Contact Information

15 North Hall
Art Education
College of Education
The University of Iowa
Iowa City IA 52242 USA

• Ph.D. Secondary Education (Art Education), The University of Iowa, 1990.
• M.A. Art (Sculpture), The University of Iowa, 1983.
• B.S. Art, Northwest Missouri State University, 1981.

• Art K-12

• Teaching and Learning

• 1990-Joint appointment in the School of Art and Art History and Curriculum and Instruction.

• National Art Education Association
• Seminar for Research In Art Education
• Tandem Stories: Adding Something Known to Something Seen

  I have a joint appointment in the School of Art and Art History (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences) and Teaching and Learning, (College of Education) and tertiary appointment in Literature Science and The Arts.

  Program Coordinator, Art Education.
  Studio Division Coordinator, School of Art and Art History.
  

Selected Publications

• 1998 Thunder-McGuire, S. (Composer). (1998). Completing Stories. [Audio Compact Disk]. Fall 1998.

Digital Video Disc

• 2005 Thunder-McGuire, S (Composer). Composing byCYCLE Eminent Icelandic Saga and Tremendous Earth.[DVD]. Funded by the University of Iowa Arts and Humanities Initiative.
• 2004 Thunder-McGuire, S.(Composer). (2004). On the American Discovery Trail: Iowa Route[DVD]. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Video

• 2001 Thunder-McGuire, S. (Composer). (2001). Becoming the Designer of a Human Powered Vehicle. (Video in Science/Art Curriculum Practice Series). St. Louis: Missouri; Regional Institute for Science Education, University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Articles

• 2002 Thunder-McGuire, S. (2002). Book review essay, Modigliani by Martin Gray, Studies in Art Education, 4(3), 282-286.
• 1998 Thunder-McGuire, S. (1998). Completing images that are demanding, Visual Arts Research. Fall, 21-26.
• 1997 Thunder-McGuire, S. (1997). Liberatory story of artmaking. Visual Arts Research Spring, (Vol. 23, No. 1, Issue 45) 36-40.
• 1994 Thunder-McGuire, S. (1994). An inner critic in children's artists' bookmaking. Visual Arts Research, Fall, p. 51-61.
• 1992 Thunder-McGuire, S. (1992). Becoming a field biologist. Art Education, July,
  p. 52-58.
• 1992 Thunder-McGuire, S. (1992). Fictive play. Visual Arts Research, Spring, p. 21-51.

Chapters

• 2001 *** Thompson, C., Thunder-McGuire, S., Wilson, B. (2001). Doctoral study in art education at the University of Iowa. In J. Hutchens (Ed.) In their own words: The development of doctoral study in art education (127-140). Reston, VA.: NAEA.
• 2000 *Thunder-McGuire, S. (2000).Completing stories. In P. Blank (Ed.) Employment, disability policy and the Americans with Disabilities Act. (447-462). Evanston, Il.: Northwestern University Press.
• *Thunder-McGuire, S.(1999). Narrative accounts of experience, context, meaning and purpose. In A. Nyman & A.M. Jenkins. (Eds.) Issues and approaches to art for students with special needs. (99-108). Reston, VA: NAEA.

• 2004 Year of The Arts and Humanities, The University of Iowa, “ Eminent Story,” $7,000.
• 2003 College of Liberal Arts and Science Tenured Faculty Fellowship.
• 2002 Iowa-Iceland Exchange Fund, International Programs, The University of Iowa, “On The Circle, Adding Something Known To Something Seen, with Icelandic Saga,” $1,200.
• 2002 University of Iowa Arts and Humanities Initiative, “Composing Bycycle Eminent Icelandic Saga and Tremendous Earth,” $7,500.
• 2001 Iowa Arts Council for “On the American Discovery Trail: Iowa Route.” $3,333.
• 2001 Iowa/Iceland Exchange for composing “By-cycle Fire, Ice and Saga.” $2,200.
• 2001 National Endowment for the Arts for Arts Projects on Millennium Trails, “On the American Discovery Trail: Iowa Route.” $9,000.
• 2000 Iowa Arts Council Mini-Grant for “Adding Something Known to Something Seen.” $600.
• 2000 Arts and Humanities Initiative for “Adding Something Known to Something Seen.” $3,754.

