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MARY L. STOKROCKI CURRICULUM VITA
Dr. Mary Lou Stokrocki, Professor of Art and Art Education Area Coordinator
ADDRESS: Arizona State University, Herberger Institute of Design and the Arts, School of Art, 85287-1505
PHONE: (480) 965-3163 (Office); (480) 288-6727 (home & messages) E-MAIL:
WEBSITE: http://www.public.asu.edu/~ifmls
EDUCATION:
1981 Ed. D., Pennsylvania State University: Doctorate in Art Education
Dissertation (1982): Spheres of Meaning: A Qualitative Description and Interpretation of an Art Learning Environment. Dissertation Abstracts International, 42(08), 3394-A (University Microfilms No. 8129223).
1976 M.S., Massachusetts College of Art (30 credit hours beyond the MS degree), Art Education
1969 State University of New York, College at New Paltz, New York: BS in Art Education
1966 Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, New York: A.A.S. in Commercial Art
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION:
1984 Indiana University, Bloomington--Postdoctoral Research in Computer Graphics, summer.
2009 Arizona State University, RDG 598: Teaching and Learning Digital Literacies
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS & SPECIAL HONORS:
2017 Keynote Speaker [InSEA] International Art Education Association, Daegu Korea, 8/4/17
2017 AET Award for Research at National Art Education Association Conference in New York City
2016 Parker, O. (2016, Dec.). Second Life, first lesson. ASU Magazine, 20(2), 38-40. About my teaching at the top innovative university in USA.
2016 Dr. Mary Stokrocki receives the Historical Award for Leadership and Research, PowerPoint posted by the Arizona Art Education Association. Retrieved from
http://azarted.org/dr-mary-stokrocki-receives-historical-award-leadership-and-research
2016 Teaching art in another world. ASU Now. ASU professor is an expert in ‘virtual world’ education. Retrieved from https://asunow.asu.edu/20160105-creativity-teaching-art-another-world?utm_campaign=HUB_ASU+NOW+1-6-16&utm_medium=email&utm_source=VPL%209277%20for%20List%209092&utm_term=HUB&utm_content=%20https%253a%252f%252fasunow.asu.edu%252f20160105-creativity-teaching-art-another-world
2015 USSEA Kenneth Marantz Distinguished Fellow AWARD [3/27/2015] for a record of continuous service, leadership, and dedication to culturally inclusive art education and the USSEA organization that is outstanding. Presented at NAEA Conference in New Orleans
2015 Mary is honored for her research with Apache Children by the Gold Canyon Arts Council (11/7/2015)
2015 Article about my Distinguished Lecture at Miami University, 36th Honoree in the History of Art Education for ethnographic research et al, printed in Sounds of the Canyon Newsletter, Gold Canyon (Feb, 2015).
2014 Distinguished Autobiography Lecture Award and Address in Art Education (11/17/18).
Address video recorded at Miami University in Oxford OH November 17 & 18 where the John Michael Art Education Historical Archives are held. Go to http://miamioh.edu/cca/academics/departments/art and go through the 'dots' in the lower right corner of the image rotation. This award is given yearly, and I am number 36 in the entire history of art education, noted for my ethnographic research
2014 Interviewed by Becky Rivard for the NAEA Book Author Column for the October NAEA News
2012 Awarded a Fulbright to teach Digital Ethnography in Virtual Worlds in Taiwan at the National Chiayi University, Department of Fine Arts, Graduate Institute of Visual Arts, College of Humanities and Arts. The goal of the course is to explore the educational uses of teaching/learning on Second Life in Taiwan
2011 My digital art work written up in The New Times representing the Faculty “Blind Jury” Art Exhibition at the Night Gallery. Retrieved Feb 19, 2011 from http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/events/blind-jury-2132791
2010 My work quoted as “a pioneer art educator exploring the cutting-edge 3D Virtual World technology” in Lu, L. (2010), Demystifying three-dimensional virtual worlds for art education. International Society for Education through Art, 3(3), pp, 279-292
2010 Elected Vice President of InAEA, the International Art Education Association, a virtual world association that meets on Second Life every month to plan art educational events on Second Life and exchange ideas. InAEA is now an affiliate of InSEA, noted below.
Advisory & Review Board of IJEA: International Journal of Education & the Arts
2009 Elected Vice President of SACA, Superstition Area Cultural Alliance of 6 cities in East Valley of Phoenix. I primarily run the Art Olympics for children in the summer
2008 Elected Chair of InSEA Research Board for 3 years --International Society for Education through Art Conference (2008-011) in Osaka, Japan (July 5, 2008).
