E-mail: rachel-williams@uiowa.edu

Education and Professional History

1.) Higher Education
2000
Ph.D. from Florida State University in Art Education- Doctoral committee: Dr. Sally McRorie, Dr. Tom Anderson, Dr. Nicholas F. Mazza, and Dr. Betty Jo Troeger. Dissertation: “The art, art-making, and related experience of incarcerated women who define themselves as artists at Taycheedah Correctional Institution”
1993-1995
M.F.A. from Florida State University with a concentration in painting and drawing- (Also studied printmaking and ceramics.) Thesis committee: Robert Fichter, Mark Messersmith and Ray Burgraff
1989-1993
B.F.A. from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina with a concentration in painting and drawing- Advisement committee: Mel Stanforth, Ray Elmore, Michael Elbeck, and Paul Hartley.

2.) Professional and Academic Positions
2005-present
Employed as an associate professor in the Art Education Department of the University of Iowa with a dual appointment in the College of Education and the School of Art and Art History.

1999-2005

Employed as an assistant professor in the Art Education Department of the University of Iowa with a dual appointment in the College of Education and the School of Art and Art History.

3.) Honors and Awards
2009 The Jean Y. Jew Women’s Rights Award (UI Council on the Status of Women and the Women’s Resource Action Center)
2008 Iowa Women’s Foundation 50% Award
2005 Department of Corrections Volunteer of the Year for the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women
2002 Governor’s Volunteer Award for Service to the State

Scholarship

1.) Publications and Creative Works

The following UI College of Liberal Arts reference system has been used to label multi-authored works
*= Senior Author, Major Contribution
**= Secondary Contributor
***=Multiple authors, equal contribution
****=Minor contribution

a) Refereed Publications

Book
Williams, R.(Ed.)(2003), Teaching the Arts Behind Bars. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press.

Journal Articles
Williams. R. (2008, July), The Praxis of arts education in juvenile corrections: A national survey. Journal of Correctional Education.

Williams, R. (2008), Interposing on the Collective culture Through the Arts: A Case Study of One University Course. Community Arts Network and Community Arts Convening Website [http://www.mica.edu/communityartsconvening/index.cfm] (May, 2008).

Williams, R. (2008, November), The Power of Image, Text, and Story: Using comics and graphic novels in the classroom to make connections. Journal of Art Education.

*** Williams, R. and Taylor, J. (2004), Narrative art and incarcerated abused women. Art Education, The Journal of the National Art Education Association 57(2) (47-51).

Williams, R. (2004), You need company in the dark: Building The House of Bernarda Alba. Journal of Correctional Education 54 (4) (175-190).

Williams, R. (2004), Women on the Inside. Toolkit for action and resistance for Beyond Media: a Women’s Grassroots Organization in Chicago Illinois. www.beyondmedia.org

Williams, R. (2003), Women on the Inside: A year of painting with Women in Prison. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping. 9 (1) Winter (18-29).

**** Eliason, M., Taylor, J., & Williams, R. (2003). Physical Health of Women in Prison: Relationship to Oppression. Journal of Correctional Health Care. (10) 1, (175-204).

Williams, R. (2002), Behind the fence: Looking at the works and lives of incarcerated women. Visual Arts Research. 27(2) (79-94).

** Taylor, J., Williams, R., Eliason, M. (2002),. Invisible, Underserved, and Diverse: The Health of Women in Prison. International Journal of Women’s Health. (2) 1, (28-42).

Williams, R. (2002), Entering the Circle: The praxis of arts in corrections. Journal of Arts Management Law and Society. 31 (4) (293-302).

Williams, R. (2001), Art, poetry, loss, and life: A case study of Ann. The Journal of Poetry Therapy. 14 (2) Winter (65-78).

