CURRICULUM VITAE
Katherine K. Smith, Ph.D.
EDUCATION
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Educational Leadership, Administration
Continuing Graduate Work, 2020
Miami University, Oxford, OH
Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, 2016
Dissertation title: A Phenomenological Study of Aesthetic Experience Within an Arts Council’s Events and Programs: Finding Joy, Expression, Connection, and Public Good in the Arts, Permalink: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1479423181791095
Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Knight-Abowitz
Committee Members: Dr. Thomas S. Poetter, Dr. Lisa Weems, Dr. Michael Evans, Dr. Stephanie H. Danker
Miami University, Oxford, OH
Continuing Graduate Work, 2010, 2012-2013
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Continuing Graduate Work, 1996-1998
Miami University, Oxford, OH
M. A. in Art Education, 1994
Thesis title: A Comparison of the Autogenesis of Ideologies between Victor D’Amico and Viktor Lowenfeld
Advisor: Dr. Jerry W. Morris
Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH
B. F. A. with concentrations in Painting and Art History, 1991
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, School of Art
Adjunct Professor, Fall 2021 to present
Annualized Adjunct Professor, Fall 2019 to 2021
ARTE 7041: Colloquium in Art Education, Curriculum Theory
A graduate-level introduction into curriculum theory. Engaging reflexive research to enable understanding and creation of curriculum theory.
ARTE 5110/6110: Visual Art Education Foundation I
A discussion-based class that introduces students to art education, specifically in urban classrooms using culturally relevant pedagogy.
ARTE 5120/6020: Visual Art Education Foundation II
A discussion-based class that extends knowledge about culturally relevant pedagogy and social justice in art education. Focused student inquiry that leads to curriculum formation.
ARTE 5111/6111: Saturday Studio Field Experience
A community-based program that serves approximately 80 – 100 students, K – 12, from the surrounding Cincinnati area. Preservice art educators develop thematic units, lesson plans, material selection, and classroom management.
ARTE 5121/6021: Field Experience II
An immersive experience where preservice art educators observe and work in Cincinnati Public School art classrooms with seasoned art teacher hosts.
FAA 8095: Graduate Teaching Workshop
Instruct, guide, and mentor MFA graduate assistants through the process of teaching at the university level. The focus is on the development of pedagogical theory, curriculum philosophy, syllabus creation, lesson planning, critique and assessment.
ARTE 5122/6022: Teaching Art in the Age of Technological Change
A philosophical inquiry into the use of technology, focusing on technology use in the art classroom.
ARTE5131/6031: Student Teaching Seminar and Practicum
Organize and support mentors and student teachers during their in-field experiences. Conferences and goal setting accompany the lesson creation and delivery. Special support is given for the unique virtual teaching environment that teachers faced with the 2020 pandemic.
An accompanying seminar supports the student teaching practicum. Dialogue and community building focus on classroom management practices, lesson plan creation and delivery, and culturally responsive teaching
Frederick Douglass Elementary School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Fine Arts Teacher, grades K - 6, 2020 to present
Create and deliver theme-based unit lesson plans that integrate with core classroom curriculum. In particular, art lessons integrate unit themes from the ELA Wit and Wisdom curriculum.
ArtsConnect, Cincinnati, OH
Community Based Art Education Program
Fine Arts Instructor
Summer 2016 – Spring 2017
Education Director
November 2016 to August 2019
Established and directed the CBAE program and summer camp for ArtsConnect.
ArtsConnect Kids Camp, Cincinnati Visitor's Bureau Feature Video
Miami University, Oxford, OH
Graduate Instructor, Fall 2014 through Spring 2016
EDL 318E: Teacher Leadership for the 21st Century
Instructed a discussion based class on curriculum theory, curriculum philosophy, and social justice for early childhood education majors. Served as a liaison between the public schools and the university for field experience.
