Education

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, December 2012
Educational Studies: Teaching, Curriculum, and Learning
Dissertation title: Re-Envisioning Fear: The Role of Conversation in an Arts Classroom for Prospective Teachers

Master of Secondary Teaching, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, August 2004; Project title: Finding Individuality within the Art Classroom

Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, December 2002
Emphasis: Photography; Study Abroad in Cortona, Italy, Spring 2002

Teaching certification for K-12 ART earned in: Nebraska (current), Kansas, Colorado, Ohio (current)

Current Position

Associate Professor of Art Education (2020 - Present)
Assistant Professor of Art Education (2014 – 2020)
Department of Art, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Undergraduate courses taught:
Art 121 & 221: Experiencing Arts & Culture in Barcelona, Spain
Art 195: Introduction to Art Education
​Art 295: Elementary Art Methods
Art 296: Secondary Art Methods
Art 395: The Art Teacher
Art 419: Student Teaching in Art Education
Art 493: Professional Dispositions in Art Education
Art 277, 377, 477: Independent Studies in Art Education
Art 495: Art Education Practicum [Saturday Art], supervision of graduate student assistants
Other Duties & Professional Service
  • Co-Facilitator of the John and Betty Michael Autobiographical Lectures Series in Art Education
  • Co-Creator/Facilitator of the Pre-Service Art Education Conference at Miami University
  • Committee Assignments:
    • Art Department: Chair's Advisory Committee, Scholarship Committee, NASAD Accreditation Committee, Assessment committee, various search committees
    • Education Department: NCATE/CAEP Steering Committee, University Teacher Education Committee
    • Divisional: Assessment Committee
    • University-wide: Undergraduate Research Committee, Graduate Representative for Ed.D. committees
  • Complete curriculum revision for Art Education program (2014-15)
  • Tours given for visiting students and families, marketing of programs
  • Advisor to  art education undergraduate students
  • Co-faculty advisor for student chapter of National Art Educators Association
  • Partnership with local PK-12 teachers for research, collaboration, jurying of student art show, co-observation and mentorship​

Publications

Peer-reviewed/Refereed
Books
  • Baer, S. (2019). Being Your Own Advocate: Insights from Novice Art Teachers. New York: DIO Press.
Book Chapters
  • Cavill, W., & Baer, S. (2020). Critical collaborators. In C. Edge, A. Cameron-Standerford, and B. Bergh (Eds.),Textiles and Tapestries: Self-Study for Envisioning New Ways of Knowing, EdTech Books.
  • Baer, S. (2019). Vlogging for Pancakes: Exploring Novice Teachers’ Experiences and Efficacy through Technology. In R. Garner (Ed.), Exploring Digital Technologies for Art-Based Special Education: Models and Methods for the Inclusive K-12 Classroom. Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group.
  • Baer, S., Danker, S., Klatt, S., & Danker, B. (2017). Engaging in contemplative practices to cultivate confidence in the pre-service visual art classroom, In M. Garbutt and N. Roenpagel (Eds.), & A. Rourke and V. Rees (Series Curators), The mindful eye: Contemplative pedagogies in visual arts education. Transformative pedagogies in the visual domain: Book No. 3. Champaign, IL: Common Ground Research Networks.
  • Danker, S., & Baer, S. (2017). Significant Spaces of Freedom Summer: Recognizing the Power of Community Art as the Inbetween. In L. N. Hersey & B. Bobick (Eds.), Handbook of Research on the Facilitation of Civic Engagement through Community Art (pp. 57-77). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Baer, S. (2015). Creating curricular openings for confidence in preservice art methods classes. In S. Schonmann (Ed.), International Yearbook for Research in Arts Education: The Wisdom of the Many - Key Issues in Arts Education (pp. 164-169). Verlag GmbH, Germany: Waxmann.
  • Latta, M. M. & Baer, S. (2010). Aesthetic inquiry: About, within, without, and through repeated visits. Essays on Aesthetic Education for the 21st Century. Tracie Costantino & Boyd White (Eds.). The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Articles
  • Baer, S., & Helton, M. (accepted). Getting through security: Pre-service art teaching at a youth treatment center. Art Education 
  • Baer, S., Cavill, W., & Daher, T. (2020). Zip Sass and Spitfire; Understanding what administrators want to see in art teacher candidate portfolios. The Professional Educator, 43(1), 1-14.
  • Baer, S. (2020). The future is ours: Lighting the fire with pre-service advocacy experiences. Art Education, 73(5), 38-43.
  • Baer, S., & Cavill, W. (2020). Seeing through the sandstorm: Envisioning a future through critical friendship and alongside the present. The Currere Exchange, 3(2), 57-65.
  • Cavill, W. & Baer, S. (2019). Exploring the process of becoming art teacher educators through collaborative regression. The Currere Exchange, 3​(1), 95-104.
  • Baer, S. (2018). The Design-Debrief: Using storytelling to connect pre-service teacher reflection to design-thinking. Learning Landscapes. 11(2), 61-75.
  • Baer, S. A., & Danker, S. (2017). Digital process and product: Engaging the next generation of art education researchers. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 18(31).
  • Baer, S. (2017). ARTed Talks: Promoting the Voices of a New Generation of Art Teachers. Art Education, 70(4), 29-32. 
  • Baer, S. (2017). Stories in Action: Making the Telling Count. The Currere Exchange Journal. 1​(1), 49-56.
  • Baer, S. & Daher, T. (2014). A new kind of mashup: Exploring the combination of online journals and traditional sketchbooks in a pre-service arts classroom. Trends: Annual Journal of the Texas Art Education Association, 29-34.
  • Daher, T. & Baer, S. (2014). Finding the connections between art and teaching: A case study. The Nebraska Educator. 1, 101-115.
  • Baer, S. (2013). Because I am a teacher: A dialogue for consideration. Gender, Education, Music, & Society. 6(2).
  • Baer, S. (2013). Allowing myself room to speak: The journey of an artist/teacher. Gender, Education, Music, & Society. 6(1). 
  • Baer, S. (2013). A journey of trust: Navigating aesthetic experience in a pre-service classroom. UNESCO Observatory Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Arts: Special issue on A/r/tography and the Visual Arts. 3(1).
  • Baer, S. (2012). The fear of art and the art of fear. Education and Culture. 28(1), 42-61.
​ Refereed Book Reviews
  • Baer, S. (2008). Hickman book review. [Review of the book Why We Make Art and Why It Is Taught by Richard Hickman]. Education Review. 
  • Baer, S. (2009). Springgay book review. [Review of the book Body Knowledge and Curriculum: Pedagogies of Touch in Youth and Visual Culture by Stephanie Springgay]. Education Review. 
Invited submission
  • Baer, S. (2013). Broadening Space: Homage to Goldsworthy [Photograph]. In M. M. Latta’s (Author) Curricular Conversations: Play is the (Missing) Thing. New York: Routledge.
Talks
  • Baer, S​. (2015, June 9). Stephanie Baer: Three steps to inviting fear and creativity in [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp2DOGA9m6s (TEDxMiamiUniversity)
In the News ​​Self-published
  • Baer, S. (2009). Room to speak: Correspondence considering the artistry of teaching. Self published using blurb.com.

