Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction (Minor in Educational Policy Studies), University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dissertation: My self-education as a gay artist. Co-Advisors: Laurie Beth Clark and Elizabeth Ellsworth, August 1996

M.S., Art Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Thesis: Developing guidelines for an alternative approach in elementary art education. Advisor: Heta Kauppinen, May 1987

B.F.A., Art Education and K-12 Teacher Certification, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, May 1980

Core curriculum and art courses, University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc County Center, May 1975-May 1976

Associate Professor, School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 2002 to present. Assistant Professor, 1996 to 2002. Teach undergraduate and graduate courses, direct graduate student research, supervise graduate teaching assistants, recruit graduate students, advise graduate and undergraduate students, develop new courses, conduct research, and participate in service activities for School of Art and the university.

Art Education Lecturer, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Developed, implemented and taught art practicum course for art education majors; supervised practicum students; and supervised elementary and secondary student teachers, Spring1995

Teaching Assistant (primary instructor), Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, January 1989-January 1995. Designed, developed and taught elementary art methods. Also, was practicum supervisor, September 1993-December 1994; NAEA Student Chapter Coordinator and advisor, 1990-1993  

Co-Organizer /Co-Curator, University of WI-Madison. Created Drawing Upon Our Experiences, a non-juried group show developed in conjunction with National Coming Out Week (Co-Curator with Rique Sanford), October 1995

Workshops Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, College for Kids, 4th and 5th grades. Taught Critical Constructions and Reviews of Comics, June 1995

University of Wisconsin-Madison, College for Kids, 4th and 5th grades. Taught Art and Social Change: From the Simpsons, Gulf War  to the Olympics, June 1994

Lecturer, McPherson College-Milwaukee Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 1989. Taught Understanding Contemporary Art Education
Elementary and High School Teaching Experience

Art Education Instructor, Elementary Schools, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, January 1981-July 1989. Author of district K-5 art education curriculum;  taught art at two schools; 750 students per week; developed summer school enrichment program; developed plan for art room addition.  Also, Wisconsin Art Education Association Fall Conference Seminar Chair, 1987, 1988, 1991; vice-president of Elkhorn Education Association (National Education Association affiliate), 1982-1983; Wisconsin Education Association Council Leadership delegate, 1983; Secretary of Elkhorn Education Association, 1988-1989; and Negotiations Team member, 1983-1985                    
                 
Substitute Teacher, Milwaukee Public Schools, multiple assignments, September 1980-January 1981

Pedagogy and classroom practice, anti-bias curricula, genders/profeminisms  (misogyny and masculinities), working class issues, sexual identities, and auto/biography in art and education.

Books

Lampela, L. & Check, E. (Eds.).  (2003). From our voices: Art educators and artists speak out about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered issues. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.

Refereed Articles

Check, E. (In-Press.). My working-class roots in an academic war zone: Creating space to grieve and honor. Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education (Special Issues: Religion and Spirituality in Art).

Check, E. (2005). (Un)Becoming working class? Living across the lines.  The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 25, 45-68.

Akins, F., Check, E. & Riley, R. (2004, Fall). Technological lifelines: Virtual Intimacies and distance learning. Studies in Art Education, 46(1), 34-47.

Check, E. (2004, Winter). Queers and Art Education in the War Zone. Studies in Art Education, 45(2),178-182.

Check, E. & Akins, F. (2004).  Queer lessons in the art classroom. Democracy & Education, 15(3-4), 66-71.

Check, E. & Akins, F. (2003). Queer activisms in West Texas. Radical Teacher 67, 16-23.

Fehr, D., Check, E., Keifer-Boyd, K., & Akins, F. Canceling the Queers: Activism in Art Education Conference Planning. The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 22, 124-143.

Check, E. (2002, January). Pink Scissors. Art Education 55,(1), 46-52.

Deniston-Trochta, G., Check, E., & Vanderbosch, J. (2000). Notes Toward a Theory of Dialogue. The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 19-20, 7-23.

Check, E. and Lampela, L. (1999, Summer). Teaching more of the story: Sexual and cultural diversity in art and the classroom. Advisory. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.

Check, E., Deniston, G., & Desai, D. (1997). Living the discourses. The Journal of Social Theory in ArtEducation, 17, 38-68.

Check, E. (1992). Queers, art and education. In M. Zurmuehlen (Ed.), Working Papers in Art Education(pp. 98-102). Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa.