Publications and Papers in Press/In Process
Williams, R. (2009) A Graphic Historiography of the Detroit Race Riot of 1943 (Paper submitted and accepted to AERA-to be submitted to IMAGETEXT: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies-peer reviewed journal)

Williams, R. (2009) Men Who Could Draw: The work of Norman Ethre Jennett and the Wilmington Race Riot of 1898. In Q. Whitted & B. Costello (Ed.), Southern Anthology of Comics, University of Mississippi Press. (In process, peer reviewed)

Williams, R. (2009) The Pedagogy of arts in prisons from multiple perspectives. In L. Cheliotis (Ed.), High Art, Low Life: Lessons From Prison, Ashgate Press (In process-Invited).

Williams, R. (2009-2010) The Detroit Race Riots of 1943, University of Iowa Press (proposal in process)

Chapters
Williams, R. (2003), Evaluating Your Program. In R. Williams (Ed.), Teaching the Arts Behind Bars. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press.

Williams, R. (2003), Introduction. In R. Williams (Ed.), Teaching the Arts Behind Bars. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press.

Williams, R. (2003), Learning to Teach By Traveling Inside. In R. Williams (Ed.), Teaching the Arts Behind Bars. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press.

Reprints
Williams, R. (2003), JoAnn Schnabel. In S. von Dassow (Eds.), Exploring Electric Kiln Techniques: A collective of articles from Ceramics Monthly (pp. 38-42). Westerville, OH: The American Ceramics Society.

b) Invited Publications
1.) Williams, R. (2002), Why Art?. Southland Prison News: A Prisoner based News Service Covering Florida to New England. (July/August) 6.

2.) Williams, R. (2002), Finding Form: Seeking Process through daily rituals, time and Place. Ceramics Monthly.

3.) Williams, R. (2001),. Teaching traditions in the Republic of Tartastan. School Arts. (Published electronically).

4.) Williams, R. (2000), The art of incarcerated women. Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education.

5.) Williams, R. (2001, October) Review of Jeff Byrd’s Performance at CSPS in Cedar Rapids. Art Papers Magazine

3.) Grants

a) External
Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust: What Girls Know a sustainable theatre proram ($9,000)
Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust: Building Sustainable Art Education Programs at the State Training School and the Iowa Juvenile Home ($63,000)
Applied and was invited to participate in the US Institute for Peace Faculty Summer Seminar (July, 2006)
Received 750.00 From the Iowa Art Council Story, Image, Text; Using Graphic Novels to Teach Human Rights (2006)
Received $14,000 from the Percent for Art for Federal Buildings Grant to create a large outdoor tile mural (four 8x8 foot panels with 12 inch stoneware frost proof tile) with inmates at the Montana Men’s Prison in Deerlodge, Montana, 2004-2005
Received $10,000 from Humanities Iowa 2002
Received a $350.00 professional development grant from the Iowa Arts Council
Received a $500.00 mini grant from the Iowa Arts Council to produced four large murals at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women
Received $4271.90 from the National Art Education Foundation to research The Status and Praxis of Arts Education/Programming in Public Residential Detention Facilities for Juvenile Offenders
Received $300.00 from the Iowa Arts Council to sponsor Judith Tannenbaum’s workshop at ICIW

b) Internal

ICRU Summer 2008, Fall and Spring 2009, Summer 2009
Arts and Humanities Initiative 7,500.00 2008-2009
Student Computing Fee Digital Portfolio Project $36,100.00 2007-2008
Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor : Ricki Solinger (2007-2007)
Service Learning Institute (2006-2007)
Co-Recipient of Year of Arts and Humanities grant for Lost Girls: Voices from the Iowa Juvenile Home for 2004-2005 $6,000
Received $500.00 from COE Research Fund to work with students at Echo High School for 2003-2004
Received $500.00 from COE Research Fund to work with people on probation and parole on issues of Domestic Violence and art for 2002-2003
Co-Recipient of $2000 from the College of Nursing to work with Janette Taylor on issues related to incarcerated women 2002-2003
Received $7,500 Arts and Humanities Initiative 2001
Received $800.00 from International Programs to present a paper at the International Conference on Gender and Politics at the University of London 2001
Received $825.00 from the Dean’s Office and $300.00 from Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education to present a paper at the International Conference on Gender and Politics at the University of London 2001
Received $550.00 from International Programs to work in Holloway Prison in London with Inside Job Theatre Co. 2001
Received the Edna Jones Johnson Memorial fund for travel $500.00 2000Received the Old Gold Fellowship for the summer of 2000 $5,000
Received an Instructional Improvement Grant for spring 2000 $5,000
Received $400.00 from the COE Research Fund to conduct research at Iowa Correctional Institution for Women 2000
Received $100.00 from the COE Research Fund to write an article for Ceramics Monthly featuring the work of Joann Schnabel and the experience of her residency at Penland Craft School 2000
Received $500 from the COE Research Fund to work with Juvenile Girls at the Iowa Home for Juveniles in Toledo, Iowa 1999