2007 Recipient of the June King McFee Award, sponsored by the Women’s Caucus presented at the National Art Education Award in New York City! The McFee Award is given annually to honor an individual who has made distinguished contributions to the profession of art education, one who has one brought distinction to the field through an exceptional and continuous record of achievement in scholarly writing, research, professional leadership, teaching, or community service
2007 College of Arts & Architecture Alumni Award, Pennsylvania State University. I was presented the award at Pennsylvania State University where she gave several guest lectures. The official press release and her photograph are online at Penn State College of Arts and Architecture. (2007, Fall). Outstanding Alumni Award. An art educator's mission: Celebrating art in everyday life. Arts and Architecture News. Retrieved 10/30/07 http://www.artsandarchitecture.psu.edu/news/newsletter/fa07/p12.html
Wrote “Reflections on Penn State” in pp. 4-5 (12 x 18” format) in Artsworld, A Newsletter for the School of Visual Arts at Penn State.
2006 Elected World Councilor of InSEA, the International Society for Education through Art.
2005 Visiting Instructor Seminario de Cultura Visual (Visual Culture], University of Evora Portugal, 3 13-17.
2005 Recipient of The National Art Education Association Lowenfeld Award, established in 1960, this award honors an individual’s significant contributions to art education. The recipient presents the “Lowenfeld Lecture” at the National Art Education Association Convention, Boston MA
2005 Guest Seminar on Visual Culture at University of Barcelona, Spain from Jan 11 till March 4
2005 Guest Researcher and Speaker at University of Granada, Feb. 24-26; on sabbatical; InSEA World Council Meeting in Bristol England; Guest Lecture at University of Granada Feb 24
2003 Elected Vice President of InSEA, International Society for Education through Art (2006-2007)
2000 Reelected as a World Councilor for InSEA for 3 yrs.
2002 Nominated and elected as a Distinguished Fellow of the National Art Education Association. Honored at the National Art Education Conference in Miami Florida.
2002 Received the prestigious USSEA Edwin Ziegfeld Award for distinguished national leadership in art education
My Research Given Favorable Review in King. E. (2002) Multicultural art is global. International Leadership in Education, 5 (2), 187-188. [Taylor & Bacon].
2001 Subject of Article: I am one of 4 women professors – subjects of an article based on autobiographies and fabricated into a composite portrait. "The Woman who made a difference in art education,” published by Julia Lindsay (2001) in the Journal of gender issues in art and education, 2, (37, 41, 42,45). She also quotes my research on narrative to argue her case that the aim of such research is not truth but essence or spirit (p. 40).
· Favorable Research Review: Dr. Edith King, Educational Sociologist at the University of Denver, favorably reviewed my research article “Ritual and aesthetic education: The Sweat Lodge Experience” with Alan Jim as “exciting and unique reading. The reviewer claims that the piece “provides new insights and joins research into multicultural art education with an anthropological perspective.” This review is published in Multicultural Teaching, 19(3), 53-54.
· Invited Keynote Speaker at the Ohio Art Education Association Conference [OAEA] in Cleveland to speak on my research Teaching Southwest Culture,” posted on the Internet, November 19.
· Invited Paper. As part of the 50th Anniversary (2001) of the Art Education Program at SUNY New Paltz, NY, I (a 1960 alumnus) was invited to speak to the art education students and faculty.
· 2000: InSEA World Council Representative and presenter at the InSEA Regional World Conference in Warsaw and Posnan, Poland.
· Visiting Professor who lectured at University of Warsaw and the Creative Activity School in Zielonka, Poland on “The Computer Animation of Apache Children” and “Teaching Southwest Culture through Art.” Conducted research for five weeks daily at the Creative Activity School in Warsaw and Documented their Ethnographic Green School in Wiesla, southern Poland.
· National Editor of International InSEA/UNESCO Web Project of outstanding programs to promote peace, tolerance and multicultural education. Project consisted of a) Part I, a five-page questionnaire, b) Part II, a three-page description of a local site that I wrote on Art Web--Phoenix Boys & Girls Club, c) Descriptions of five other sites in the USA, and d) Acknowledgement of my outstanding website link, called “Teaching Southwest Culture Through Art.”
2000
· Received the NAEA Pacific Regional. High Education Division, Art Educator of the Year Award for exemplary contribution, service, and achievements; namely the planning and implementation of the international and state conference on Crossing Borders held at Arizona State University in January 2000. Award presented at the National Art Education Association in Los Angeles [March 20].
· Sheri Klein. (2000, summer). Interview with Mary Stokrocki. Perspectives on international research. SRAE News, p-2.
· Chair of USSEA/AAEA Conference on “Crossing Borders” in Tempe, AZ
· Published Report on “Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution” in InSEA News, 7 (1), 2000, p. 16.
· Honored by the Arizona Art Education Association with the online laudation: “Thanks to Mary Stokrocki for a Great Conference!” at http://az.arts.asu.edu/aaea/conferencenp.html. This site posted my “Crossing Borders” Conference Report and Pictures taken by myself.