Book Chapters

Check, E. (2002.) In the trenches: Elementary art education. In Y. Gaudelius and P. Speirs (Eds.),Contemporary Issues in art education for elementary educators(Chapter 3, pp. 51-60). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.  

Check, E. (2000.). To be seen is to be: The founding of the lesbian, gay and bisexual issues caucus of the National Art Education Association. In P. Bolin, D. Blandy, and K. Congdon (Eds.),Remembering others: Making invisible histories of art education visible(137-146). Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.
 
Check, E. (2000.). Caught between control and creativity: Boredom and the classroom. In D. Fehr, K. Fehr and K. Keifer-Boyd (Eds.), Realworld readings in art education: Things your professors never told you(137-145). New York: Falmer Press.

Book Reviews

Check, E. (2002, Winter.). Book review of James Saslow’s Pictures and Passions. Studies in Art Education, 43(2) 188-192.

Check, E. (1998, Fall). Book review of David Wojnarowicz’s Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration.Journal of Multicultural and Cross-cultural Research in Art Education, 16, 73-75.

Non-Refereed Publications

Check, E. (2001, Winter). Making a community quilt: Piecing our lives together. Lubbock Women’s Protective Services Newsletter: The Purple Ribbon, 3(1), 6.

Check, E. (1998, April). Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues Caucus. NAEA News, 40(2), 17.

Check, E. (1997, Winter). Why I include issues of sexual identity in my university teaching. LGBIC Newsletter: A Publication of the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues Caucus of the National Art Education Association,4(2), 3, 4, and 6.

Check, E. and Lampela, L. (1997, April). Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues Caucus. NAEA News, 38(2), 16.

Check, E. (1996). My self-education as a gay artist (Doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996). Dissertation Abstracts International, 57-07A.

Check, E. (1996, Fall). NAEA Board votes in favor of LGBIC affiliate status!…And other thoughts about being gay.  LGBIC Newsletter: A Publication of the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues Caucus of the National Art Education Association, 3(1), 1,7, and 8.

Check, E. (1994). Letter to the editor. Art Education, 47(2), 6-7.

Check, E. (Ed.). (1993-1995). The Caucus Newsletter: Newsletter of the Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education. (Available from: Ed Check, Lubbock, TX).

Check, E. (1992,April). Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education Column. NAEA News, 34(2), 15.

2005. Domestic Saints and Sun Dress. The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 25, 63, 64.

2004, Erotic Saints (detail), Studies in Art Education, 46(1), 43.

2004, Cover: Domestic Saints, Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections. Milwaukee, WI: Walker’s Point Center for the Arts.

2003, Pleasures of Adolescence, Radical Teacher, 67, 18-19.

1995, June.  National Art Education Association Social Caucus Newsletter (two pieces), pp. 2 and 8

Review Board Activity

Reviewer, The Journal of Social Theory and Art Education, University of Alberta, jan jagodzinski, Editor. 2003 to present

Reviewer, Visual Arts Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Elizabeth Delacruz, Editor. 2003 to present

Reviewer, Visual Culture and Gender, Northern Illinois University, Deborah L. Smith-Shank & Karen Keifer-Boyd, Editors. 2005 to present

International

Ed’s Dresses: Embracing the Feminine, Profeminist and Female Within, Congress of the Vernacular: The International Colloquium for Vernacular, Hispanic, Historical, American, and Folklore Studies, Benemerita Universidad de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, October, 2003

National

The Importance of Social Class in the Sexual Identities, Art and Activisms of Keith Haring and David Wojnarowicz, National Art Education Association, Chicago, IL March 2006

Panel Member, LGBT/Queer Issues Caucus 10th Anniversary Super Session, National Art Education Association, Chicago, IL (with Kim Crosier, James H. Sanders, III, Laurel Lampela, and Debbie Smith-Shank) March 2006

Boy in a Brownie Dress: Terror and Shame, National Art Education Association, Boston, MA March 2005 (paper accepted but illness prevented me giving it)

Feminist/Profeminist Artists: Healing in the Midst of Misogyny, National Women’s Studies Association, Milwaukee, WI. (Co-presented with Future Akins) June 2004

Panel Member, Crossing Borders, Barriers and Intersections through the Arts, National Women’s Studies Association, Milwaukee, WI, June 2004

Undressing Addictive Performances, National Art Education Association, Denver, CO (co-presented with James Sanders) March 2004

Panel Member, Discrimination in Academia: Challenging the Myth of the Liberal Arts. College Art Association (CAA), The CAA Queer Caucus for Art, Philadelphia, PA (R. Darden Bradshaw, panel chair, with James Sanders and Ray Anne Lockard) February, 2002.

