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Dr. Steve C. Willis
Phone
417-836-6693
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Office
Brick City (305 W Mill St) 115
Department
Art and Design
Postal mail
Missouri State University
Art and Design
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield,
MO
65897
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Professor
Education
PhD, Art Education, 1999, Florida State University
Teaching
- ART 100 Two-Dimensional Design
- ART 366 Elementary Art Education
- ART 401 Teaching of Art
- ART 460 Critical Issues in Art Education
Research and professional interests
Research
- Indigenous knowledge and tribal cultural construction in the arts
- Issues of equity
- Native American studies
- Visual culture
- Spirituality in art
Memberships
- Enrolled member, Cherokee of Western Missouri
- Examiner, International Baccalaureate Art & Design, Programme Cardiff, Wales
- Editorial board, Journal of Cultural Research for Art Education and the International Journal of Education through Art
Awards and honors
Awards
- President-elect, United States Society for Education through the Arts, 2011
- Nominee for a Foundation award in the area of service, 2011
- Nominee for Excellence in Advising, 2009
- Missouri Higher Education Art Educator of the Year, 2006
- College of Arts and Letters Service Award, 2002
- College of Arts and Letters Teaching Award, 2001
Selected exhibitions
- Associação de Professores de Expressão e Comunicação Visual (APECV), Oporto, Portugal.
- Autonomous University of Madrid. Madrid, Spain
- The United States Society for Education through Art international exhibition, New York City
- "Art Educator as Artist: An Invitational," Hammonds Regional Arts Center, Hammonds, La.
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