Education

• PhD,  Art Education, The University of Iowa
• MA,  Art Education, The University of Iowa
• BS, Art/Psychology, McPherson College 

Specialties

• K-12 art education
• Art and autism
• Teaching students with special needs

Professional Activities

• Member, District 4 Representative, Missouri Art Education Association Council
• Dean's Search Committee, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2007
• Chair, Committee on Committees, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2006-2007
• "Art, Autism, and the Brain".  Presentation at the National Art Education Association, New York City, 2007
• "Paste Paper: Decorative Paper Techniques".  Presentation at the Missouri Art Education Association Fall Conference, Knob Noster, MO, 2006
• "Art and Autism: A Counternarrative".  Presentation at the National Art Education Association, Chicago, IL, 2006
• "Autism: Stories and Strategies".  Presentation at the Missouri Art Education Association Spring Conference, Kansas City, MO, 2006
• "Critical Narratives of Subject Formation: Art and Autism, a Counternarrative".  Paper presented at the International Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education Conference, Madison, WI, 2005
• "Media and Pop Culture in the Art Room".  Co-presenter at the National Art Education Association, Denver, CO, 2004
• "Art Education for Students with Special Needs".  Co-presenter at the Art Educators of Iowa Conference, Ames, IA, 2000

Publications

• "The Demythologization of Art".  Paper presented at the National Art Education Association, Boston, MA, 2005.  In Thunder-McGuire (Ed.), Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education, 2004.
• "Autism and Art".  Paper presented at the National Art Education Association, Denver, CO, 2004. In Thunder-McGuire (Ed.), Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education, 2004.
• "Case Study of Artmaking with a 6-year-old Boy".  Paper presented at the National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, MN, 2003.  In Thunder-McGuire (Ed.), Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education, 2003.

Awards

• 2006 Faculty Research Days First Place Winner, Education and Human Services Category, University of Central Missouri