FAQs

How do I identify my own teaching philosophy?

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources/teaching_resources/
reflecting/philosophy.htm
http://teachingcenter.wustl.edu/writing-teaching-philosophy-statement

How do I find a collegiate teaching position?

College Art Association www.collegeart.org
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture www.acsa-arch.org
Academic Keys www.academickeys.com/
Chronicle of Higher Education Careers http://chronicle.com/jobs/
American Association of Museums http://www.aam-us.org/aviso/  

International Academic Job Postings: http://www.higheredjobs.com/international/search.cfm?CountryCode=0&Remote=1&ShowAll=yes

Where can I view a cross-section of information from collegiate teaching and learning centers?

Collegiate Teaching & Learning Worldwide Directory    http://cte.ku.edu/other-teaching-centers

worldwide-collegiate-teaching-centers

What resources are there to incorporate diversity  in the classroom?

Inclusive Classrooms

http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/creating-an-inclusive-classroom

http://cte.ku.edu/resources-inclusive-teaching

Rhode Island School of Design

Office of Intercultural Student Engagement

The Office of Intercultural Student Engagement assists the RISD community-at-large in shaping a culturally inclusive and supportive environment that enables all its members the opportunity to fully contribute to and benefit from the total RISD experience. The Office coordinates enriching social and academic opportunities for cultural awareness, dialogue, and understanding. The office services the needs of the total RISD community while providing specific support to RISD’s students of color, marginalized populations, and those interested in multi-cultural work.

The Office assists the RISD community-at-large in shaping a culturally inclusive and supportive environment that enables all its members the opportunity to fully contribute to and benefit from the total RISD experience. The Office coordinates enriching opportunities for cultural awareness, dialogue, and interaction. The office provides service to the total RISD community while providing specific support to RISD’s artists of color, those from international backgrounds, and those dedicated to inclusive community.

 

How can I utilize technology for the classroom?

Rhode Island School of Design Media Resources provides students and departments with audio and visual assistance for projects, installations and meetings and classrooms. office: RISD Auditorium
 (401 454-6129)

www.digication.com a course management program.

http://www.cte.ku.edu/advancing/maxTechnology/2.shtml  Using Clickers

What are the resources for incorporating health and safety in the classroom?

RISD’s Environmental Health + Safety Department’s mission is to develop and implement programs that will ensure RISD’s compliance with regulations. RISD has set the goal of becoming a world-class leader of EH&S issues in the arts. To become recognized as such, our programs and facilities must become models for environmental stewardship. The administration supports, and all at RISD should embrace, the concept of protecting our environment and ensuring safe working conditions.  Alan Cantara (401-454-6780)

What is the status of PhD programs in art?

Trends in Collegiate Teaching in the UK, Professor Carole Gray, Gray’s School of Art, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
The Studio-art Doctorate in America, Art Journal, Summer, 2006 Timothy Emlyn Jones

Life After MFA….The PhD Option?
Vency Yun

Artists with PhDs: On the New Doctoral Degree in Studio Art  James Elkins 

 

Gallery

A trail of tales V.1
Yana Sakellion
Interactive Installation 2008
MFA Digital Media 2008
Sheridan Certificate 2008
Associate Professor American University
www.yanasakellion.com