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Rina Kundu
Doctor of Philosophy in Art Education , 2008, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Dissertation research investigates how meaning is constructed through social practices in the university classroom, using theoretical ideas from poststructuralism and visual cultural studies. Chair: Vesta Daniel Master of Arts in Art History , 1997, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Took master’s exams in Baroque art and wrote master’s thesis on nineteenth-century French and British landscape art. Chairs: Steven Orso and Jerold Ziff Certificate in Museum Studies , 1997, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Co-curated exhibition Raw Americans, Cooked Europeans: Images of the "Other" in Sixteenth-Century European Illustrated Books. Bachelor of Arts in Art History , 1988, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
Doctor of Philosophy in Art Education , 2008, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Dissertation research investigates how meaning is constructed through social practices in the university classroom, using theoretical ideas from poststructuralism and visual cultural studies. Chair: Vesta Daniel
Master of Arts in Art History , 1997, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
Took master’s exams in Baroque art and wrote master’s thesis on nineteenth-century French and British landscape art. Chairs: Steven Orso and Jerold Ziff
Certificate in Museum Studies , 1997, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Co-curated exhibition Raw Americans, Cooked Europeans: Images of the "Other" in Sixteenth-Century European Illustrated Books.
Co-authored manuscript The Museum Educator as Provocateur, with Dr. Melinda Mayer, to be published in book The Elusive Excellence of Equity: A Book about Museums and Social Justice.
Kundu, R. & Mayer, M. (2006). The Museum Educator as Provocateur. In T. Quinn (Ed.), The Elusive Excellence of Equity: A Book about Museums and Social Justice. Manuscript submitted for publication. Kundu, R. & Bain, C. (2006). Webquests: Utilizing technology in a constructivist manner to facilitate meaningful pre-service learning. Art Education, 59(2), 6-11. Kundu, R. (2000). Sally Mann's Immediate Family. In T. Barrett (Author), Criticizing photographs: An introduction to understanding images (pp. 172-174). Mountain View, California: Mayfield Publishing Company. Kundu, R. (1999). Museum discourse: Negotiating the fragments. Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education, 15, 71-80. Wrote family guides for the 1996-2000 exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts, including Shirin Neshat: Two Installations, Ernesto Neto: Sister Naves, Gerhard Richter: Wexner Center Prize; Eva Hesse: Area; Brice Marden: Work Books; Mark Dion: Cabinets of Curiosities for the Wexner Center for the Arts; Viewing Olmstead: Photographs by Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander, and Geoffrey James; Evidence: Photography and Site; Peter Fischli and David Weiss: In a Restless World; and Hall of Mirrors: Art and Film Since 1945. Kundu, R. (1992). The de Bry family, publishers of the Grand Voyages (1590-1634). Raw Americans, cooked Europeans: Images of the "other" in sixteenth-century European illustrated books. Urbana-Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. Kundu, R. (Artist). (1990). Untitled. Calvert Literary Magazine. College Park, Maryland: University of Maryland Press.
Kundu, R. & Mayer, M. (2006). The Museum Educator as Provocateur. In T. Quinn (Ed.), The Elusive Excellence of Equity: A Book about Museums and Social Justice. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Kundu, R. & Bain, C. (2006). Webquests: Utilizing technology in a constructivist manner to facilitate meaningful pre-service learning. Art Education, 59(2), 6-11.
Kundu, R. (2000). Sally Mann's Immediate Family. In T. Barrett (Author), Criticizing photographs: An introduction to understanding images (pp. 172-174). Mountain View, California: Mayfield Publishing Company.
Kundu, R. (1999). Museum discourse: Negotiating the fragments. Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education, 15, 71-80.
Wrote family guides for the 1996-2000 exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts, including Shirin Neshat: Two Installations, Ernesto Neto: Sister Naves, Gerhard Richter: Wexner Center Prize; Eva Hesse: Area; Brice Marden: Work Books; Mark Dion: Cabinets of Curiosities for the Wexner Center for the Arts; Viewing Olmstead: Photographs by Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander, and Geoffrey James; Evidence: Photography and Site; Peter Fischli and David Weiss: In a Restless World; and Hall of Mirrors: Art and Film Since 1945.
Kundu, R. (1992). The de Bry family, publishers of the Grand Voyages (1590-1634). Raw Americans, cooked Europeans: Images of the "other" in sixteenth-century European illustrated books. Urbana-Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press.
