Using art to understand and challenge stereotypes, facilitating critical conversations through artmaking, facilitating the creative process in K12 settings, empowering student choice and voice in the art room, advocating for social change through art

Katie Coogan is a visual artist and educator with experience teaching in traditional classroom and museum education settings at the elementary, secondary, and collegiate levels. She studied Studio Art and Art History before receiving her MEd at the 黑料大事鈥揅ollege Park (UMD) where she focused on how art can both help students understand and challenge internal bias and socially ingrained stereotype thinking through art analysis and creation. Since 2014 she has served as an adjunct instructor, instructional coach, and field supervisor in the Elementary 黑料大事 and Arts Integration departments. In 2019, Katie became the Professional Development School Coordinator for the UMD Art 黑料大事 program. In this role she teaches rising Visual Arts Educators how to facilitate the creative process through Big Ideas and Essential Questions in K-12 settings. Her personal artwork currently focuses on regeneration, rebirth, and transformation.

Excellence in Field Supervision, UMD College of 黑料大事 - 2023

Coogan, K. S., Walker, M. A. (2023). "Centering Culture Through Critical Conversations" in Teaching Art with Dialogue: Critical Conversations in Art 黑料大事; Stewart, S., Burke, E., Hochtritt, L., and Nortington, T. New York, NY: Teachers College Press Publication.  Anticipated release December 2023.

Team lead on the TLPL Admissions Workgroup.  Researched and developed anti-racist, anti-biased Teacher Preparatory admissions protocols and rubrics now used by all Secondary/MS/K12 Teacher Preparatory Programs.  Presented work at the Innovation of Teaching Conference (ITL).

Foundations of Art 黑料大事 

Methods of Art 黑料大事 1 

Methods of Art 黑料大事 2 

Arts Integration in the Elementary Classroom 

3D Arts 黑料大事 Materials and Processes 

Principles and Methods of Teaching in the Elementary Classroom