1. Docent professional development/training: Working with Disengaged Students in
Group Tours
Refereed Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:
2015 (Paper to be presented), National Art Education Association Convention,
New Orleans, Share Humanity: Engage Adolescents with Global Themes and
Media Explorations
2014 Papers presented, National Art Education Association Convention, San
Diego, Drawing Out the Withdrawn Artist and Changing Pre-Service Teacher
Attitudes Toward Use of Art in Teaching
2014 Paper presented, 44th
Annual Conference of the International Society for
Exploring Teaching and Learning, Denver, (double-blind refereed proposal;
conference proceedings published online), An Analysis of Behavioral Themes That
Intersect Self-Efficacy and Humor to Enhance the Emotional Well Being of
Teachers
2013 Paper presented, Hawaii University International Conference on Arts,
Humanities and Social Sciences, Engaging Disengaged Youth: Success Stories Of
Docents Guiding Youth On Art Museum School Tours
Presentations at Relevant Professional Meetings:
2014 Presenter, Texas Art Education Association Conference, Dallas
Master Art Educator: Establishing Collaboration, Drawing Out the Withdrawn Artist
Co-Presenter, Current Research in Higher Education
Co-Presenter, Graduate Art Education Programs in Texas
2013 Co-Presenter, National Docent Symposium (for Museum Educators),
Raising Docent Confidence in Engaging Students on School Tours, San Francisco
Honors and Awards
2011, Texas Higher Education Higher Education Art Educator of the Year, Texas
Art Education Association
2007, Presidential Award for Excellence in Service to the University (Assistant
Professor level, Texas State University

2. Selected Qualifications
Dr. Teri Evans-Palmer, Assistant Professor of Art Education at Texas State University. Selected
academic credentials include:
Ph.D. in Education, University of the Incarnate Word. Concentration in
Organizational Leadership. Dissertation: The Relationship of Teacher Self-Efficacy
and Sense of Humor Beliefs of Art Teachers (quantitative study) 2009
MS Art, Texas A & M University
Thesis/Diplom: An Analysis of Romantic Realism in Drawing and Painting (thesis
and body of work)Research Intern, Women’s Global Connection (Support and
collaboration for global education research) 1994
2011 Award, Texas Higher Education Higher Education Art Educator of the Year,
Texas Art Education Association
Academic Program Director, Study Abroad Florence, 2014-2012
Courses Taught:
ARTT 4375: Art Criticism, History and Aesthetics
ARTT 3370: Art Theory and Practice for Non-Art Majors
ARTS 4308 I Drawing in Florence, Italy, Study Abroad Florence
ARTT 3370: Art Theory and Practice for Non-Art Majors
ARTT 3373: Art Theory and Practice for Adolescents
EDST 4380/81 Student Teacher Supervision for Art Education (Elem.& Sec.)
Texas State Classes at the McNay and Blanton Art Museums
Students of courses ARTT 3370 and ARTT 4375 attend Saturday classes to
design activities to engage K-12 students with original works in the collections.
Relevant Publications:
Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching (national; peer-reviewed publication of
scholarship and research focused on new, effective instructional approaches and
methods) Humor and Self-Efficacy Traits that Support the Emotional Well Being of
Educators
Journal of Museum Education (national; blind refereed), 2013
Raising docent confidence in engaging students on school tours
Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2010
(16% acceptance rate); The Potency of Humor and Instructional Self-Efficacy on
Art Teacher Stress
Invited Talks, Lectures, and Professional Training:
Invited educator, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 2014
Docent professional development/training: Adolescents and Works of Art
Invited educator, Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA), Minneapolis, 2014
Docent professional development/training: Strategies that Heighten MIA Docent
Engagement with Youth
Invited educator, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, 2012