Kundu, R. (Artist). (1990). Untitled. Calvert Literary Magazine. College Park, Maryland: University of Maryland Press.
Received Edward and Betty Marcus Digital Education Project for Texas Art Museums Mini-Grant (2007-8), which was written with Jennifer Way, to support student-directed Pachyderm authoring for a learning module that investigates select works from the unstudied permanent collection at UNT. Module was displayed in the exhibition Collections, Cultures and Collaborations from January- March of 2008 and a visitor’s study is being conducted.
Received Humanities Texas Mini-Grant, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, (2007-8), which was written with Jennifer Way, to support the public lecture Permanent Collections in Regional and National Contexts and the student workshop Collections, Cultures and Collaborations: Do We Need Objects Anymore? by Steven Conn.
University of North Texas Denton , Texas Faculty, Division of Art Education and Art History 2003-present Teaching the following courses: Undergraduate Art 4350: Art Museums Art 4845: Criticism and Aesthetics Art 1300: Online Art Appreciation for Non-Art Majors Art 3800: Children and ArtArt 5845: Critical Theory Art 4830: Technology and the Visual Graduate Art 5390: Seminar in Art Museums Art 5550: Museum Education I Art 5560: Museum Education II Art 5450: Museum Internship Art 5845: Critical Theory Art 5850: Proposal Writing The Ohio State University Newark, Ohio Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of Art Education 2002-2003Taught the following courses: Art 162: Concepts and Issues in Art Art Education160: Contemporary Art and Music Art Education 600: Art for Elementary Teachers The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Instructor, Department of Art Education 1999-2002 Co-taught Art Education 795: Infusing the Arts into the Curriculum at the Wexner Center for the Arts. Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of Art Education 1993-1996 Lecturing Associate 1995-1996 Shared lecturing and supervisory duties for large survey class Art Education 160: Contemporary Art and Music. Recitation Leader 1993-1995 Led recitation sections for Art Education 160: Contemporary Art and Music. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Teaching Assistant, Department of Art History 1992 Conducted reviews and graded examinations and research papers for Art History 115: Art Appreciation. University of Maryland College Park, MarylandWriting Center Tutor, Department of English 1989-1990 Conducted English language workshops and tutored students in grammar, composition, and style.
Undergraduate
Art 4350: Art Museums Art 4845: Criticism and Aesthetics Art 1300: Online Art Appreciation for Non-Art Majors Art 3800: Children and ArtArt 5845: Critical Theory Art 4830: Technology and the Visual
Graduate
Art 5390: Seminar in Art Museums Art 5550: Museum Education I Art 5560: Museum Education II Art 5450: Museum Internship Art 5845: Critical Theory Art 5850: Proposal Writing
The Ohio State University Newark, Ohio Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of Art Education 2002-2003Taught the following courses:
Art 162: Concepts and Issues in Art Art Education160: Contemporary Art and Music Art Education 600: Art for Elementary Teachers
Lecturing Associate 1995-1996 Shared lecturing and supervisory duties for large survey class Art Education 160: Contemporary Art and Music. Recitation Leader 1993-1995 Led recitation sections for Art Education 160: Contemporary Art and Music.
Department of Education, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, Ohio Assistant Director of Education 2001-2002 Directed the teacher and school program and the family and youth program and supervised a staff of six individuals to create, develop, and implement programming. Educator for Teacher and School Programs 1999-2001 Directed, coordinated, and implemented a full range of education programs for university professors, teachers, university students, and school children. Administrative Associate 1995-1998 Participated in planning, researching, and implementing a full range of education programs for university groups, communities, families, students, and teachers, including the running of workshops for tour guides, professors, and teachers; studio, media arts, and gallery activities for students and families; and summer art camps for children.
Directed the teacher and school program and the family and youth program and supervised a staff of six individuals to create, develop, and implement programming.
Directed, coordinated, and implemented a full range of education programs for university professors, teachers, university students, and school children.
Administrative Associate 1995-1998
Participated in planning, researching, and implementing a full range of education programs for university groups, communities, families, students, and teachers, including the running of workshops for tour guides, professors, and teachers; studio, media arts, and gallery activities for students and families; and summer art camps for children.
