Department of Art Education, Art History, and Media Studies

The Department of Art Education, Art History, and Media Studies

Full Time Faculty

Gabo Camnitzer Socially Engaged Art, Community-Based Art, Activism, Critical Theory, Experimental Pedagogy, Video, and Emerging Media.

Anna Dempsey, Department Chair Modern and Contemporary Art, Eco-criticism, Gender Studies, Film and Animation History, Creativity and Theory.

Walker Downey Modern and Contemporary Art, Sound Art, Intersections of Art and Music, Film and Media Arts, Art and Technology.

Pamela Karimi Global Modern and Contemporary Art and Architecture.

Cathy A Smilan, MAE Graduate Program Director Art-Based Research, Art Actionism, Assessment and Evaluation, Action Research, Social Justice and Enviornmental Art, SEL and Resliiency Through Art.

Part Time Affiliate Faculty

Karen Abbondanza Medieval/Gaming and Renaissance Art History

Morgan Bozarth Methods and Materials, Assessment and Development, Student Teacher Supervision, Photography, Painting.

Catherine Moran Design History and Historic Preservation, Art of Ancient Greece and Rome, Industrial Design History.

Richard Siegesmund Philosophy of Education, Assessment of Learning, Curriculum Studies, Arts-Based Research.

Emeritus Faculty

Magali M Carrera (Chancellor Professor Emeritus)

Memory Holloway (Professor Emeritus)

Kathy Miraglia (Professor Emeritus)

Michael D Taylor (Professor Emeritus)

This faculty’s range of specialization is enhanced by Lecturers who specialize in many other fields.

The Department of Art Education, Art History, and Media Studies offers two major programs of study; one leading to a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education, the other a Bachelor of Art in Art History. The Department also offers a minors in Art History and Film and Media Studies.

UMass Dartmouth’s Art Education Program provides a sequence of theoretical, practical, and studio-based experiences leading to proficiency in the teaching of art. For more information please link to the program page.

The Art History Program introduces students to a wide array of art objects and explores ways of understanding them. Art history students learn how to treat non-verbal objects as evidence, how to use scholarly publications, and how to explain their findings and insights. The goal is to develop advanced critical thinking skills and to prepare for entry into a range of academic and professional occupations. For more information please link to the program page.

Programs

Baccalaureate

Art Education Major
Art History Major

Minor

Art History Minor
Film and Media Studies Minor