4.) Invited Lectures and Refereed Conference Presentations

a) International

1.) Williams, R. (2006) Paper Presentation: Art in Prison: The Transformation of 'Seeing As into Being As' Paper presented at the International Conference on the Arts in Society, Edinburgh, Scotland. (August 15-18, 2006).
2.) Williams, R. (2006) Invited to attend the Oxford Round Table to discuss: The Two Cultures: The Current Debate. Paper presentation: Bearing Witness to Bridge the Gap between Achievement and Failure: An experiment in the Art Room. (July 9-July 14, 2006)

b) National

1) Williams, R. (2009) Paper Presentation: Graphic Historiography: The Detroit Race Riot of 1943, a Case for Visual Arts Research. American Educational Research Association (April 2009).
2) Williams, R. (2008) Paper Presentation: Building Sustainable Arts Education in Juvenile Correctional Facilities National Art Education Association (March 2008).
3) Williams, R. (2007) Paper Presentation: Autoethnographic Account of Working in Women’s Prisons National Women’s Studies Association (July 2007).
4) Williams, R. (2007) Paper Presentation: Can Comics Save the World? National Art Education Association (March, 2007)
5) Williams, R. (2007) Paper Presentation: Feminist Ethnographic Research Pitfalls National Art Education Association (March 2007)
6) Williams, R. (2006). Story and Image: Working with Women in Prison to Reconfigure Identity. Paper presented at the
a. National Women’s Studies Association’s Annual Conference in Oakland, CA. Refereed.
7) Williams, R. (2005) The Lost Girls, Juveniles Girls and Story. Paper presented at the National Art Education Conference in Boston, MA., Refereed.
8) Williams, R. (2005). Echo High School: Implications for Service Learning through Pre- Service Teaching. Paper presented at the National Art Education Conference in Boston, MA. Refereed.

C. Regional
1.) Williams, R. (2007) Art and Social Change Workshop presented for the Women’s Resource and Action Center 10-2pm February 10, 2007.Invited
2.) Williams, R & Pfeiler-Wunder, A. (2006) Art and Social Change in the K-12 Classroom Presentation at the Iowa Art Educator’s Conference in Des Moines Iowa.Invited
3.) Williams, R. and Miller, S. (2005) Using the Visual and Performing Arts with At-risk Girls. Workshop/paper presented at Whispers and Screams Conference in Ames, Iowa (May, 2005). Refereed.

D. Artist in the Schools invited lectures and workshops
1.) West High School in Iowa City, Iowa (Nan Mercier) 1999,2001, 2003 (Glass fusing, and Painting)
2.) Echo High School in Tiffin (monthly workshops) (Margaret Hurst) 2001-2005 (weekly workshops related to art making)
3.) Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon (Laurie Zaiger) 2003 (Glass fusing)
4.) Linn-Marr High School in Marion, Iowa (Jeffery Peagram) 2000 (Painting)
5.) Elizabeth Tate High School in Iowa City IA 2005-present (twice weekly art workshops)
6.) Regina Catholic Schools 2006 (weekly workshops on art in an English literature classroom)