CLASSROOM TEACHING
Columbus Public Schools Columbus, OhioArt Teacher 1997-1998 Taught art to elementary school children. Montgomery County Department of Recreation Silver Spring, MarylandPublic School Art Instructor 1988-1990 Taught art to elementary school children in an after-school program at Takoma Park Elementary School.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, OhioEducator for Teachers and Schools 1998-2002 Created a number of assessment and evaluation projects to measure the quality and value of teacher, student, and tour programs. The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Independent Researcher, Dissertation, Department of Art Education 2000-2008 My dissertation The Discursive Formation of the Art History Survey identifies and examines the network through which knowledge is produced within the art historical survey as it undergoes radical revisions brought on by postmodernism. Education Consultant, Department of the History of Art 1998-2003 Co-investigator of a research project that assessed and evaluated the of History of Art 213: Survey of the Art of Asia. Assessed the effectiveness of the curriculum on student understanding and wrote final report for a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , Illinois Curatorial Assistant, Krannert Museum of Art and the Kinkead Pavilion 1991-1992 Researched and selected works for exhibition from the museum's permanent collection of Indian miniatures. Prepared text labels. National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C.Curatorial Intern, Department of Graphic Arts 1991 Was selected from several hundred applicants to participate in a training program for potential museum professionals. Projects required researching objects in the permanent collection, corresponding with artists, collectors, and curators, writing text labels, preparing checklists, proofreading, answering public inquiries, ordering photographs, and assembling bibliographies.
Education Consultant, Department of the History of Art 1998-2003 Co-investigator of a research project that assessed and evaluated the of History of Art 213: Survey of the Art of Asia. Assessed the effectiveness of the curriculum on student understanding and wrote final report for a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , Illinois Curatorial Assistant, Krannert Museum of Art and the Kinkead Pavilion 1991-1992 Researched and selected works for exhibition from the museum's permanent collection of Indian miniatures. Prepared text labels.
Refereed Papers at Regional, National, and International Conferences National Art Education AssociationProvoke Me: How Visual Cultural Studies Can Change Touring Practices, with Melinda Mayer, New York, New York (2007) The Museum Educator as Provocateur, with Melinda Mayer, Chicago, Illinois (2006) Visuality: Inside and Out, with A.J. Olson, Chicago, Illinois (2006) Webquests and Constructivist Learning, with Christina Bain, Boston, Massachusetts (2005) Cooking Up Contact, with A.J. Olson, Denver, Colorado (2004) Rethinking the Teaching of Art History, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2003) The Museum Classroom, New York, New York (2001) Art History, Technology, and Assessment, with Tom Suchan, Los Angeles, California (2000) Museum Discourse: Negotiating the Fragments, Washington, D.C. (1999) Career Pathways at an Art Center, Washington, D.C. (1999) Museum Education: Creating a Dialogue, New Orleans, Louisiana (1997) Developing a Customized Interactive Text: Continuing the Discourse about Art, with Susan Myers, Baltimore, Maryland (1995) Texas Art Education Association Technology Today in Education—Possibilities, Potential, and Pitfalls, with Christina Bain, Stephen Carpenter, and Diane Gregory, Galveston, Texas (2007) How Visual Culture Studies Can Change Touring Practices , with Melinda Mayer, Galveston, Texas (2007) Museums and Visual Culture: An Introduction to Film Education , Fort Worth, Texas (2006) International Network of Performing & Visual Arts Schools Career Pathways, Columbus, Ohio (1998) Workshops/Invited Lectures Department of Art Education and Art History Houston and Dallas, Texas Co-taught teachers institute Hispanic Art in Texas, with Kelly Donahue Wallace, Christina Bain, and Andres Peralta (2008 ) Fort Worth Independent School District Fort Worth, Texas Presented in-service workshop on Wayang Kulit: The Art of Shadow Puppets (2006). Meadows Museum Dallas, Texas Presented talk Engaging Audiences in Meaning Making (2006) Crow Collection of Asian ArtDallas, Texas Presented workshop Engaging Visitors, Interactive Tours (2006) North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts Fort Worth, Texas Co-taught teacher workshop Works of Art as Modes of Knowledge: An Exploration of the Concept Manifest Destiny, with Jacqueline Chanda (2004) National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington D.C. Presented gallery discussion on exhibtionJulie Taymor: Playing with Fire (2000) for the State Committee Leaders Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, Ohio Presented gallery talk on exhibtion Eva Hesse: Area (1998) National Colloquium for Teaching Contemporary Art: How History and Culture Come Together as Art Columbus, Ohio Presented gallery discussion on the exhibition African Influences in Contemporary Art: Artists of the Kwanzaa Playground at the Columbus Museum of Art (1997)