Other Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor of Art Education (2012 – 2014) Department of Art and Art History, University of Nebraska – Kearney
  • Undergraduate courses taught: Art 100: Art Structure, Art 120: Art Appreciation, Art 362/365: Elementary Art Methods & Field Experience, Art 370/371: Secondary Art Methods & Field    Experience, Art 498: Senior Exhibition for Art Education
  • Graduate courses taught: Art 844: Histories, Theories, & Philosophies of Art Education, Art 846: Seminar in Art Education, Art 848: Art for Students with Diverse Needs, Art 849: Art Across the Curriculum, Art 860: Seminar in Art Criticism and Philosophy, Art 861: Art of the Americas – Native American & Latino Art, Art 870: Independent Study in Art Education
    Other duties & Professional service: 
  • Committee Assignments: Departmental: Scholarship Committee, Student/Faculty Handbook Committee, Graduate Program Committee; University-wide: Assessment Committee, Fees Committee
  • Completion of Faculty online training (December 2012)
  • Tours given for visiting students
  • Advisor to over 40 undergraduate and graduate students, Supervision of student teaching, Thompson scholar mentoring, graduate research project, graduate assistant guidance, Faculty advisor for student chapter of National Art Educators Association 
  • Assessment Coordinator for Department of Art and Art History
  • Partnership and collaboration with Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney Children’s Museum, and UNK Child Development Center, Creation and management of Blackboard MAED organization
  • Department representative for Majors Fair
  • Freelance photographic work for UNKCDC & UNK Music Dept.

