Work Title & Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Art History, Florida Southern College

Biography:  Kristen Carter is an assistant professor of art history at Florida Southern College. She holds a PhD in modern and contemporary art from the University of British Columbia and a BA in art history from DePaul University. Her research concerns different modes of relationality, care, and institutional critique with an emphasis on artistic praxis and pedagogy in the 1960s and 1970s. She has presented and published on a range of topics, including performance, body art, and dance, histories of art and pedagogy in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, and the changing relationship between art and politics. Her most recent article, published in Art Journal, explored Lygia Clark’s participation in a so-called touch symposium in Los Angeles (c. 1969) and the relational dimensions of her featured propositions. Kristen’s research has been supported by fellowships from the University of British Columbia and the Getty Research Institute. Committed to collaborative and inclusive pedagogy, Kristen serves on the College Art Association’s Education Committee, advocating for undergraduate research and innovative teaching.

Topic Description: 

• “Don’t show them what you don’t know”

Work Title & Affiliation: Associate Professor of Art History at Centre College

Biography: Dr. Peter L. Haffner is an Associate Professor of Art History and he teaches the arts of Africa and the Black Atlantic. Before joining Centre’s faculty in 2019 he was a Smithsonian Institution Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Museum of African Art. His interdisciplinary arts-based research centers on the work of Haitian artists and the complex global cultural dynamics in which it is produced, exhibited and circulated. He earned his Ph.D. in Culture and Performance in 2017 from UCLA’s Department of World Arts & Cultures/Dance. He also holds a BA in Art History from Bard College and has a professional background in arts administration. 

Topic Description: 

• “Don’t show them what you don’t know”

Work Title & Affiliation: Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Harford Community College

Biography: Jeff Ball is the CETL Director at Harford Community College and has taught art history since 1988. His MA is from the University of Missouri-Columbia where he focused on public art and architecture in the United States during the Progressive Era. His current research interests are on effective teaching and learning practices and the roles for Centers for Teaching and Learning at community colleges. He has presented this work at NISOD and the American Association of Colleges & Universities. He is the new Chair of the CAA Education Committee.

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• Work-Life Balance - Saying No

• Lessons learned from my first full-time teaching job.

Work Title & Affiliation: Associate Professor; School of Art; Bowling Green State University

Biography: Barbara Bergstrom is an associate professor and has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses while serving as the chair of Art Education at the School of Art at Bowling Green State university since 2014. She received her PhD degree in Art and Visual Culture Education with a minor in Higher Education from the University of Arizona where she also earned her MFA degree in 3-D Studies. Her experience as an artist-educator includes making, exhibiting, and teaching students in junior high up to those in postgraduate programs in Art Education, Visual Art, and Education & Administration. With passion for “The Academy” and an earnestness for connecting artistic practice and teaching, Barbara’s research interests include contemporary art, contemplative pedagogy, and curricula that serve the personal and professional development of MFA students.

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• Syllabi thoughts and the work/life balance