Refereed Papers at Regional, National, and International Conferences
National Art Education AssociationProvoke Me: How Visual Cultural Studies Can Change Touring Practices, with Melinda Mayer, New York, New York (2007) The Museum Educator as Provocateur, with Melinda Mayer, Chicago, Illinois (2006) Visuality: Inside and Out, with A.J. Olson, Chicago, Illinois (2006) Webquests and Constructivist Learning, with Christina Bain, Boston, Massachusetts (2005) Cooking Up Contact, with A.J. Olson, Denver, Colorado (2004) Rethinking the Teaching of Art History, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2003) The Museum Classroom, New York, New York (2001) Art History, Technology, and Assessment, with Tom Suchan, Los Angeles, California (2000) Museum Discourse: Negotiating the Fragments, Washington, D.C. (1999) Career Pathways at an Art Center, Washington, D.C. (1999) Museum Education: Creating a Dialogue, New Orleans, Louisiana (1997) Developing a Customized Interactive Text: Continuing the Discourse about Art, with Susan Myers, Baltimore, Maryland (1995) Texas Art Education Association Technology Today in Education—Possibilities, Potential, and Pitfalls, with Christina Bain, Stephen Carpenter, and Diane Gregory, Galveston, Texas (2007) How Visual Culture Studies Can Change Touring Practices , with Melinda Mayer, Galveston, Texas (2007) Museums and Visual Culture: An Introduction to Film Education , Fort Worth, Texas (2006) International Network of Performing & Visual Arts Schools Career Pathways, Columbus, Ohio (1998) Workshops/Invited Lectures Department of Art Education and Art History Houston and Dallas, Texas Co-taught teachers institute Hispanic Art in Texas, with Kelly Donahue Wallace, Christina Bain, and Andres Peralta (2008 ) Fort Worth Independent School District Fort Worth, Texas Presented in-service workshop on Wayang Kulit: The Art of Shadow Puppets (2006). Meadows Museum Dallas, Texas Presented talk Engaging Audiences in Meaning Making (2006) Crow Collection of Asian ArtDallas, Texas Presented workshop Engaging Visitors, Interactive Tours (2006) North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts Fort Worth, Texas Co-taught teacher workshop Works of Art as Modes of Knowledge: An Exploration of the Concept Manifest Destiny, with Jacqueline Chanda (2004) National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington D.C. Presented gallery discussion on exhibtionJulie Taymor: Playing with Fire (2000) for the State Committee Leaders Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, Ohio Presented gallery talk on exhibtion Eva Hesse: Area (1998) National Colloquium for Teaching Contemporary Art: How History and Culture Come Together as Art Columbus, Ohio Presented gallery discussion on the exhibition African Influences in Contemporary Art: Artists of the Kwanzaa Playground at the Columbus Museum of Art (1997)
National Art Education AssociationProvoke Me: How Visual Cultural Studies Can Change Touring Practices, with Melinda Mayer, New York, New York (2007)
The Museum Educator as Provocateur, with Melinda Mayer, Chicago, Illinois (2006)
Visuality: Inside and Out, with A.J. Olson, Chicago, Illinois (2006)
Webquests and Constructivist Learning, with Christina Bain, Boston, Massachusetts (2005)
Cooking Up Contact, with A.J. Olson, Denver, Colorado (2004)
Rethinking the Teaching of Art History, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2003)
The Museum Classroom, New York, New York (2001)
Art History, Technology, and Assessment, with Tom Suchan, Los Angeles, California (2000)
Museum Discourse: Negotiating the Fragments, Washington, D.C. (1999)
Career Pathways at an Art Center, Washington, D.C. (1999)
Museum Education: Creating a Dialogue, New Orleans, Louisiana (1997)
Developing a Customized Interactive Text: Continuing the Discourse about Art, with Susan Myers, Baltimore, Maryland (1995)
Workshops/Invited Lectures
Department of Art Education and Art History Houston and Dallas, Texas Co-taught teachers institute Hispanic Art in Texas, with Kelly Donahue Wallace, Christina Bain, and Andres Peralta (2008 )
Fort Worth Independent School District Fort Worth, Texas Presented in-service workshop on Wayang Kulit: The Art of Shadow Puppets (2006).