The Body  as Cultural Canvas (A Queer Body: Allusions and Limitations), The 2002 Dual Meeting of the Southwest/ Texas Chapters of Popular and American Culture, Albuquerque, NM (co-produced with Future Akins and Lahib Jaddo) February, 2002

If I Say I am Homosexual or Queer Does It Make You Nervous? National Art Education Association, New York, NY, March 2001

Disintegration and Regeneration Pedagogy of Presence, American Education Research Association (AERA), roundtable on Madness, Queerness, and the Politics of Representation, New Orleans (co-produced with Chelsea Bailey and Dipti Desai)  April 2000

Outlawed Street Theory: Brush Fires in the Social Landscape, 20th Annual Journal on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice (Bergamo), Fourwinds Resort and Marina, Bloomington, IN, October 1998

Rethinking Masculinity Through the Gay Male Body in Art, The 23rd National Conference on Men and Masculinity, State University of New York-Stony Brook, August 1998

The Gay Male Body in Art: Transforming and Revisioning Cultural Masculinity, National Art Education Association, Chicago, IL, April 1998

Interrogating the Sight/Site of the Body in Art, National Art Education Association, New Orleans, LA (co-presented with Grace Deniston and Dipti Desai) March 1997

Finding Our Queer Voices: Telling Our Stories, National Art Education Association, New Orleans, LA (co-presented with Laurel Lampela) March 1997

Living the Discourses: Identities in Academe, National Art Education Association, San Francisco, CA (co-presented with Grace Deniston and Dipti Desai) March 1996

Speak Out: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Voices in Art Education, National Art Education Association, San Francisco, CA (co-facilitated with Anne Manning) March 1996

Chair of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Issues Caucus Meeting, National Art Education Association, Houston, TX, March 1995

Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues in the Art Curriculum (panel chair), National Art Education Association, Baltimore, MD (co-presented with Charles Jansen, Paul Kravagna, and Laurel Lampela) March1994

Chair of LGBIC Formation Meeting, National Art Education Association, Baltimore, MD, March 1994

Closets in the art Education Classroom, National Art Education Association, Chicago, IL, March 1993

Lesbians and Gays and the Art Curriculum, National Art Education Association, Chicago, IL, March 1993
Silent Voices Within the Ranks: A Meeting Space for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Art Educators, National Art Education Association, Phoenix, AZ, March 1992

Queers, Art and Education: Research Session for Graduate Students, National Art Education Association, Phoenix, AZ, March 1992

State 

Panel Lead and Organizer, Rethinking Art Education, Texas Association of Schools of Art Annual Conference, Junction, TX (Panel: Ed Check, Veronica Mora, Dawna Helstrom, Pamela Spangler, Chad Farris, Thomas Mathews, Marissa Mejia) April  2006

Panel Organizer/Member, Why Teach Social Theories in the Art Classroom? Texas Art Education Association, Galveston, TX (Panel: Ed Check, Future Akins, Dennis Fehr, and Sara Wilson-McKay) November 2004

The Junction Experience: Summer Workshops in Junction, TX, Texas Art Education Association,  (co-presented with Robin Germany) November, 2003

Sexual Identity Issues and the Art Classroom. Panel at Texas Tech University, (co-produced with Michael DeVoll and Ellen Herbert) Lubbock, Texas, November 2001 (Originally a part of the Texas Art Education Association 2001 conference until canceled by TAEA two weeks prior to conference.)

