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- Richard Siegesmund
Richard Siegesmund
Title: | Professor |
Department: | Art and Design Education |
Office Location: | Art Building, Room 203E |
Office Phone: | 815-753-7880 |
Office Fax: | 815-753-7701 |
Email: | rsiegesmund@niu.edu |
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Art Education, Stanford University, 2000
- M.A., Art Education, Stanford University, 1995
- B.A., Studio Art, Trinity College, Hartford, 1973
- Graduate Study, Painting and Printmaking, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa, 1973-75
Courses Taught
- ARTE 792 Philosophies of Art and Aesthetics
- ARTE 383 Teaching Art in Elementary Schools
Current Research
- History and philosophy of arts education
- Arts-based research
- Arts and literacy
Major Publications
Books
- Arts-Based Research in Education: Foundations for Practice, 2nd edition, edited with M. Cahnmann-Taylor (Routledge: New York, NY) 2018
Articles
- "Jacques Rancière, the Origins of the Work of Art Education, and New Core Art Standards," Knowledge Cultures 4(5), 61-80 (2016)
Book Chapter
- "Envisioning alternative futures: Elliot Eisner's challenge to industrial educational practice," in G. Hall, D. Gollnick and L. Quinn (Eds.) The Handbook of Teaching and Learning (Wiley Blackwell: Malden, MA), 391- 415. (2018)
Honors/Major Funding
- Fulbright Specialist Award, Centre for Sociological Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 2017
- Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award, Faculty of Education, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland 2010
- Distinguished Fellow of the National Art Education Association
Professional Affiliations/Leadership Roles
- Co-Chair, Arts-Based Educational Research Special Interest Group, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (2017-present)
- Chair, Arts-Based Educational Research Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association (2015-2017)
- Member, Council for Policy Studies in Art Education (2013-present)
Invited Keynotes/Public Lectures
- Keynote Speaker, First Annual Graduate Conference in Qualitative Inquiry, Qualitative Inquiry Collaborative at Northern Illinois University (2018)
- Keynote Speaker, "The Future of Art Education: An American Perspective." Art Teacher Association of Ireland, annual conference, Dublin, Ireland. (2011)
- Percy H. Taçon Public Lecture, "The Beloved Community: Art Education After Post-Modernism." Ontario Society for Education Through Art and University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Canada (2011)