Faculty Profile for Dr. Beth A Thomas

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Dr. Beth A Thomas
School Director-Assoc Professor — School of Art and Design
JCM 2112
phone: (512) 245-2612

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Thomas, B. A. (2020). Traditional Futures: Prospective Art Teachers’ Possible Future Selves. Art Education, 73(5), 32–37. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2020.1766923
  • Thomas, B. A. (2017). Language policy, language ideology, and visual art education for emergent bilingual students. Arts Education Policy Review, 118(4), 228–239. https://doi.org/10.1080/10632913.2017.1287802
  • Thomas, B. A. (2012). Psychologizing and the Anti-Psychologist: Dewey, Lacan, and Contemporary Art Education. Studies in Art Education, 53(4), 330–346. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.2012.11518873
  • Thomas, B. A. (2010). The Thames Is a Teacher: Lacanian Metaphor and Meaning in Writing About Art. Visual Arts Research, 36(2), 103–121. https://doi.org/10.1353/var.2010.0012
  • Thomas, B. A. (2019). Education After Art: Review of Letting art teach: Art education  after Joseph Beuys. Studies in Art Education.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Council on Policy Studies in Art Education (Elected Member), Council on Policy Studies in Art Education. 2016 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Higher Education Art Educator of the Year Award, New York State Art Association R7. 2017

Selected Service Activities

Member
ERP Assessment Team
February 2025-Present
Organizer
Recruitment Committee
September 2024-Present
Member
Presidential Commission on Student Success
October 2022-Present
Member
College Council, College of Fine Arts and Communicaiton
July 2022-Present
Member
College Review Group
July 2022-Present