News

This summer at the American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) annual conference held in New York City, current students and a recent alumnus of the Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities program in the Department of Theatre and Dance were honored. Moriah Flagler (2018) received the Honorable Thesis award for her thesis titled Storied Moments: Foregrounding Community Cultural Wealth through Digital Storytelling. Willam Kiley, currently seeking his Theatre Education Certification,  was honored with the Don and Elizabeth Doyle special recognition award and Faith A. Hillis received the esteemed Winifred Ward Scholar award. All three honorees were honored at the AATE awards ceremony at the Roundabout Theatre Company in August.

More good news from the art education area! VAS senior Daedelus Hoffman has been selected to present his research at the National Art Education Association conference in Minneapolis, MN.  

His proposal: Making a Makerspace will be part of a preservice student research panel titled:  Investigating Non-traditional Pedagogies in Art Education: A Convergence of Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Art Practices

This session will showcase preservice teachers’ diverse range of research practices, strategies, and approaches that investigate the historical intersections of pedagogy informed by contemporary and non-traditional art practices.

Betsy Murphy (B.F.A., Art Education, 1980), Professor of Instruction for Visual Art Studies, was recognized as the Higher Ed Division Outstanding Educator of the Year at the fall Texas Art Education Association conference.