Samantha Nolte-Yupari
Address: Rochester, NY
E-mail: s-nolte@hotmail.com
Education
Ph. D., Art Education, The Pennsylvania State University, 2014
M.A.E. Art Education, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2010
B.A Art Education, Dance, Mercyhurst University, 2005
Professional Experience
2014- Nazareth College
Assistant Professor & Program Director, Art Education Program, Department of Art
2005-2010 Art Educator
John Hanson Middle School, Waldorf, MD
Kids and Teens College (hosted by the Community College of Southern Maryland), La Plata, MD
St. Catherine's Creative Arts Program (CAT's CAP)
1997-2010 Dance Educator
Magical Movement School of Dance, Richmond, VA
Alaska Dance Theatre, Anchorage, AK
Private Instructor, Erie, PA
Carnegie Performing Arts Center, Carnegie, PA
Awards and Honors
2015 Suzanne D. & Harlan A Hoffa Dissertation Award, Pennsylvania State
University
2010-2011 Graduate Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University, 1 year
2010 Thesis Assistantship, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1 semester
2009 Runner Up Best Presentation, 12th Annual Graduate Research Symposium,
Virginia Commonwealth University
2005 Winner, Student Art Show Award, Mercyhurst University
2004 Winner, Student Juried Art Show Award, Mercyhurst University
2003 Winner, Student Art Show, Mercyhurst University
2002 Winner, Student Art Show Award, Mercyhurst University
1999-2003 Dance Scholarship, Mercyhurst University
1999-2003 Egan Academic Scholarship
Scholarly Activities
Refereed Journals
Accepted Martinez, U. & Nolte, S. T. Story bound, map around: Stories, life, and learning.
Art Education.
Book Chapters and Parts of Books
2013 Nolte, S. T. Interviews. In M. Buffington & S. Wilson McKay (Eds.) Practice theory:
Seeing the power of teacher researchers (p. 56).
Other Publications
2009 Buffington, M.L., Nolte, S. T., Perez, G. (Winter) Curriculum and research. Virginia
Art Education Association Newsletter.
Editorial Responsibilities
2014- Reviewer, International Journal of Education and the Arts
Conference Papers and Presentations
2015 Nolte-Yupari, S. T. Dynamic Taskscapes and heterotopias: Beginning art teachers'
interaction with art room place. As part of the panel: Movement as Ontological
Inquiry: Towards a New Methodology and method of Meaning Making
at International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL. May 20-23
2015 Nolte-Yupari, S. T. Ethnography in the classroom: Intertwining artist-teacher-
researcher practices in pre-service art education. As part of the panel:
Researching In, Through, and about Pre-Service Teacher Education for Qualitative
Inquiry at International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL,
May 20-23
2015 Nolte-Yupari, S. T. PostSecret: Teacher Fears: Collage, Storytelling, and
Multivocality. As part of the panel: Collage as Critical Inquiry: Teacher Identity
School Culture, and the Spaces In Between at International Congress of
Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL, May 20-23
2015 Nolte-Yupari, S. T. & Powell, K. Moving lines: Mapping as an Embodied Research
Method. Paper presented at National Art Education Association, New Orleans, LA,
March 26-28
2015 Nolte-Yupari, S. T. Teacher as wayfaring: Ethnographic maps of place and art
teacher induction. Paper presented at National Art Education Association, New
Orleans, LA. March 26-28
2014 Nolte, S.T. Teaching as wayfaring: Ethnographic maps of place and art teacher
Paper presented at International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-
Champaign, IL, May 22-24
2014 Nolte, S. T. The teacher as a wayfaring learner: Ethnographic maps of place and
art teacher induction. Paper presented at Marilyn Zurmuehlen Work Papers
Session at National Art Education Association, San Diego, CA, March 29-31
2014 Nolte, S. T. Pinterest as pedagogy. Paper present at National Art Education
Association, San Diego, CA, March 29-31
2013 Nolte, S. T. The teacher as wayfaring learner. Paper presented at Graduate
Research in Art Education, State College, PA, October 25-27
2013 Nolte, S.T. Autoethnography and mapping: Journaling the self as a means for
examining teacher practices. As part of the panel: Sensuous cartography:
Methodological possibilities of maps and mapping for qualitative inquiry at
International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL, May 15-18
2013 Martinez, U. & Nolte, S. T. Story bound, map around. Paper presented at National
Art Education Association, Fort Worth, TX, March 7-10
2012 Nolte, S. T. Curriculum theory for begining teachers: An autoethnographic
reflection. Paper presented at International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry,
Urbana-Champaign, IL, May 16-19
2011 Nolte, S. T. Giving a better demonstration in your art room. Paper presented at
National Art Education Association, Seattle, WA, March 17-20
2010 Nolte, S. T. Comics and hindu art. Paper presented at Pennsylvania Art Education
Association, Pittsburgh, PA, October 29-31
2010 Nolte, S. T. A curriculum based on aesthetics. Paper presented at National Art
Education Association, Baltimore, MD, April 14-18
2010 Nolte, S. T. Comics and hindu art. Poster presented at National Art Education
Association, Baltimore, MD, April 14-18
2009 Nolte, S. T. Comics and hindu art. Paper presented at Virginia Art Education
Conference, Richmond, VA, November 19-21
Chaired and Invited Conference Papers and Presentations
2014 Chair, organizer, and discussant of a panel entitle Visual methodologies and
qualitative inquiry: Envisioning alternatives to inherited discourses in teacher
education and experience, at International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry,
Urbana-Champaign, IL, May 22-24
Guest Lectures
2015 Transmediation and Multimodality in Artmaking: Sensory Ethnographic Practices
in the Arts and Literacy Classroom, lecture given for the University of Michigan
Museum of Art during Professional Development Day: Creative Literacies
March 14
2015 Bakhtin and Pop Culture, lecture given for the course ECE 597A/CI 598B Bakhtin
and Education, hosted by Dr. Joseph Valente, Assistant Professor of Education
(ECE), The Pennsylvania State University, February, 11, 7-9PM.