Story Performance/Exhibitions

• 2006 Composer/performer. “EnCYCLINGopedia,” Digital Storytelling exhibition. Australia Center for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Spring 2006.
• 2005 Composer/performer. “Completing Iowa Stories,” Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa, May 5.
• 2004 Composer/performer. “Completing Iowa Stories,” Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa, December, 2.
• 2002 “Everyday An Act of Composition Bycycle,” John M. Anderson Visiting Artist, Palmer Museum, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, February 20.
• 2002 Composer/performer. “Travel Down the Road with Me,” Orange County Art Center, Los Angeles, California, January 31.
• 2000 Composer/performer. “Adding Something Known to Something Seen,” The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, October 16.
• 2000 Composer/performer.. “Adding Something Known to Something Seen,” Recital Hall, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, October 9 and 10.
• 2000 Composer/performer. “Adding Something Known to Something Seen,” Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, Vanderbilt university, Nashville, Tennessee, October 1.
• 2000 Composer/performer. “Adding Something Known to Something Seen,” Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, September 26.
• 2000 Composer/performer. “Adding Something Known to Something Seen,” Link Gallery, The University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, September 21, 22 and 23.
• 2000 Composer/performer. “Adding Something Known to Something Seen,” Visual Arts Building, Colorado State University, Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 28.
• 2000 Composer/performer. “Stories and Theories”, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sept. 19 and Oct. 3, 1999; Jan. 8, March 4, March 18.
• 1999 Composer/performer. "Completing Stories," A Performance of Storytelling, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, January 17.
• 1998 Composer/performer. "Completing Stories," A Performance of Storytelling, Dennison College, Ohio, April 26-28.

• Interpretation, Storytelling performance and sculpture

• 1999 Thunder-McGuire, S., "Narrative Accounts of Experience, Context, Meaning and Purpose" A chapter on assessment and special education in art in Issues and Approaches to Art for Students with Special Needs, NAEA, Reston, VA.
• 2000 Thunder-McGuire, S. "Completing Stories," Chapter in Employment, Disability Policy and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Northwestern University Press, Chicago.
• 2001 Thunder-McGuire, S., Thompson, C., Wilson, B., Chapter "In In Their Own Words: The Development of Doctoral Study In Art Education." NAEA: Reston, VA.
• 2002 Martin Gray’s Modigliani, Book Review, Studies in Art Education. NAEA: Reston, VA., Spring 2002.

• 2004 The Governor of The State of Iowa Award for Valor. “For his outstanding effort in saving the life of Lt. Col. Lyle Seydel Sr. without regard for his own personal safety on October 25, 2003.”
• 2003 The Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service to the University and the State of Iowa. The award was created by faculty, for faculty, and is awarded in memory of Professor Michael J. Brody. Each year this award honors 2-3 faculty for their exceptionally dedicated and imaginative service contributions to the University or its external constituencies.
• 2000 Developmental Assignment, “Adding Something Known to Something Seen.”
• 2000 Iowa Arts Council, Arts Builds Community Education Award.
• 1999 Iowa Higher Education Art Educator of The Year, Art Educators of Iowa.
• 1997 Collegiate Teaching Award, The University of Iowa.
• 1996 President's Award, Seminar for Research in Art Education, National Art Education Association. For contribution to doctoral student art education: 1993 – 00.

• Methods: Art, 7E:143
• Seminar, Current Issues in Art Education, 7S:367
• Intro. to Research in Art Education, 1E:406
• Laboratory Practice in Elementary School, 7E:192
• Observation and Laboratory Practice in Secondary School, 7S:191
  
  Overseeing graduate teaching assistants in the following courses:
• Methods and Materials: Art for the Elementary Teacher, 7E:122
• What Is Storytelling For?, 0IJ:115/033:115 School of Art and Art History, Department of Literature, Science and The Arts.