Social Issues in Art: Teacher, Classroom, Community, Workshop presented at Texas Tech Junction Campus, Junction, TX, April 1998

Changing the Beat: Active Approaches to Art and History in the Classroom. Inter-active session presented at Texas Art Education Association (TAEA) Fall Conference, Fort Worth, TX, (co-presented with Future Akins, Paula Griffith, and Calli Lewis) November 1997

Lives, Video and Self-Exploration, TAEA Fall Conference, San Antonio, TX, November 1996

Utilizing Video to Explore Our Everyday Lives, Wisconsin Art Education Association, Milwaukee, WI, October 1995

Redefining and Politicizing School Art, Wisconsin Art Education Association, Milwaukee, WI (co-presented with Grace Deniston) October 1993

Sexism and Homophobia in Art Education Practices, Wisconsin Art Education Association, Milwaukee, WI, October 1993

AIDS: Social Action; Classroom Practice, Wisconsin Art Education Association, Milwaukee, WI, October 2003

Alternative Views of Multiculturalism, Wisconsin Art Education Association, Pewaukee, WI (co-presented with Dipti Desai) October 1990

Art History at the Elementary Level, Wisconsin Art Education Association, Milwaukee, WI, October 1988

Developing Alternative Curricular Strategies for the Elementary Classroom, Wisconsin Art Education Association, Milwaukee, WI, October 1987

Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections (national and juried), Walker’s Point Center for the Arts and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jurors: Helen R. Klebesadel, Tey Marianna Nunn, Clarissa Sligh, Gail Tremblay, and Flo Oy Wong. (One piece) Catalog, June 3 to July 10, 2004

Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections Electronic Exhibition (national and juried), Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel and The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jurors: Helen R. Klebesadel, Tey Marianna Nunn, Clarissa Sligh, Gail Tremblay, and Flo Oy Wong. (Four pieces), June 3 to July 10, 2004

Body Commodities/Queer Packaging (regional juried), Works/San José, San José, CA. Jurors: Clare Charles Cornell, David P. Duckworth, Leta Evaskus, Sheila A. Malone, and Gregory Youmans. (One piece) Catalog, June 10 to July 10, 2004

Propaganda, on Q Gallery, Lubbock, TX. (one piece) April 20 to March 20, 2004

Celebracion, Lubbock Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX, (invitational, one piece) November 2 to 30, 2003

Queer Migrations, The Campbell Soady Gallery: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Community Center, New York City, NY (one piece) February 1-28, 2002

Celebracion, Lubbock Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX. (invitational, one piece) November 2 to November 30, 2001

Making Art Matter: Artists Transforming Society, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI. Curators: Rae Atira-Soncea, Melanie Herzog, Helen Klebesadel, and Leslee Nelson. (invitational, twenty-five artists, two pieces) October 21 to November 9, 2001

Dare to Dance, 4-Day Interactive Progressive Installation, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, Co-produced with John Ricco, Kelly Leslie, Robin Germany, January 15 to 18, 2001

Dallas Visual Arts Annual Membership Show, Dallas Visual Arts Center, (invitational, one piece) November 2, 2000 to January 3, 2001

On the Wall, Off the Wall, Godbold Cultural Center, Lubbock, TX. Two pieces exhibited in show with twenty-eight artists. October 28, 2000

Celebracion, Lubbock Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX, (one piece) October 24 to November 18, 2000

Dia de los Muertos(Day of the Dead), Lubbock Arts Alliance, Lubbock, TX  November 2, 1999 (one piece)

OUTWEST [juried], Plan B, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Curator: Harmony Hammond. (One piece exhibited in show with 41 artists chosen from Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.) Catalogue, September 3 to October 24, 1999

Forging Change/Crafting Identity, Second Annual Gay and Lesbian Studies Conference,The University of North Carolina-Asheville. Alex Horstman, curator, Assistant Professor of Art, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC (one piece exhibited) April 30 to May 17, 1999
Celebracion, Lubbock Fine Arts Center (invitational), Lubbock, Texas, (one piece) October to December 1998

Madness at the MAC (membership invitational), The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, (one piece) August 1998

Family: An Exhibition of Visual Arts, Music and Poetry, Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX, (group show), Curators: Future Akins and Andy Wilkinson (three pieces exhibited in a show with twenty artists), May/June, 1998

Troubling Customs, Ontario College of Art and Design (juried), Toronto, Canada, February 11-28, 1998 and at The Katherine Lane Weems Center/The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Maine, June
15-30, 1998. Jurors: Cyndra MacDowall, McGill University, Canada; Sallie McCorkle, Penn State University; and Erica Rand, Bates College (one piece)

Star/Cross/Angel (fund-raiser), The Lubbock Arts Alliance, Lubbock, Texas, (one piece) December 1997

Drawing Upon Our Experiences: Group Show (in conjunction with UW-Madison 10% Organization’s Coming Out Week Festivities) (invitational, non-juried), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Art Gallery. Co-Curators: Ed Check and Rique Sanford. (Three pieces) October 1995