North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts Fort Worth, Texas Co-taught teacher workshop Works of Art as Modes of Knowledge: An Exploration of the Concept Manifest Destiny, with Jacqueline Chanda (2004)
Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, Ohio Presented gallery talk on exhibtion Eva Hesse: Area (1998)
National Colloquium for Teaching Contemporary Art: How History and Culture Come Together as Art Columbus, Ohio Presented gallery discussion on the exhibition African Influences in Contemporary Art: Artists of the Kwanzaa Playground at the Columbus Museum of Art (1997)
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Memberships Memberships include National Art Education Association (NAEA), the Caucus for Social Theory and Art Education (CSTAE), the United States Society for Education Through Art (USSEA), the Texas Art Education Association (TAEA), the American Association of Museums (AAM), the Museum Education Roundtable (MER), and the Texas Faculty Association (TFA) (present ). Planned and implemented Super Arts Saturdays (2008), with graduate students from Art 5550: Museum Education I and offered workshop Story Quilts for Greater Denton Arts Council’s Super Arts Saturdays, with the help of University of North Texas art education undergraduate and graduate students (2006). Planned teacher pre-visit materials for the Sid Richardson Museum, with graduate students in Art 5550: Museum Education I (2007). Planned exhibition narrative for the Webb House in Colleyville, Texas, with graduate students in Art 5560: Museum Education II and the Colleyville Historical Preservation Committee (2007). Serving on the Greater Denton Arts Council’s Exhibition and Education Committee (2007-present) and the Greater Denton Arts Council’s Visual Arts Sub-Committee (2006-2007). Member of the Central Ohio Education Consortium (1999-2002), Columbus Public School's Career Pathways: Arts and Communications Advisory Council (1999-2002) and The Christopher Program's Arts Advisory Board (1999-2002). Served as juror for the Columbus Public School High School Exhibition (2001) and the Godman Guild (1998).
Memberships
Memberships include National Art Education Association (NAEA), the Caucus for Social Theory and Art Education (CSTAE), the United States Society for Education Through Art (USSEA), the Texas Art Education Association (TAEA), the American Association of Museums (AAM), the Museum Education Roundtable (MER), and the Texas Faculty Association (TFA) (present ). Planned and implemented Super Arts Saturdays (2008), with graduate students from Art 5550: Museum Education I and offered workshop Story Quilts for Greater Denton Arts Council’s Super Arts Saturdays, with the help of University of North Texas art education undergraduate and graduate students (2006). Planned teacher pre-visit materials for the Sid Richardson Museum, with graduate students in Art 5550: Museum Education I (2007). Planned exhibition narrative for the Webb House in Colleyville, Texas, with graduate students in Art 5560: Museum Education II and the Colleyville Historical Preservation Committee (2007). Serving on the Greater Denton Arts Council’s Exhibition and Education Committee (2007-present) and the Greater Denton Arts Council’s Visual Arts Sub-Committee (2006-2007). Member of the Central Ohio Education Consortium (1999-2002), Columbus Public School's Career Pathways: Arts and Communications Advisory Council (1999-2002) and The Christopher Program's Arts Advisory Board (1999-2002). Served as juror for the Columbus Public School High School Exhibition (2001) and the Godman Guild (1998).
Memberships include National Art Education Association (NAEA), the Caucus for Social Theory and Art Education (CSTAE), the United States Society for Education Through Art (USSEA), the Texas Art Education Association (TAEA), the American Association of Museums (AAM), the Museum Education Roundtable (MER), and the Texas Faculty Association (TFA) (present ).
Planned and implemented Super Arts Saturdays (2008), with graduate students from Art 5550: Museum Education I and offered workshop Story Quilts for Greater Denton Arts Council’s Super Arts Saturdays, with the help of University of North Texas art education undergraduate and graduate students (2006).
Planned teacher pre-visit materials for the Sid Richardson Museum, with graduate students in Art 5550: Museum Education I (2007).
Planned exhibition narrative for the Webb House in Colleyville, Texas, with graduate students in Art 5560: Museum Education II and the Colleyville Historical Preservation Committee (2007).
Serving on the Greater Denton Arts Council’s Exhibition and Education Committee (2007-present) and the Greater Denton Arts Council’s Visual Arts Sub-Committee (2006-2007).
Member of the Central Ohio Education Consortium (1999-2002), Columbus
Public School's Career Pathways: Arts and Communications Advisory Council (1999-2002) and The Christopher Program's Arts Advisory Board (1999-2002).
Served as juror for the Columbus Public School High School Exhibition (2001) and the Godman Guild (1998).