Miami University, Hamilton, OH
Adjunct Instructor
Art 181: Concepts in Art, Fall 2007 through Spring 2013
Instructed and implemented lecture and art experiences to introduce the language of visual art and the themes explored by artists in a variety of mediums, cultures, and historical time periods.
Art 308: The Child and the Art Experience, Spring 2000-Spring 2001, Fall 2002-Spring 2004, Fall 2005, Fall 2007
Instructed and implemented lecture and teaching experiences for curriculum creation in art education for early childhood majors. Emphasis was placed on integration of art subject matter through issues and experiences in the Pre-K-3 general curriculum.
Tower Heights Middle School, Centerville, Ohio
Fine Arts Teacher, grades 6-8, 1994-1999
Additional responsibilities and honors: Muse Machine advisor, 1995-99; LAN Technology Coordinator for building, 1995-99; Supervised a Student Teacher, Fall Semester, 1997, Nominated Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 1997-98, Co-authored application for the award of A National School of Excellence, 1997-98; Completed mentor training 1998
Indian Hill Primary School, 1994
Student Teaching, Kindergarten-grade 2
Cincinnati Country Day School, 1994
Student Teaching, grades 9-12
Miami University, 1992-1993
Graduate Instructor, Art 111: Two-Dimensional Visual Fundamentals
Practicum in Art Education, grades 5-8
Graduate Instructor, Art 171: Three-Dimensional Visual Fundamentals
PUBLICATIONS
Baer, S., Danker, S. & Smith, K. (Eds.)(pending publication, 2023). The autobiographical lectures of some prominent
art educators: Volume 2. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.
Smith, K.K. & Winn, V.G. (2017). Coteaching in the college classroom. Teaching Education Journal. Taylor & Francis Group.
Smith, K. C. (2016). The legacy of a hero. In C. Bolyard, T.S. Poetter, V. Bell-Robinson, & K. Waldrop, (Eds.), Curriculum windows: What curriculum theorists of the 1980s can teach us about schools and society today. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.
Blathers, R. & Smith, K. C. (2016). The dismantling of a profession. In J. Googins & T. S. Poetter (Eds.), Was somebody mean to you today? Cincinnati: Van Griner.
Smith, K. C. & Thompson, B. Aesthetic Geometry. School Arts Magazine. January, 2000.
Morris, J.W. & Raunft, R. (1993). Development of an Assessment Program. In J.S. Michael (Ed.), Visual Arts Teacher Handbook. Krauss Publications.
Morris, J.W. & Raunft, R. (1995). Archives and their role in art education research. In P. Smith & S. D. La Pierre (Eds.), Art Education Historical Methodology: An insider’s guide to doing and using (pp.1-15). Pasadena, CA: Open Door Publishers for the Seminar for Research in Art Education.
PUBLICATION OF ART WORK AND STUDENT ART WORK
Cover painting entitled Junction School, Lyndon B. Johnson National Park, oil on canvas. In T.S. Poetter,
H. Razza, & K. Waldrop, (Eds.). (2022). Curriculum windows redux. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.
Cover painting entitled An Open View, oil on canvas. In T.S. Poetter, K. Waldrop, K.P. Miller, S. Sanders
& A. Hatton, (Eds.). (2021). Curriculum windows: What curriculum theorists of the 2000s can teach us about schools and society today. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.
Cover painting entitled Koch Hall, oil on canvas. In C. Bolyard, C. Ditman, T.S. Poetter, & K. Waldrop, (Eds.). (2017). Curriculum windows: What curriculum theorists of the 1990s can teach us about schools and society today. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.
Cover painting entitled An Open Window, oil on canvas. In C. Bolyard, T.S. Poetter, V. Bell-Robinson, & K. Waldrop, (Eds.), (2016). Curriculum windows: What curriculum theorists of the 1980s can teach us about schools and society today. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.