2013 Classroom Management in the Art Room: Physical Space and General Routines,
lecture given for course Elementary Methods for the Art Room, Mercyhurst
University. November 11
2012 Classroom Management in the Art Room: Proactive Production of Space and
Movement, lecture given for course Curriculum in Art Education, Pennsylvania
State University, November 5
2012 Classroom Management in the Art Room: Proactive Production of Space and
Movement, lecture given for course Elementary Methods in the Art Room,
Merchurst University, October 25
2011 Classroom Management in the Room: Proactive Production of Space and
Movement, lecture given for course Curriculum in Art Education, Pennsylvania
State University, October 25
2010 Comics and Hindu Art, lecture given for Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Spring 2010
Teaching Experience
2010 - present
2010 - present
Courses Taught
Graduate Courses
2015, 2016 Captsone: Artist-T(res)ea(r)cher Identities 2016 Arts Across the Curriculum
2016 Qualitative Research Methods
Graduate/Undergraduate Cross-Listed Courses
2015 Saturday Art School
2015 Issues in Art Education
2015 Introduction to Curriculum Theory and Lesson Planning
2015 Psychological Learning in the Arts
2015 Student Teaching Supervision
2015 Professional Development in Art Education
Undergraduate Courses
2011, 2012, 2013 Visual Arts in the Elementary Classroom
2012, 2013 Visual Images on the Web
2010 Art Education Secondary Methods
K-12 Art
2005-2008 General Art, Middle School
2005-2008 Drawing for Kids/Drawing for Teens
2005-2008 Cartooning for Kids/Cartooning for Teens
K-12 Dance
2008-2010 Creative Movement
2008-2010 Beginning Ballet
2008-2010 Beginning Tap
2008-2010 Intermediate and Advanced Intermediate Ballet
1999, 2003, 2008-2010 Pre-Pointe, Beginning Pointe
Service
Service to the Profession
2015- President Elect, Seminar for Research in Art Education, National Art
Education Association
Service to the Community
2015 Professional Development Workshop: Pinterest as Pedagogy, hosted by
NYSATA Region 2 President Valerie Savage February 4
Service to the University
2015 Literary Artist Workshop for Teen Book Festival: Creating Non-Linear Books,
hosted by Dr. Laura C. Jones-Soehner, May 17
2015 Judge: Creative Activity and Research Showcase (CARS), April 10
2015 Organized and Hosted Guest Artist: Alanna Wilcox--Fiber Arts: Yarn Dyeing
with Kool Aid and Food Coloring, April 25
2014- Teacher Education Assessment Committee, Nazareth College
2014- Field Placement Advisory Committee, Nazareth Collge
2014 Working Group, Core Milestone Experience, Nazareth College
Teaching License
Volunteer Work
2006, Committee Chair, Art Department Budget for new Davis Middle School
Teaching Certificate Pennsylvania, Art K-12; Instructional I; Number: 223 41 2406 21 05023271
Issued 06/2005 Expires 05/2015
Teaching Certificate Virginia, Art K-12; Collegiate Professional License: CP-00632179;
Originally Issue: 07/01/2008 Current Expiration: 06/30/2018
Dance Education and Performance Experience
Merycyhurst University, Erie, PA (1999-2003)
Carnegie Performing Arts Center, Carnegie, PA (1997-1999)
Point Park College, International Summer Dance, Pittsburgh, PA (Summer 1997, 1998)
Dance Alloy, Apprenticeship AIU Program, Pittsburgh, PA (1997-1998)
Pittsburgh Youth Ballet, Pittsburgh PA (Summer, 1996)
Private Ballet Tutelage, Leann Garth, Stuttgart, Germany (1994-1996)
Performance Experience
Ensemble Dancer, Academic Celebration: Improvisation Dance Collaboration with Art Therapy, Mercyhurst University
Choreographer, Meditation on Sound, Raw Edges 2003, Mercyhurst University
Choreographer, Reunification, Dance 2002, Mercyhurst University
Choreographer, It's a Beautiful Morning, Spring Showcase 1998, Mercyhurst University
Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop, Nutcracker, Carnegie Performing Arts Center
Swanilda, Coppelia, Carnegie Performing Arts Center
Squirrel Nutkin, The Tales of Beatrix Potter, Carnegie Performing Arts Center
Lead Mazurka, Coppelia, Point Park College Summer Intensive Program
Related Professional Experience
Professional Affiliations
Human Subject Research Certification (CITI)
Teaching Certificate, Preparing Future Faculty Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2010
Art Club Sponsor, John Hanson Middle School
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
New York State Art Teacher's Association (NYSATA)
Pennsylvania Art Education Association (PAEA)
American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Virginia Art Education Association (VAEA)
Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society