· Invited as an Editorial Consultant to Visual Arts Research for a 3-year term. My job is to review 4 manuscripts per year with comments. This prestigious journal is published at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
1999
· Webmaster of Qualitative Research: Participant Observation, an Internet site which features photographic and verbal results of my collaborative grant on “Teaching Southwest Culture Through Art.” The menu page consists of 14 links: main page, introduction, multiple research methods, participants & context, multiple concepts, multiple instruction methods, multiple [case] descriptions of collaborative learning, lessons, what was taught, aesthetics puzzle, multiple assessments, multiple findings, comparative analysis, and art criticism as assessment. Internet address is http://www.public.asu.edu/~ifmls/POFolder/mainpage.html
· ASU Student Affairs Honors for contributions to the quality of student life at ASU.
1998 Taught Graduate Seminar on Qualitative Research at University of Sao Paolo, Brazil from 4/9- 6/7; Gave 4 public lectures at SESC Cultural Center (4/28-5/1) in Sao Paulo Brazil. My research study “Aprendizagem de Arte: Ensino e pesquisa na sala se aula” was translated into Portuguese
1998 Invited as Keynote Speaker at the Australian Society for Education through Art in Brisbane, Feb.6. Conference theme was "Swapping Ideas," and my presentation was "Let's Build It! An Action Research Project."
1997-2000 Elected as a World Councilor for the International Society for Education through Art [InSEA] for 3 years. I am representing the USA. My duties: Write reports, general correspondence, and promotion of the organization and attendance at World Council Meetings. I reported on the 1997 European Congress "Our Futures by Design" in Glasgow Scotland [July 9-12] in the USSEA NEWS, attended the World Council Meeting, introduced speakers, and presented two of my own papers. I am on the Research Committee responsible for reporting on the pros and cons of Distance Education Courses.
1997-2000 Executive Secretary of the United States Society for Education through Art. I set up the new USSEA Web page and maintain it. I am responsible for elections, reports, and advisement. The Web page consists of membership, history, conferences, officers, journal & teacher voices and discussion cafe.
1994 Elected President of the United States Society for Education through Art, which was founded in 1977 to promote multicultural and cross-cultural research through art. It is an independent organization affiliated with the International Society of Education through Art and the National Art Education Association.
1995 Received the NAEA Manual Barkan Memorial Award for Excellence in Research for the article "A school day in the life of a young Navajo girl: A case study in ethnographic storytelling." Art Education, 47(4), 61-68, http://www.positivepractices.com/RuralEducation/CulturalStorytelling2001.html
1996 Elected Member of Arizona State University Wakonse Teaching Fellow Program to promote Faculty Development.
1994 Received the Arizona Art Education Association Higher Education Award.
· Visiting Instructor for summer MA Program in Art Education at Rhode Island School of Design.
· Invited Research Seminar (2 hours) on "Qualitative Forms of Research" for the Seminar for Research at the National Art Education Association in Baltimore, MD. [This is quite a testament to my research.]
· Invited as a member of an International Collaborative Research Project at the University British Columbia and University of South Australia.
1992 Received the Mary Rouse Award for outstanding performance in scholarship, leadership, and teaching, sponsored by the NAEA Women's Caucus. My winning article was (1992). The qualities of listening, perseverance, and cooperation in ethnographic research. Women’s Caucus Report, 50, 5-10.
1992 Elected as a lifetime member to the NAEA Council for Policy Studies in Art Education.
GRANTS RECEIVED
2006 Consultant for Bead Museum on the Apache T-Necklace from February –September 06. I was responsible for developing interview questionnaire, lesson plans, and documenting and writing article.
2002 Member of NAEA Investigation Team: Where did you get the idea for that? Cross-site Analysis of Adolescents Making Art Works. NAEA Research Task Force on Student Learning Guidelines and Procedures for Researchers.
2001 A Cross-Site Analysis of Strategies Used by Three Middle School Art Teachers to Impact Student Learning” submitted by Mary Stokrocki, Mary Hafeli, SUNY New Paltz, New York, & Enid Zimmerman, Indiana University to the NAEAF The National Art Education Association Foundation.
1999 Awarded: Arizona Commission on the Arts Grant for “AAEA 2000 Crossing Borders Conference” funded $1,176.
1998 NAEA Grant: "Collaborative Struggles in Participant Observation Research, Teaching, and Learning in
the Schools-An Interactive Internet Web Page" from the National Art Education Foundation for $1,060.
Principal Investigator for AAEA/ASSET Online High School Visual Arts Course, grant funded by Arizona Commission for the Arts and the Kennedy Center.
1995 A Participant Observation Assessment of an Art Program Model for Teaching Development Through Video-Assisted Instruction," Arizona Arts Education Research Institute, matching funds $3118.00. College of Fine Arts to contribute $2117.50 and 5 schools will contribute $1,000.
1994 Participant in US West grant for $2,421,344,00 to support innovative teaching.