114 Ford Hall
Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197
Phone: 734.487.1268
Fax: 734.487.2324
K-12 Art Education
116 - Ford
Dr. Cam McComb is Associate Professor of visual art education at Eastern Michigan University where she co-leads the art teacher certification program. Prior to beginning her work with preservice teachers, Dr. Cam spent 25 years teaching art in K-12 public schools. She is a national board certified teacher, a mixed media artist, a published writer-scholar, an arts advocate, and a 2018 graduate of the National Art Education Association School for Art Leaders. With degrees in Art Education from The Ohio State University, Miami University, and the Pennsylvania State University, she earned a Doctor of Philosophy for researching pre-adolescents and their ability to document and self-regulate their artistic thinking. Now Higher Education Division Chair of the Michigan Art Education Association, her research interests focus on assessment, concept-based curriculum development, and walking as pedagogy. To create balance in her life, Dr. Cam listens to her favorite podcasts, makes time for reading, walks, eats a whole food plant-based diet, and practices gardening-meditation.
Dr. Cam believes in the democratization of art making, a creative practice open to everyone at any time.
For more information, please visit her website.