Christopher M. Schulte, Ph.D. is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and Professor and Endowed Chair of Art Education at the University of Arkansas. He joined the faculty in the School of Art in 2019, where he has since served in a variety of roles, including as Undergraduate Coordinator and Interim Director of Graduate Studies in Art Education, Assistant Director of the School of Art, and Interim Director of the School of Art. Schulte’s research interests center on the artistic, play-based, and aesthetic practices of children, with particular attention given to drawing and its relationship to historical and contemporary childhoods. In support of this work, Schulte founded and now directs the Center for the Study of Childhood Art, a center for interdisciplinary research, teaching and community engagement focused on reconceptualizing the study and practice of the visual arts in children's lives. Schulte is co-editor with Dr. Laura Trafi-Prats of New Images of Thought in the Study of Childhood Drawing (2022, Springer), co-editor with Dr. Hayon Park of Visual Art With Young Children: Practices, Pedagogies and Learning (2021, Routledge), editor of Ethics and Research With Young Children: New Perspectives (2019, Bloomsbury), and co-editor with Dr. Christine Marmé Thompson of Communities of Practice: Art, Play and Aesthetics in Early Childhood (2018, Springer). In addition to his existing research record, Schulte is a Distinguished Fellow of the National Art Education Association, an invited member of the Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN) at Queen Mary University of London, an elected member of the Council for Policy Studies in Art Education (NAEA), and an elected member of the Steering Committee of the Art Education Research Institute (AERI). Additionally, Schulte is past-chairperson of the Seminar for Research in Art Education (NAEA), past-coordinator of the Elliot Eisner Doctoral Dissertation Research Award in Art Education (NAEA), and past-coordinator of the Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education (NAEA). Schulte holds a B.A. and M.A. in Art Education from the University of Northern Iowa and a Ph.D. in Art Education from The Pennsylvania State University.
Hayon Park, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Art Education in the School of Art at George Mason University. Dr. Park also serves as the Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Childhood Art. Dr. Park previously held faculty appointments at the University of Arkansas, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the University of Dayton, where she taught undergraduate courses in art and visual culture education. Interested in the pedagogy and practices of art and art education, Dr. Park’s research explores the politics, ethics, and aesthetics of children's art through reconceptualist, post-structural, and post-developmental perspectives. Her research has appeared in national peer-reviewed journals in art education and in other edited volumes at the intersection of visual arts education and early childhood studies. She has also presented her research at international and national conferences in art education and early childhood education. Dr. Park is author of Rancière and Emancipatory Art Pedagogies: The Politics of Childhood Art (2023, Bloomsbury) and co-editor with Dr. Christopher Schulte of Visual Arts with Young Children: Practices, Pedagogies, and Learning (2021, Routledge). Dr. Park earned her Ph.D. and MS in Art Education from The Pennsylvania State University and a BFA in Painting from Ewha Womans University.
Jeffrey M. Cornwall, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Art Education at Colorado State University. Dr. Cornwall serves as Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Childhood Art. Informed by post-structural thinking and theories of affect, his research focuses on children’s learning and making within the public elementary school by engaging critical research and artistic methodologies to think and make with and alongside children. Dr. Cornwall began his journey in art education and study of children’s art as the art teacher at Edgemont Elementary school in Utah. His research has appeared in journals such as Qualitative Inquiry, Visual Arts Research and Studies in Art Education as well as international edited volumes Visual Arts with Young Children: Practices, Pedagogies, and Learning and Postdevelopmental Approaches to Childhood Research Observation. Dr. Cornwall earned his Ph.D. in Art Education for The Pennsylvania State University and MA and BA in Art Education from Brigham Young University.
Previous Childhood Art Graduate Assistants
Katy Galaz (2022-2024) Research Intern | Tucson, Arizona | MA in Art Education (BFA in Arts and Visual Culture Education, University of Arizona)
Previous Childhood Art Interns
Olivia Dyer (2021-2023) Research Intern | Mountain Home, Arkansas | BFA in Art Education + Minors in Psychology and Social Work
Haley Tucker (2021) Design Intern | Little Rock, Arkansas | BFA in Graphic Design
Vanessa Davis (2020-2021) Design Intern | Dallas, Texas | BFA in Graphic Design + Minors in Journalism and Art History
Morgan Garner (2019-2020) Teaching and Learning Intern | Fort Worth, Texas | BFA in Art Education + Minor in Art History
Leigh Blocker (2019-2020) Teaching and Learning Intern | Huntsville, Arkansas | BFA in Art Education