Dr. Rebecca Shipe

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Rebecca Shipe
Department, Office, or School
Department of Art
Department of Educational Studies
  • Professor

Rebecca (Becky) received her Ph.D. in Art Education from The University of Arizona in 2015. As an illustrator and eight-year veteran art teacher in the Tucson public schools, she chose to focus her dissertation research on how simultaneously performing the artist/teacher/researcher roles generates both critical insights as well as practical and ideological challenges. Through her present work at RIC with pre-service and practicing art educators, Dr. Shipe plans to continue examining ways to incorporate arts based research and relational aesthetics into the K-12 learning environment. In addition to these research interests, she hopes to examine how international collaborations among educators can help students to build cross-cultural understandings through experiences with art.

Education

University of Arizona

  • Ph.D., Art History and Education: Art and Visual Culture Education track with a minor in Teaching and Teacher Education
  • M.A., Art Education

Arizona State University

  •  Post-baccalaureate Certification in Art Education, K–12

The Rochester Institute of Technology

  • B.F.A., Illustration with a minor in Communications in Cultures
  • A.A.S., Graphic Design

Selected Publications

  • Shipe, R. (2016). A story of how one teacher/researcher/artist learned to use arts based research, The Journal of Art Education 69(3), 27-34. 
  • Shipe, R. Productive ambiguity: Promoting cross-cultural understanding through art (accepted). In R. Shin (Ed.). Convergence of contemporary art education, visual culture, and global civic engagement.
  • Shipe, B. (2014). Creating productive ambiguity: A visual research narrative (2014). VOKE: Journal of Visualized Research in Art Education, 2.

Juried Presentations

  • Penn State Seminar @50, University Park, PA; Apr. 2016; Poster Presenter; Exploring arts based research and productive ambiguity
  • National Art Education Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL; Mar. 2016; Sketch and Tell Presenter; Creating productive ambiguity: A visual research narrative
  • National Art Education Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL; Mar. 2016; Panel Presenter; Convergence of contemporary art, visual culture, and global civic engagement
  • National Art Education Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA; Mar. 2015; The Seminar for Research in Art Education Graduate Research Session; Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers Presenter; Creating productive ambiguity: A visual research narrative
  • The Peace Corps Coverdell Fellows Life Called – How Far Have They Gone?; Feb. 2015; The global influence, innovations, and inspiring careers of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers 15th Anniversary Symposium at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Poster Presenter; How one artist/teacher/researcher learned to use arts base research: A visual research narrative
  • Peace Corps Connect Conference, Nashville, TN; June 2014; Graduate Research Conference Presenter; How one teacher/researcher/artist learned to use arts based research: A visual narrative

Courses

  • ARTE 340 Methods and Materials in Art Education, Instructor
  • ARTE 303/503 Introduction to Art Education, Instructor
  • ARTE 404/504 Secondary Practicum in Art Education, Student/Clinical Partner Liaison
  • ARTE 591 Readings and Research in Art Education, Instructor
  • ARTE 525 Graduate Student Teaching in Art Education, Instructor
  • ART 691 Thesis

Research Interests

  • Art based research
  • Relational aesthetics
  • Teacher education and curriculum development
  • International education
  • Global awareness and collaborations
  • Culturally responsive pedagogy