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About Dr. Brooke Hofsess

A former K-12 art teacher, Dr. Brooke Hofsess explores the inquisitive and entangled practices of artmaking, teaching and research within the field of art education. Hofsess studies, using qualitative research methods, the issues affecting teacher preparation and how educational policy affects the classroom. Her approach to research is informed by her own creative practices of papermaking, book arts, and letterpress printing. Hofsess has founded a community arts program for emerging women artists, taught outreach programs for arts organizations and presented her research nationally and internationally. She is the author of “Unfolding Afterglow: Letters and Conversations on Teacher Renewal.”

Areas of Expertise
Why art matters in schools and why human creativity is important
Teacher preparation
Professional learning for educators (art and general classroom practitioners)
Arts-based educational research methods
Arts-based community outreach and service-learning

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Appalachian State University ‐ College of Fine and Applied Arts
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Present Associate Professor of Art Education, Appalachian State University ‐ Department of Art
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Disciplines

Research Interests

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Honors and Awards

  • 2014 Elliot Eisner Doctoral Research Award in Art Education, National Art Education Association
  • 2014 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Arts Based Educational Research (ABER) special interest group of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  • 2011 Regional Artist Project Grant, Arts and Science Council

Courses

  • ART 2420 The Child as Cultural Construct
  • ART 3021 Visual Arts in Elementary School
  • ART 2222 Introduction to Art Education

Education

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Ph.D., University of Georgia ‐ Art Education
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M.A., Columbia University ‐ Art and Art Education
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B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ‐ art
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Links

Contact Information

hofsessba@appstate.edu
828-262-2095

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