ACADEMIC INTERESTS
• Art pedagogies
• Creativity theories
• Material responsiveness
• Research for art educators
• Artistic practice through the body
• Artistic thinking through the body
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Adjunct Lecturer, M.A.T. & M.S.Ed. Art Education | Queens College, CUNY, NY, NY
• Art Gallery Coordinator, Macy Art Gallery | Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, NY
• Thesis Advisor, Arts Administration Program | Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, NY
• Guest Lecturer, multiple programs | Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, NY
• Material Explorations Facilitator, art workshops | local and international audiences
• Writer, Editor, Researcher, Participatory Creativity Lab | The International Society for the Study of Creativity and Innovation
EDUCATION
• Doctoral Candidate, Art Education | Teachers College, Columbia University
• MA, Cognitive Science in Education | Teachers College, Columbia University
• BA, English Literature cum laude | Boston University
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Hoyden, J. R. (2025). Discovering Hidden Landscapes: Research as Art. International Visual Journal for Art Education (IMAG), Issue #19: Crossroads, 32–35
Hoyden, J. R. (2023). Controlling the narrative: How do artists attribute causation? (pp. 23–35). In M. Riedler (Ed.), “Fault Lines” Proceedings from the InSEA World Congress, Çanakkale, Turkey.
Hanchett Hanson, M., Eisman, J., & Hoyden, J. R. (2023). Affect, complexity, and the case study method. In, Z. Ivcevic Pringle, J. Hoffman, J. Kaufman, (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of creativity and emotions. Cambridge University Press.
Hoyden, J. R. (2022). Agitation, Alteration, and Transformation: A Deleuzean knitting adventure. Qualitative Inquiry, 28(6), 741–742.
Hanchett Hanson, M., Amato, A., Durani, A., Hoyden, J. R., Koe, S., Sheagren, E., & Yang, Y. (2021).Creativity and improvised educations: Case studies for understanding impact and implications. Routledge.
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RECENT PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
International Society for Education Through Art (InSEA) World Congress: Unexpected Territories
Olomouc, Czech Republic, July 2025
“Activated: What it means to be passive”
“Forget what you know: a material exploration”
Association of Academic Museums & Galleries (AAMG) Conference: Belonging
Albuquerque, NM, USA, June 2025
“Coming together: A case study on 3 paths to one exhibition” (session)
Conversations Across Cultures Symposium | Art Today: Challenging Times
Teachers College, Columbia University, April 2025
“What is Art Today?”
European Conference of Creativity & Innovation
Paris, France, October 2024
“Material as a way of thinking”
Annual Graduate Research in Art Education (GRAE) Conference
Teachers College, Columbia University, October 2024
“Nag of Materials: A Mixed-Methods Study on Moments of Material Resistance and Their Consequences for Fiber Artists”
Possibilities Studies Network
Cambridge University, UK, July 2024
“Make Me: How material’s physical properties, provocative qualities, and behavior influence the artist”
“Forget what you know”
International Society for the Study of Creativity and Innovation (ISSCI) Symposium: The Roles of Case Studies in Creativity Research
Online, January 2024
“Case study: Encounterings”
International Society for Education Through Art (InSEA) World Congress: Fault Lines
Çanakkale, Turkey, September 2023
“Says who? How artists attribute agency”
Possibilities Studies Network: Cultivating the Possible
Dublin City University, July 2023
“Controlling the narrative of material agency: How do artists attribute causation?”
Princeton Medieval and Early Modern Studies Graduate Conference
Princeton University, December 2022
“Personally invested: Medieval workshop as archetype of self-relevance fueled learning”
HONORS, GRANTS, AWARDS
Myers Art & Research Grant, Summer 2025
Myers Art Prize, Spring 2025
Handweavers Guild of America Scholarship, Fall 2024
Provost's Grant, Fall 2024
Susan L. Kriegman Scholarship, 2024–2025
Arthur W. Dow Scholarship, 2023 – 2024
Provost's Grant, Fall 2023
Macy Art Gallery Fellow, Teachers College, Columbia University, Fall 2022 – present
Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society for Teaching Excellence in Education (KDP), 2022 – present
PSI CHI, the International Honor Society in Psychology, 2019 – present
RECENT EXHIBITIONS – ARTIST
September Primer | Macy Art Gallery (2025)
InSEA World Congress, Palacký University Olomouc (2025)
Spring Studio Works Exhibition | Macy Art Gallery (2025)
Myers Art Prize Exhibition | Macy Art Gallery (2025)
Fall Salon Exhibition | Greenpoint Gallery (2024)
RECENT EXHIBITIONS – COORDINATOR/CURATOR
2025 – 2026. Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, NY
September Primer (curator) | A Celebration of Inspirational Visual Artist Professors | Of now… Myers Prize Exhibition (curator) | Studio Works Part I (curator) | Studio Works Part II (curator) | Conversations Across Culture | Points | Student Teachers Capstone | Wonder-Making | Lock In!: Adolescent Art from Hunter College Campus Schools | MA in Studio Practice Capstone
2024 – 2025. Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, NY
September Primer (curator) | Friends of a Feather: Carolina Rojas | Art & Art Education Faculty Biennial (curator) | Me Rn AAF: Krista Biedenbach | Fall Studio Works | Serendipity: Myers Prize Exhibition | Spring Studio Works | Art Today: Capsules in Time | Student Teachers Capstone | Accidents: Alumni Exhibition | Creative Technologies (curator) | “Mother Earth and the Dust have met. What have they met for?” – Fante Proverb: Yaa Serwaa Janet Rush | Extended Play: MA in Studio Practice Capstone
2023 – 2024. Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, NY
Night Clouds Part II: Joy Moser | September Primer (curator) | Like Water for Chocolate: Jessica Alazraki | Liminal Land: Nathaniel Garcia | Bridging Global Art Narratives: The Role of the Ziegfeld Collection (curator) | Studio Works | Sharing: Myers Prize Exhibition | Studio Works | Together: Ways of being with (curator) | The Universe’s String and the Blessed Water: Guillermo P. Lorente Pérez (curator) | Student Teachers Capstone | Creative Technologies | Blue: Kelly Cave | Don’t Act Like You Don’t Know The Name: Smoke School of Art Collective | Scaffold: MA in Studio Practice Capstone
2022 – 2023. Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, NY
Faculty Works in Conversation: Aimée Ehrman and Dave Scheinkopf | September Primer (curator) | Artistic Dialogue Across Disciplines Grant (curator) | A Contextual Analysis of Blackness in Popular Visual Culture | Conversations Across Culture: Then & Now (curator) | Studio Works | Rest, Wonder, and Memory: Myers Prize Exhibition | Connectivity: Alumni Exhibition | Faculty Biennial | Charrette: A Correspondence Between Art and Education | Faculty Artistic Research Grant Exhibition | Studio Works | Student Teachers Capstone | Artist in Residence: Trevor Mathison | Creative Technologies (curator) | Esemplastic: MA in Studio Practice
AFFILIATIONS
Surface Design Association (SDA), 2025 – present
Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia (RHGNS), 2024 – present
Handweavers Guild of America (HGA), 2024 – present
Association of Academic Museums & Galleries (AAMG), 2023 – present
Serendipity Society, 2023 – present
Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA), 2023 – present
International Society for Education through Art (InSEA), 2022 – present
National Art Education Association (NAEA), 2021 – present
International Society for the Study of Creativity and Innovation (ISSCI), 2020 – present
American Psychology Association (APA): Division 10 Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 2019 – present
The Knitting Guild Association (TKGA), 2016 – present
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