National Art Education Association Membership Exhibition (juried), Chicago, IL (one piece), April 1993

Wisconsin Art Education Association Annual Membership Exhibition (juried), Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, (one piece), October 1993

Wisconsin Art Education Association Annual membership Exhibition (juried), The Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (one piece), October 1992

63rd Graduate Student Show Prospectus (juried), The University of Wisconsin-Madison (one piece), October 1990

Wisconsin Art Education Association Annual Membership Exhibition (juried), Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (two pieces), October 1986

Lucille and Phillip Andrastek, Manitowoc, WI
Kent Berry, Albuquerque, NM
Helen Check, Manitowoc, WI
Michael and Judith Check, Manitowoc, WI
William and  Constance Check, Cato, WI
Dr. Lanie Dornier, Lubbock, TX
Corey and Mary Lou Eggert , Milwaukee, WI
Judy and Jerry Hoopfer, Milton, WI
C. Greg Hurley, Winterville, NC
Lahib Jaddo, Lubbock, TX
Helen Klebesadel, Madison, WI
Dr. Karen Meaney, Lubbock, TX
Ursula, A. S. N. D. and Thomas Meaney, Euclid, Ohio
Jan Meares, Lubbock, TX
Mary Lynn and William Nerbun, Cudahy, WI
Mary Owens, Lubbock, TX
Arda and Richard Swift, New Orleans, LA
Dolly and Timothy Thomas, Pound, WI
Roberta White, Lubbock, TX

Check, E. Advocacy and Arts Outreach to Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Teachers, Artists, Students and Allies. Texas Tech University, College of Arts and Sciences, Research Enhancement Fund, 2000-2001, $2,000. Three original art posters about topic to be created and distributed free at national and state conferences. Conference paper on theme will accompany artwork.

0. Co-developing with Patricia Earl, Visiting Assistant Professor, artist/curator lecture and exhibition tentatively titled: Uncomfortable Comfort Zones. Lesbian artist/curator/activist/herstorian/critic Harmony Hammond will lecture April 2006 at Teas Tech University about queer-identified contemporary artists  living in Texas. This preliminary lecture describes the fall 2007 queer exhibition Hammond will curate at Texas Tech University featuring contemporary queer artists in Texas. Monies have been secured for April 2006 lecture and visit. Monies/Grants are being written to cover fall 2007 exhibition (possibly traveling) with catalog.

1. Awarded $3700  ($2400 from the TTU School of Art, $800 from the Texas Commission of the Arts, and $500 from TTU Women’s Studies) to develop topics involving feminist voices and actions on Tech campus. Secured contemporary practicing artists Helen Klebesadel (director of UW-Women Studies Consortium ) and Rae Atira-Soncea (community activist). Issues to be explored by artists: oral histories, community arts spaces, throw-away kids, ghettos, developing grass-roots community programs, inclusion issues such as physical abilities/disabilities, criminal issues, and Native-American issues. Spring 2001

2. $500 designated as annual funding to continue the development of Day With(Out) presence in the School of Art. (See Community Outreach and Service for more information on past events.)

3. Co-chair, Texas Art Education Association Fall Conference, Lubbock 2001. Co-developed a critically conscious convention itinerary for fall conference in Lubbock with Future Akins, Dennis Fehr, and Karen Keifer-Boyd. General session speakers included: activist artist Hachiva Edgar Heap of Birds, painter Tina Fuentes, and curator and critic Jim Edwards. Secured $3,500 in funding from Texas Tech University and $2,000 in local donations to finance LGBT issues and art classroom panel. Negotiated reception at Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center for 600 art teachers. November, 2001

4. Continue to develop local arts outreach through Art 3364: Foundations of Art in Social Institutions(spring). Eleven- week field-based experience at local elementary school (school does not have art teacher) designed to give Tech students practical experiences with poverty white and  non-white student populations. Presently doing outreach at Parkway Elementary School, Lubbock, TX  Spring 2000 to present

Awards

Professing Excellence. Student staff and leaders of Texas Tech Residence Life honor professors serving students with time and expertise. Texas Tech University, Merket Alumni Center, Lubbock, Texas. April 5, 2006
Inducted into Texas Tech University Teaching Academy. Nomination to and membership in Academy represents excellence and commitment to teaching. April 1999

