TLAD Masters Theses
Graduate students choose between two degree program options in the department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design: • the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), an intensive, one-year (summer through spring) cohort teacher preparation program for artists and designers eligible to work in the US that culminates in recommendations for teacher certification in art in US-based pK–12 schools • the Master of Arts (MA) in Art + Design Education, a one-year (fall through spring) program for individuals seeking an advanced academic credential that furthers professional careers at the intersection of art, design and education.
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Theses from 2024
Garment Making as a Practice of Freedom, Emily Bennison
The Importance of Art Programming for Underserved Youth, Aja Delgado
Growing Together: Cultivating the Social-Emotional Effects of Art Education through Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, kaitlyn lawrence
Things I've Learned From Doing Cosplay: An Investigation On Incorporating “Atypical” Creative Practices Into Art Education, Yvonne Liang
Community Engagement in Art & Design Colleges, Mah Rukh Raja
Creative Connections: Building Empathy to Foster Ecoliteracy Through Art Education, Jocelyn Salim
Theses from 2023
The Border Crosser's Pocketbook: A Guide to Engaged Pedagogy in After School Arts, Britney Coppick
Mini Makers: Designing Curriculum for Community-Based Arts Education, Hayden Goldberg
Explorations and Reflections: Gendered Experiences in Teaching and Learning, Francesca Matarese
Design: A Path to Agency, Design thinking: An Educational Imperative, seva simone
Theses from 2022
Designing ecotones : implementing regenerative patches in urban environments for transdisciplinary and transcultural creativity-based education, Cristiane Marie Caro
Creative changemaking : designing is teaching, Kaitlyn Cirielli
Practice makes perfect : finding inspiration in art education, Mercedes Rose Crespo
Contemporary Eco Theory in Art Education: field notes and desire paths, Margaret K. McCullough
Care, inclusivity, and accessibility in Glass Art Education, Bridget Provan
A collision of technology and art learning, Feifei Shen
Making Space : creative learners, digital spaces, and the relationships between them, Natalia Spritzer
Artful healing: exploring creative expression and play in Children's Hospitals, Phoebe Strobino
Deconstruct the center: making space for the voices in the margins, Taylor Varnado
Toona Sinensis 桃花心木, Li Yang
The subconscious as politics: an inquiry of collaborative design education through radical speculation, Nina Jun Yuchi
The importance of interdisciplinary art teaching: reflections on Chinese K-12 Art Education, Shixin Zhou
Theses from 2021
When art education meets environmental issues: the interconnectedness of art and science, Eunhyung Julie Chung
Art can empower children and lead them to think seriously about significant critical issues, Jialu Gao
Creative learning: art as a language for students with diverse learning styles, Lana Gunn
Building empathy at the intersection of art, nature, & culture: a field guide for art educators, Jasmine Gutbrod
The non-traditional student enrolled full-time in art school, Sarah Kathryn O'Brien
Counting pebbles wasn't even a class in high school: seeing visual arts education through a process-forward lens, Em Xiangning Wang
Cognitive development & art education: relationship, suitability, and future implications, Zheng Yao
Theses from 2020
Artist-facilitator : making knowledge by making art, Aaron Broadbent
New old: artmaking and storytelling with older adults, Aisha Jandosova
Encouraging creative behavior through art education, Elaine Li
An exploration of multisensory practices and its value in K-12 Art Education, Melissa St Pierre
Theses from 2019
Tell me about a class at RISD : classroom experiences of multilingual, international Graduate students at the Rhode Island School of Design, Madeline Conley
The In-Betweens: Exploring Integration Within the Arts, Ruchi Pathak
Theses from 2018
Zoom-out : expansion of pedagogical approaches within moving image education, Thomas Flint
Space in between : finding a third space for art education & creative community, Denise Gunter
Learning environments of our stories, Grace M. Kim
Defining contagion : examining imagination as a source of the infection in print studios, Joshua Tangen
Theses from 2017
Creating access and equity in arts education : strategic partnerships for systemic change, Colleen C. Andrews
The creative process : gathering for meaning, Charity Appell McNabb
Let's get hairy : women, body hair and stigma in arts education, Chaitra Bangalore
Anchored in place : locational identity + new genre public art, Stephanie Benenson
Play is everything : materials + play = learning, Adeline Diamond
The art of the wilderness : a field guide to integrating art + outdoor education, Rachel Dranoff
What makes a good teacher? : the artist's engagement in public art education, Wenjing Fan
Developing the cartooning mind : the history, theory, benefits + practice of comic books in visual arts education, Cathy G. Johnson
Art-integrated pedagogy for English and Chinese language learners, Regina J. Kuo
Imagery and photography : enhancers in the learning cycle, Dandi Li
Traversing ambiguities : rebuilding perspectives through designed visual education, Mudita Pasari
Intrigues and priorities : critical thinking and contemporary art in visual arts education, Connor Phillips
Light on : the value of art & art education, Juri Rhyu
Sometimes the sh*t stays messy : critical frameworks for arts-based researchers & educators, Zoe Schein