Cover Artwork entitled The Great Heron (2016), Intaglio print, soft ground. Adopted as logo for the Currere Exchange: home page, journal, and fliers. http://currereexchange.weebly.com
Hilty, Lindsey. Church Transforms Hall into Village to Show Love for Kids. The Pulse- Journal. West Chester Township Edition. July 15-21, 2010. (Acrylic and latex murals set into the windows and park of the children’s wing, Crestview Presbyterian Church, West Chester, Ohio.)
Good, Jim. Students Create Worldly Mural. Centerville-Bellbrook Times. March 24, 1999. (Student created acrylic on canvas mural for the Human Race Theater’s production of Children of Eden.)
Ferris-Olsen, Pamela. Kids Muse on Murals. Centerville-Bellbrook Times. April 15, 1999.
Robinson, Leah. Where Art is Born. Centerville-Bellbrook Times. February 19, 1997.
The Wittenberg Review: An Undergraduate Journal of the Liberal Arts. Spring, 1991, Volume 2, Issue No. 1. (pp. 6, 69, 117, 140) and Fall 1990, Volume 1, Issue No. 2. (pp. 106, 149) Richard P. Veler, Ed. Wittenberg University. Springfield, Ohio.
Wittenberg Publications Department Illustrator. Illustrated drawings published on various posters,
Newspaper articles, and brochures advertising programs, lecture series, and events at the university. Fall 1989-Spring 1991.
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
Smith, K.K. (2022 Fall). Using Themes to Integrate the Classroom Curriculum. Ohio Art Education Association Annual Conference. November 11. Dayton, Ohio.
Poetter, T. and panel. (2022 Fall). Is this the “End of the Road?” Highlighting New Paths Through Research/Scholarship. Foundation for Curriculum Theory. 42nd Annual Journal of Curriculum Theory Conference. Bergamo Conference Center, Dayton, Ohio. Panel member.
Smith, K.K. (2021 Fall). Teaching Social Justice Dispositions Through Art. Ohio Art Education Association Annual Conference. November 5. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Smith, K.K. (2021 Spring). Inquiry to Curriculum: How do Personal Social Justice Narratives Inform Preservice Art Teachers’ Experiences in the Field? National Art Education Association Annual Conference. March 4, On-Demand Presentation.
Smith, K.K. (2020 Fall). From Memory to Curriculum. Ohio Art Education Association Conference. Virtual Presentation.
Poetter, T. and panel (2019 Fall) Creating Curriculum Studies Publications: Writing for Our Lives. Bergamo Conference Center, Dayton, Ohio. Panel member.
Smith, K.K. & Winn, V.G. (November 2016). Co-Teaching in the college classroom. Presentation at the annual Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference, Cleveland, Ohio.
Smith, K. C. & Mamlok, D. (February 2016). Aesthetic Education: The quest for freedom in the public schools. Presentation at the biennial EDL Graduate Student Conference, Oxford, Ohio.
Smith, K. C. (November 2015). The legacy of a hero in Curriculum Windows. Presentation at the annual Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference, Cleveland, Ohio.
Blathers, R. & Smith, K. C. (November 2015). The deprofessionalization of a profession in Was someone mean to you today? Presentation at the annual Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference, Cleveland, Ohio.
Smith, K. C. & Thompson, B. (Spring 1998) Aesthetic Geometry. Presentation at the annual Ohio Art Education Association Conference, Columbus, Ohio
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Archival Histories, Presentation to Art Education Graduate Class, Evolution of Art and Design, February 2021.