Frederick M. Logan Scholarship, The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Art. Award given to outstanding departmental graduate based in scholarship, leadership, and potential contribution to the field. April 1993

Donated one piece of art to Texas Tech University Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance’s Silent Art Auction benefiting Lubbock’s Women’s Protective Services, February 12 and 13, 2005

Artist Talk, IS1100 Freshman Orientation, Texas Tech University, Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences, Fall 2004

Donated one piece to Tarrant County AIDS Interfaith Network, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX, September 15 to October 16, 2004

Program Outreach, YWCA After School Program, Wheelock Elementary School, Lubbock, TX. Non-art education major students taught art lessons for five weeks at after school program. Also arranged for other classes to teach with YWCA and local Head Start program. Fall, 2004

Presented handmade quilt made in Art 3372 (non-art education major course) to Lubbock Women’s Protective Services. Students’ anti-bias approach through quilting produced quilt. June 9, 2004

Texas Tech Chancellor’s Council Student Scholarship Fundraiser, Jones SBC Stadium, September 17, 2004 (one piece donated)

Panel Member/Organizer (co-presented with Future Akins and Dennis Fehr), Ramirez Elementary Charter School, Lubbock, TX. Addressed Ramirez faculty about mentorship and outreach possibilities with visual studies program. July 23, 2004

New Works: Faculty Annual, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, September 1 to October 25, 2003

Panel Member, Panel and Audience Discussion about Laramie Project, Kingwood College, Houston, TX, February 22, 2003

Task force member, LGBT focus groups, in conjunction with Texas Tech University Counseling Center. Am member of task force interviewing students for report about university environs and conditions for LGBT undergraduate and graduate students to be given to Vice President of Student Affairs Michael Shonrock. To date, have met several times with task force and have done preliminary interviews with Tech students. November 2001 to 2005

Frame-By-Frame Fierce Video Installation, Day Without Art/World AIDS Day Observance. Co-developed with Robin Germany and John Ricco, November 26 to December 7, 2001

Panel Member, Cultural Talk: Calaveras (Co-panelists: Dennis Fehr, Tina Fuentes, moderator Aaron Meskin), Lubbock Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, Texas, November 1, 2001

Art, the Body, and Marc Sijan, Panel members: Ed Check, Future Akins, and Brian Steele, Museum of Texas Tech University, February 8, 2001
Jennifer A. Lapham & Paul Sacaridiz Workshop for Teachers, Texas Tech University Visual Studies Area, Lubbock, TX (co-developed with Dennis Fehr and Karen Keifer-Boyd) February 3, 2001

Food Drive in conjunction with Dare to Dance, 4-Day Interactive Progressive Installation, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, Co-produced with John Ricco, Kelly Leslie, Robin Germany. Food donated to South Plains AIDS Resource Center, January 15 to 18, 2001

Celia Herrera Rodríguez Workshop for Teachers, Texas Tech University Visual Studies Area, Lubbock, TX (co-developed with Dennis Fehr and Karen Keifer-Boyd) October 21, 2000

New Works: Faculty Annual, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, September 1-22, 2000

Member, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Committee, Lubbock, Texas Curators: Tina Fuentes and Jane Bell. Five site celebration throughout Lubbock November 2, 2000. Sites include: Lubbock Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center, Lubbock Arts Alliance, Texas Tech International Cultural Center, Texas Tech School of Art, and Lubbock Regional Arts Center

Artist Talk, IS1100 Freshman Orientation, Texas Tech University, Foreign Language Building, August 25, 2000

Lynne Hull Workshop for Teachers, Texas Tech University Visual Studies Area, Lubbock, TX (co-developed with Dennis Fehr and Karen Keifer-Boyd) January 2000
Member, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Committee, Lubbock, Texas Curators: Tina Fuentes and Jane Bell. Four site celebration throughout Lubbock November 2, 1999. Sites include: Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock Arts Alliance, Texas Tech International Cultural Center, Texas Tech Art Department

Co-Curator, AIDS Installation (World AIDS Day/Day Without Art), Landmark Gallery, School of Art, Texas Tech University, December 1, 1999

Harold Fuchs Workshop for Teachers, Texas Tech University Art Education Area, Lubbock, TX (co-developed with Dennis Fehr and Karen Keifer-Boyd) October 1999

New Works: Faculty Annual, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, September 3-29, 1999

