, art history and arts administration in the Philadelphia region. She earned her BFA in Painting and Art History from Moore College of Art and Design and holds a MSEd in Visual Arts Administration from Bank Street College of Education and Parsons School of Design. She exhibits her work nationally.
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Adjunct Professor
Kathryn Snyder
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Kathryn Snyder is the founder and director of Parent to Child Therapy Associates and Spark School-Based Art Therapy in Center City Philadelphia. She is a board certified, registered art therapist and licensed professional counselor with 20 years of clinical experience. Her current practice focuses on integrative and collaborative mental health and developmental treatment of children, young adults and families.Through Spark, Kathryn has brought art therapy services to public and charter schools in Philadelphia through grant-funded programs.
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