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Texas State University

Dr. Beth A Thomas

  • School Director-Assoc Professor - School of Art and Design
  • JCM 2112
  • tel:+15122452612
  • tyd13@txstate.edu
  • Scholarly/Creative work
  • Awards
  • Service

Featured scholarly/creative works

  • 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.
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Featured 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

Featured service activities

  1. Member

    ERP Assessment Team

    February 2025 - Present
  2. Organizer

    Recruitment Committee

    September 2024 - Present
  3. Member

    Presidential Commission on Student Success

    October 2022 - Present
  4. Member

    College Council, College of Fine Arts and Communicaiton

    July 2022 - Present
  5. Member

    College Review Group

    July 2022 - Present
  6. Member

    Council of Chairs and Directors

    July 2022 - Present
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