Kryssi Staikidis

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Title: Professor
Department: Art and Design Education
Office Location: Art Building, Room 201D
Office Phone: 815-753-1474
Office Fax: 815-753-7701
Email: kstaikidis@niu.edu
Website: www.kryssistaikidis.com

Educational Background

  • Ed.D., Art Education, Teachers College Columbia University2004.
  • M.F.A., Hunter College, New York City, 1991.
  • B.S., Anthropology/Art History, Columbia University.

Research Interests

Indigenous Studies, Critical Pedagogy, Studio Practice as a Site for Research

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Courses Taught

Graduate

  • ARTE 563 Reading and Writing in Art + Design Education: Critical Approaches
  • ARTE 544 Middle Level Art Education Methods
  • ARTE 545 Secondary Level Art Education Methods
  • ARTE 588A/B Student Teaching in Art Education (Elem/Secondary)
  • ARTE 684 History and Philosophy of Art Education
  • ARTE 683: Seminar in Indigenous Arts and Pedagogy
  • ARTE 783 Research Methods at the Doctoral Level
  • ARTE 784 Research Methods at the Doctoral Level
  • ARTE 799: Doctoral Research and Dissertation

Undergraduate

  • ARTE 383 Art Education for Elementary Educators
  • ARTE 344 Middle Level Methods in Art Education
  • ARTE 345 Secondary Level Art Education Methods
  • ARTE 463 Reading and Writing in Art and Design Education: Critical Approaches
  • ARTE 488A/B Student Teaching in Art Education (Elem/Secondary)

Selected Publications

Books

  • Staikidis, K. & Ballengee Morris, C. (Eds.). (2017). Transforming our practices: Indigenous art, pedagogies, and philosophies. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association. 

Edited Journals

Book Chapters

  • Ballengee Morris, C. & Staikidis, K. (In Press). "Power with: Emerging and expanding indigenized leadership." In K. Keifer-Boyd (Ed.), Lobby Activism. London, UK: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Ltd.
  • Staikidis, K. (2017). "The inseparability of Indigenous research and pedagogy: A collaborative painting of a Maya Tz'utuhil grieving ritual." In K. Staikidis, & C. Ballengee Morris (Eds.). Transforming our practices: Indigenous art, pedagogies, and philosophies. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.
  • Staikidis, K. (2017). "Individual paths and sharing, collaboration, and community: An interview with artist Melanie Yazzie ." In Staikidis, K. & Ballengee Morris, C. (Eds.). Transforming our practices: Indigenous art, pedagogies, and philosophies. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.
  • Staikidis, K. (2016). "Dog walk: A series of paintings and poems." In Cole, A. (Ed.), Professorial paws: Dogs in scholars' lives and work. Nova Scotia, Canada: Backalong Books.
  • Staikidis, K. (2014). "Decolonizing methodologies and the ethics of representation: A collaborative ethnography with Maya artists Pedro Rafael Gonzalez Chavajay and Paula Nicho Cumez." In Miraglia, K. & Smilan, C. (Eds.), Inquiry in action: Paradigms, methodologies and perspectives in art education research. Reston,VA: National Art Education Association.
  • Staikidis, K. (2013). Advocating for justice: A Maya painter's journey. In Tavin, K. & Ballangee Morris, C. (Eds.), Stand(ing) up, for a change: Voices of arts educators. Reston, VA: NAEA Press.
  • Staikidis, K. (2012). "Crossing borders." In L. Hochtritt, J. Ploof, & T. Quinn (Eds.), Art and Social Justice Education: Culture as Commons. Oxford, UK: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Ltd.
  • Staikidis, K. (2010). Maya teaching methods: Transformers of content and pedagogy in higher education. In Anderson, T. (Ed.), Art Education as a vehicle for social justice. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Staikidis, K. & Ballengee Morris, C. (In Press). "Indigenous art curriculum." In International Encyclopedia of Art and Design Education (Vol. 2). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Staikidis, K. & Rex, L. (2016). "With relationship at the centre: Shared mentoring as a transformative experience." Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art, 5(3), 419-31.
  • Staikidis, K. (2014). "Indigenous methodologies: A collaborative painting with Maya painter Paula Nicho Cúmez." Visual Culture and Gender, 9, 91-112.
  • Staikidis, K. (2014). "Tell me your secrets." Visual Arts Research, 40(1), 129-134.
  • Staikidis, K. (2011). "Girlhood." Visual Arts Research, 37(2), 82-87.
  • Sanders, J. H., Staikidis, K., Ballangee-Morris, C., & Smith-Shank, D. (2010). "Decolonizing development through indigenous artist-led inquiry." Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 31, 60-82.

Honors/Awards

  • Recipient of National Art Education Association National J. Eugene Grigsby Jr. Award (2015).
  • Recipient of National Art Education Association Western Region Higher Education Art Educator Award (2014).

Professional Affiliations/Leadership roles

  • Elected Member of Council for Policy Studies in Art Education (2014-present).
  • Elected Member of Art Education Research Institute Steering Committee (2014-present).

Editorial Review Boards, Elected Member

  • Studies in Art Education (2017-2020).
  • Visual Arts Research (2016-present).
  • The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education (2009-present).
  • The Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education (2014-2020).
  • The Journal of Art For Life (2012-present).
  • Visual Culture and Gender (2006-present).
  • The Journal of Art Education (2007-2010).

Invited Keynotes/Public Lectures

  • Keynote Speaker (2018) ,"Exploring the Multiple Perspectives of Scholarship,” Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois.
  • Keynote Speaker (2015) , Visiting Artist Lecture. Invited Presentation, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.
  • Keynote Speaker (2015) , Artists Now! Invited Presentation, University of Wisconsin ,Milwaukee Peck School of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • Keynote Speaker (2014) , Asserting Female Ways of Connected Knowing: A Collaborative Painting with Maya Painter Paula Nicho Cúmez. Tokorau Institute for Indigenous Innovation at Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, Waketani, The University of Waikato, New Zealand.