Service

1.) Departmental

Area Head/Program Coordinator of Art Education 2009-
Head of Intermedia Department Fall 2008
Chair of Promotion and Tenure Committee for Christy Moroye (2008-2009)
Member of the Search committee for Ceramics Position 2008
Head of the Outcomes Assessment Committee SAAH
High School Scholarship Selection Committee SAAH 2006,2007, 2009
Served on the Clinical Promotion and Tenure Committee for Vicki Buretta in COE (2006-2007) (2008-2009)
Served on Promotion and Tenure Committee for Jon Winet and Barbara Mooney in SAAH (2005-2006)
Faculty Executive Committee for the School of Art 2004-2005
Elementary Education Comprehensive Exam Committee 2003-present
Thesis Gallery Exploration Committee School of Art 2002
Elementary Education Scholarship Committee College of Education 2002
Faculty Executive Committee for the School of Art 2001
Elementary Education Master’s reconfiguration committee 2000
Reviewer for Summer Residential Program Belin Blank Center 2000
Union Gallery Committee for the School of Art 2000

2.) College

Post-Doctoral Search Committee COE 2006, 2007
Music Education Search Committee COE 2007
Head of the College of Education Diversity Committee 2005-2006
Judge for the James F. Jacobsen Graduate Forum to read a selection from submissions to the Humanities area (2004, 2006)
Elementary Education Bagford Scholarship Award selection committee
Elementary Education Application Review Committee
Committee member for Ida Beam Scholar Shirly Brice Heath’s visit (2006)

3.) University

Interdisciplinary Studies Advisory Committee 2008-present
Student Success Team Executive Committee (Faculty Senate Liaison) 2008-present
Outcomes Assessment Task Force (Provost’s office) 2007-Present
Outcomes Assessment Coordinator Search Committee (Provost’s office) 2009
Electronic Portfolio Steering Committee (ITS) 2008-present
Faculty Senate and Faculty Senate Council 2006-present
Member of the Provost’s Task Force on Mentoring, 2004-2005
Member of the University of Iowa Charter Committee on Diversity 2005-2007
Provost’s Office Diversity Video Recruitment committee 2006-2007
Advisory Board Member for Women’s Resource Action Center 2005-2008
Advisory Board Member of Museum Studies
Faculty Advisory Board for the University of Iowa Museum of Art 2002-2005
Council on the Status of Women –Appointed Member, 3 year term
member of the subcommittee for the recruitment and retention of female faculty 2003-2006
member of the subcommittee for the Catalyst Award Selection

4.) Professional
Review Committee Member for the NAEA Elliot Eisner Dissertation Award 2009
Secretary for the Seminar For Research in Art Education (NAEA) 2007-present
Review Panel Committee Member for The Iowa Scholastic Arts Exhibition 2009
Art Exhibition Committee (Co-Chair) for the National Women’s Studies Association 2006-2007
Review Committee member for the June King McFee Award for the Women’s Caucus for the National Art Education Association
Review Committee member for the Kathy Connors Teaching Award for the Women’s Caucus for the National Art Education Association
Jury member for the Small Print show 2004
Researcher/Consultant for the 6th Judicial District’s ARRT Program at the Youth Shelter in Iowa City, Foundation 2 in Cedar Rapids, and the Youth Leadership Council in Cedar Rapids. 2002
Steering Committee for Heartland Collaboration Arts in Corrections 1999-2001
Board member for the Iowa Juvenile Home Foundation 2001-present
Private consultant hired to conduct a program evaluation for Heartland Collaborations at five correctional sites in Polk County 1999-2001
Researcher/Consultant- asked to conduct a long-term assessment of Art Behind Bars by the Monroe Council on the Arts in Key West Florida at Monroe County Detention Facility 1999-present

5.) Community
Volunteer at Lemme Elementary School
Volunteer at Oaknoll Retirement Residence 2000-2004
Volunteer at Iowa Correctional Institution for Women 2000-present
Volunteer for the Department of Community Corrections in the 6th Judicial District 2003-present
Volunteer art teacher at Echo High School in Tiffin, Iowa 2003-2005
Volunteer at Iowa Juvenile Home 2000-present (Board Member)
Volunteer for the Nest of Johnson County 2006-Present (Board member)
Volunteer at Oakdale Iowa Correctional and Classification Correctional Facility 2000-2001
Volunteer at Elizabeth Tate High School 2005-present
Volunteer at Regina High School 2005-2006