Teaching Social Justice Disposition Through Art, Presentation to Mt. Healthy Art Teachers, Professional
Development. February 2021
Creative Abrasion, Presentation to the Finneytown Business Network, Cincinnati, OH, Winter 2019
Pictorial Story Making, Presentation for educators for the Local Professional Development Committee, Centerville City Schools, Winter of 2001
Computers are Creative, Presentation for educators for the Local Professional Development Committee, Centerville City Schools, Summers of 1996 and 1997
Computer Artwork Presentation with Student Artists, Presented at the annual Southern Ohio Instructional Technology Association’s Technology Convention, 1995
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Sustaining Impact Grant, 2020-2023
ArtsConnect received a continuous operating support grant from ArtsWave that equals $6000 for each year between 2020 and 2023, total of $18,000
ArtStart Grant, Ohio Arts Council, 2020
ArtsConnect received the grant from the Ohio Arts Council to implement a community theatre program for grades 4-12 that would be housed within the local school districts within Springfield Township, $3321
Catalyzing Impact Grant, 2019
ArtsConnect Kids Camp received the grant from ArtsWave to support the purchase of laptops to run a digital animation camp during the summer of 2019, $2300
Catalyzing Impact Grant, 2017
ArtsConnect Kids Camp received the grant from ArtsWave to initiate the program, $11, 250
Gyotaku: An Integration of Science and Art, 1994
Grant Recipient from the Washington Township Educational Foundation, $200.00
Aesthetic Geometry: An integration of Math and Art, 1996
Grant Recipient from the Washington Township Educational Foundation, $500.00
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Elder, Children and Youth Ministries, Crestview Presbyterian Church, 2017 - Present
Education Advisor to Arts Council Board, ArtsConnect, 2019 - Present
Education Director, Springfield Township Arts and Enrichment Council, D.B.A. ArtsConnect, November 2016 to 2019
Developed a Community Based Art Education Program (CBAE) and a full-time, summer long art camp.
Employ and mentor visual art instructors for both programs. Create, implement, and train instructors on CBAE and camp curriculum, philosophy, policies, and procedures. Develop, plan, and manage the non-profit budget specific to marketing, personnel, and grant writing. Oversee the camp accreditation process for the ArtsConnect Kids Camp.
Education Consultant, Kennedy Heights Cultural Art Center and Cincinnati Public School District,
June 2017 to 2019
Led professional development workshops on Arts Integration for the faculty of Woodford Paideia Academy. Conduct one-on-one support with teachers through conversation, information, and resources. Future professional development workshops planned throughout the academic year and into the fall of 2018.
Education Consultant, ArtsConnect, Springfield Township, 2015-November 2016. Conducted comparative case study research of CBAE programs to present to the ArtsConnect Board. Consulted with the chairperson of the Board to create and implement a viable CBAE program for the Township.
Graduate Assistant, Miami University, 2014-2016
Planned and implemented four student-led curriculum conferences at Miami University.
Committee Member, Development of the B.A. in Community Arts for Miami University, Hamilton Campus, 2012 – 2014. Conducted case study research, developed curriculum for major scope and sequence, co-wrote the proposal.
Second Grade Safari Project Coordinator, Adena Elementary School, 2012
Recruited and led 50-60 parent volunteers in planning and executing an in-school African field trip.
PTA Volunteer Kindergarten Art Instructor, Shawnee Early Childhood School, 2010-2011
Created and taught an art curriculum to be implemented by volunteers and classroom teachers.
Local Area Network (LAN) Technology Administrator, 1995-1999
Tower Heights Middle School
Muse Machine Advisor, Tower Heights Middle School, 1995-1999
Advised a school group of 165 students promoting the involvement and support of community arts groups.
Graduate Assistant, Miami University, 1992-1993
Managed the archives for the Center for the History of Art Education. Assisted Jerry W. Morris, Ed.D.
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 1992-1993, Art Handler
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, 1992, Front Desk Receptionist
Schmidt-Bingham Gallery, New York City, 1990, Intern
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Art Education Association (NAEA), Community Arts Caucus and The Caucus of Social Theory in Art Education; Ohio Art Education Association (OAEA); American Education Research Association (AERA)-Member of the Arts and Learning SIG and Curriculum B Division; Curriculum and Pedagogy (C&P); Greater Cincinnati Alliance for Art Education
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Community formation through aesthetic experiences; Creation of CBAE programs; Connections between formal art educators, informal art educators, and local, public support of those educators; Curriculum and Pedagogy - Arts integration, currere; Social Justice Art; Reflective practice; Student-centered curriculum creation; Art Education history – archival work.