Instructor (2008 – 2012)
Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Course Taught: Arts in the Elementary Curriculum

Art Teacher (2005 – 2007)
Art Department, Peak to Peak Charter School, Lafayette, CO
Courses taught: Digital Art, Digital Photo, High School Yearbook, Beginning High School Studio, Middle School Studio; Club Sponsor

Photography Teacher (2004 – 2005) 
Art Department, Dodge City High School, Dodge City, Kansas
Courses taught: Traditional Photography, Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced; ImageMakers Club Sponsor

Other Research Experience & Professional Service

National scopeMiami University Ohio Department of Higher Education
  • Program reviewer for Visual Art Licensure Programs
Nebraska Department of Education
  • 2013-14 Member of Nebraska Fine Arts Standards writing and revision team
Review and Advisory Board membership
  • American Educational Research Association
  • International Journal of Education and the Arts
  • Education and Culture: The Journal of the John Dewey Society
  • Journal of Teacher Education
  • ​Journal of Excellence in College Teaching
  • Currere Exchange Journal
College of Education and Human Sciences, University of Nebraska
  • 2009-12 Graduate student representative – Lied Center for Performing Arts Student Council 
University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Department of Teaching, Learning, & Teacher Education
  • 2007-12 Graduate Research Assistant
  • 2007-12 Editorial Assistant for International Journal of Education and the Arts
  • Data Manager for Clifton Project (Nebraska Human Resources Institute)
  • 2009-10 Treasurer for Graduate Student Association Chapter
  • 2007-08 Organizer for Annual Student Research Conference 

Conference Presentations

  • Cavill, W. & Baer, S. (April, 2014). You're Not Alone: Observing the Power to Connect with Feedback in Online Art Classes. American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Baer, S. (2014, March). Stepping it up: Digital sketchbooks in an Art Appreciation Course. National Art Educators Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
  • Baer, S. (2013, October). A semester outside the classroom: Bringing art methods to life. Southeastern College Art Conference, Greensboro, NC.
  • Esch, M. & Baer, S. (2013, September. The Art of Caring: Stories from the Art Classroom; A book project. Nebraska Art Teachers Association Annual Conference, Wayne, NE.
  • Baer, S. & Cavill, W. (2013, September). You're Not Alone: Observing the Power to Connect with Feedback in Online Art Classes. Nebraska Art Teachers Association Annual Conference, Wayne, NE.
  • Baer, S., Jacobitz, J., & Krause, S.. (2013, September). Art Methods and Use of iPads. Nebraska Art Teachers Association Annual Conference, Wayne, NE.
  • Baer, S. & Cavill, W. (2013, April). You're Not Alone: Observing the Power to Connect with Feedback in Online Art Classes. American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
  • Baer, S. (2013, April). Re-Envisioning Fear Through Conversation: Embracing Opportunity with Prospective Teachers in an Arts Classroom. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Baer, S. (2012, September). Re-Envisioning Fear: The Role of Conversation in an Arts Classroom for Prospective Teachers. Nebraska Art Teachers Association & Iowa Art Educators Joint Annual Conference. Council Bluffs, IA.
  • Baer, S. (2012, April). A Journey of Trust: Navigating Aesthetic Experience in a Pre-service Classroom. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • Baer, S. & Hermann, R. (2011, November). Co-creating Art-full Classroom Community Spaces of Studio/Gallery for Future Educators. College of Education and Human Sciences Student Research Conference, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
  • Baer, S. (2011, April). The Fear of Art and the Art of Fear. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Baer, S. (2010, October). The Fear of Art and the Art of Fear. Nebraska Art Teachers Association Annual Conference. Omaha, NE.
  • Latta, M., Baer, S., Hwang, S. (2010, April). Play is the Thing. American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
  • Latta, M., Baer, S., Detlefsen, J., Nelson, J. (2008, March). The Potential of Reflexivity. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
  • Latta, M., Baer, S., Detlefsen, J., Nelson, J. (2007, November). The Potential of Reflexivity. College of Education and Human Sciences Student Research Conference, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
  • Baer, S. (2007, March). Do It Digital! National Art Education Association Annual Conference, New York, NY.
  • Baer, S. (2006, March). What’s the Big Idea? National Art Education Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • Detlefsen, J., Baer, S., Morris, K., Omel, S., Hellerich, A. (2005, March). Big Ideas in Art Education. National Art Education Association Annual Conference, Boston, MA.

Fellowships & Awards

National Art Education Association
  • 2020 Nominee for Gil Clark and Enid Zimmerman Award for Leadership
Ohio Art Education Association
  • 2019 Advocate Award with Honor
Nebraska Art Teachers Association
  • 2014 Higher Education Art Educator of the Year 
American Educational Research Association Miami University
  • 2017 College of Creative Arts Scholarship in Teaching Grant
  • 2016 Howe Writing Center Teaching Grant
University of Nebraska – Kearney
  • 2013 Loper Design Challenge Winner 
  • 2012-14 Conference Travel Grants 
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  • 2012 UNL Parents Association & UNL Teaching Council Teaching Award 
  • 2011 Graduate Teaching Award, Honorable Mention
  • 2007-10 Chancellor’s Doctoral Fellowship 
College of Education and Human Sciences, University of Nebraska
  • 2008-12 Conference Travel Grants

Professional Memberships

  • Americans for the Arts
  • American Education Research Association
  • National Art Educators Association
  • Ohio Art Educators Association