Luis Gonzalez Palma Workshop for Teachers, Texas Tech University Art Education Area, Lubbock, TX (co-developed with Dennis Fehr and Karen Keifer-Boyd) Spring, 1999

New Works: Faculty Annual, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, January 22-February 27, 1999
Co-Curator, The Wall: Mourning and Remembering (World AIDS Day/Day Without Art), Hall Gallery, Department of Art, Texas Tech University, December 1, 1998

Committee Member, Art for Humanity VIII, South Plains AIDS Resource Center, Godbold Cultural Center, Lubbock, Texas, November 1998

Gaho Tanaguchi Workshop for Teachers, Texas Tech University Art Education Area, Lubbock, TX (co-developed with Dennis Fehr and Karen Keifer-Boyd) September 1998

Contemporary Lesbian and Gay Artists and Art, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (P-FLAG), St. James United Methodist Church, Lubbock, Texas, June 1998
 Juan Logan Workshop for Teachers, Texas Tech University Art Education Area, Lubbock, TX (co-developed with Dennis Fehr and Karen Keifer-Boyd) Spring 1998

New Works: Annual Faculty Exhibition, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, December/January 1997/1998

Day Without Art (World AIDS Day) Observance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, December 1997

Encore, Annual Faculty Exhibition at FOVA, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, December/January 1996/1997

Day Without Art (World AIDS Day) Observance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, December 1996

To Impel, Annual Faculty Exhibition at FOVA, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, September 1996

Sexual Identity and Education: Persona/Professional Issues (a part of a three person panel for Human Sexuality Course), University of Wisconsin-Madison, March 1995, March 1994, and November 1993

Homophobia and Name-Calling (guest speaker for 3rd/4th Grade), Hawthorne Elementary School, Madison, WI Fall 1994

Art and Identity, Curriculum and Instruction Foundation Course, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fall 1994

Art on the Edge, Methods for Elementary Art Education Majors Course, University of Wisconsin-Madison, March 1994
Art and Politics, Methods for Elementary Art Education Majors Course, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 1993

Education and Identity, Curriculum and Instruction Foundation Course, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fall 1993

Gender Bias and Discrimination, Methods for Elementary Art Education majors Course, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fall 1993

Gender Bias, Identity and Discrimination, Sexual Assault Awareness Week, University of Wisconsin-Madison (co-presented with Dr. Jane Vanderbosch), Fall 1992

Stereotypes in Film, WTSO Radio Interview, Madison, WI, Fall 1992

Gay Representation in Art Education, Symposium on Art and Social Change, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Art, Fall 1991

Professional Service at Texas Tech University

University

Gender Equity Coucil, 2006 to present
Gender Issues Task Force Committee, 2002-2005
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Task Force Member, 2001 to 2004

College of Visual and Performing Arts

Tenure Committee Alternate

College of Education

Teacher Education Council (nominated by Provost), 2003-2005

School of Art 

PhD Graduate Advisor, 2006 to present
School of Art Visual Studies Undergraduate Advisor, 2001 to 2006
Curriculum Committee, 2002 to present
Junction Campus Committee, 2001-2004
Ph. D. Preview Committee Member, 2001-2004
Recruitment, Retention and Scholarship Committee, 1996 to 2004
School of Art Scholarship Sub-Committee, 1996 to 2004
School of Art Visual Resource Center Advisory Committee, 1996 to 1998
Co-Coordinator, School of Art’s Day Without Art/World AIDS Day, 1996 to 2002
Co-Advisor, Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Student Association, 1996-97, 1999 to 2001
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), 1999 to 2001
School of Art Exhibitions Committee, 2001 to 2003
Tenure and Promotion
Texas Tech University National Art Education Association Student Chapter Advisor

National Art Education Association
NAEA-Social Caucus Member
NAEA-LGBTQ Member
Texas Art Education Association
CAA Queer Caucus for Art: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Caucus for Art, Artists & Art Historians

National Art Education Association (NAEA) (Appointed committee member NAEA Affiliates Task Force, April 1998-99)
NAEA Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education (Coordinator, 1997-1999; Coordinator-Elect, 1995-1997; Social Caucus Newsletter Editor, 1993-1995)
NAEA Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues Caucus, Co-founder with Laurel Lampela. (Co-Founding grassroots work 1992-1996, Convention Coordinator, 1996, 1997, 1998; Past Co-Coordinator, 1996-1998; Co-Coordinator, 1992-1996; and Treasurer, 1992-1996)