Kevin Michael Tavin
Department of Art Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
37 South Wabash Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60630
Tel: 312/629-9185
EDUCATION
• Doctor of Philosophy in Art Education with a Minor in Curriculum
and Instruction, The Pennsylvania State University. May 2003. Dissertation:
A Critical Pedagogy of Visual Culture as Art Education: Toward a Performative
Inter/Hypertextual Practice
• Master of Education in Art Education, Towson State University. May 1996.
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education, Maryland Institute College
of Art. May 1990.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Assistant Professor, fall 1999-present. Director of Master
of Arts in Teaching Program, fall 2002-present. Director of Art Education
Certification, fall 1999-fall 2002. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Department of Art Education.
• Visiting Professor, The Ohio State University. July 2003, July
2004.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University.
1996-1999.
• Art Instructor K-5, Waverly Elementary School, Howard County, Maryland. 1990-1996.
• Art Instructor, Maryland Institute College of Art. 1994-1995.
SELECTED REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Tavin, K. (in press). Hauntological
shifts: Fear and loathing of popular
(visual) culture. Studies in Art Education.
Tavin, K. & Hausman, J. (2004). Art education
and visual culture in the age of globalization. Art Education, 57(5),
47-52.
Tavin, K. (2003). Wrestling with angels, searching for
ghosts: Toward a critical pedagogy of visual culture. Studies in Art Education,
44(3), 197-213.
Tavin, K., & Anderson, D. (2003). Teaching (popular) visual
culture: Deconstructing Disney in the elementary art classroom.
Art Education, 56(3), 21-23/32-35.
Tavin, K., Lovelace, L., Stabler, A., & Maxam,
J. (2003). From Bucktown to Niketown: Doing visual cultural studies, Chicago
style. The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 23, 60-88.
Boughton, D., Freedman, K., Hausman, J., Hicks,
L., Madeja, S., Metcalf, S., Rayala, M., Smith-Shank, D., Stankiewicz, M., Stuhr, P., Tavin, K., & Vallance, E.
(2002). Art
Education and Visual Culture. NAEA Advisory. Reston: NAEA.
Tavin, K. (2002). Engaging
advertisements: Looking for meaning in and through art education. Visual Arts Research, 28(2), 38-47.
Tavin, K. (2001). Swimming up-stream in the jean pool: Developing a pedagogy towards critical citizenship in visual culture. The Journal of Social Theory in
Art Education, 21, 129-158.
Tavin, K. (2000) Just doing it: Towards a critical thinking of visual
culture. In D. Weil and H. Anderson
(Eds.), Perspectives in critical thinking: Essays by teachers in theory
and practice (pp.187-211).
Tavin, K. (2000). The impact of visual culture on art education:
Teaching in and through visual culture. The Journalof Multicultural
and Cross-Cultural Research in Art Education, 18(1) 20-23/37-40.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS
International Level (Juried Papers)
• The International Society for Education through Art, 6th
European Regional Congress, Stockholm, Sweden. August 2003.
National Level (Juried Papers)
• The Visual Culture of Childhood: Child
Art after Modernism, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Curing
the Modernist Hangover in Art Education: Postmodern Approaches to Cultural
Production by Children and Youth. November 2004.
• Objects in/and Visual Culture, Pennsylvania
State University, University Park,
PA. Repurposing Visual Culture in the Public
Sphere: Toward a Polycentric Pedagogy of Everyday Space (co-presenter with John Ploof). March 2004.
The National Art Education Association Annual Convention:
Five presentations, Denver, April 2004; Two presentations, Minneapolis,
April 2003; One presentation, Miami, March 2002; Two presentations,
New York, March 2001; Five presentations, Los Angeles, March 2000;
Two presentations, Washington D.C., March 1999; One presentation,
Chicago, April 1998; Three presentations, Baltimore, April 1994.
Invited Workshops and other Presentations
Coordinator and Moderator: Gathering and Trespassing: Interdisciplinary and Critical
Investigations of Visual Culture,
Ohio State University, Columbus. November 2004.
Presented papers and workshops at over 40 national,
state, and local gatherings including The American
Art Therapy Association, The Wisconsin Art Education Association, The Illinois
Art Education Association, The Pennsylvania Art Education Association, The
Maryland Art Education Association, Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual
Arts, University of Cincinnati, University of Illinois, Pennsylvania GovernorŐs
Institute for Arts, The Museum of Contemporary Art, and numerous school districts
in Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
• Postdoctoral Fellowship in Art Education,
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. December 2004-August 2005.
• 2004 Manuel Barkan Memorial Award, National Art Education Association. Denver, April 2004.
Graduate Assistant Award for Outstanding Teaching, sponsored jointly by the Graduate School, - the Office of
the Vice-Provost, and Dean for Undergraduate Education, The Pennsylvania State
University. March 1999.
• Outstanding Art Educator of the Year, Maryland Art Education Association. Howard County,
Maryland. October 1994.
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