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Dr. Lisa Hochtritt is Visiting Associate Professor of Art & Art Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Before joining TC, she was Director of the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. And prior to this, she was Associate Professor (tenured) in the Art and Visual Culture Education program at The University of Arizona in Tucson; Chair of Art Education at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design in Denver; and Assistant Professor and Director, MAT Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Hochtritt received her Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University and her M.A. in Creativity and Arts Education from San Francisco State University, and her teaching credential in Art (PK-12) from the State of California.
She has presented her work in state, national, and international conferences and she is the co-editor of Cultivating Critical Conversations in Art Education: Honoring Student Voice, Identity, and Agency, Teachers College Press (2024); Makers, Crafters, Educators: Working for Cultural Change, Routledge (2019); and Art and Social Justice Education: Culture as Commons, Routledge (2012).
Hochtritt has received awards for her teaching and service including the Maryland Art Education Association Higher Education Art Educator of the Year (2023); National Art Education Association (NAEA) Higher Education Art Educator of the Year (2021); Kathy Connors Teaching Award, NAEA Women’s Caucus (2019); NAEA Higher Education Art Educator of the Year, Pacific Region (2014); Colorado Art Education Association Art Educator of the Year (2011); and Faculty of the Year, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2005).