It was fifth grade. Our class took a field trip to the local art museum. I recall following the docent and repeatedly telling her that I was going to be an artist when I grew up. In the years following I also thought I would become a veterinarian and an astronaut, but it wasn't until enrolling at The Ohio State University that I discovered Art Education. To borrow Bettina Love's expression; in 1982 I found my "home place" (2019).
Degrees
2010 Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. Department of Art Education
1995 Miami University, M.A. in Art Education
1985 The Ohio State University, Bachelor of Art Education
Certification
National Board Certified Teacher, Early and Middle Childhood/Art: 12/13/2006-12/13/2026: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: Arlington, VA
Leadership in Art Education
2019 Michigan Art Education Association, Higher Education Division Chair
2018 Founder of the Instructional Design Collaborative: A Visual Arts Professional Learning Community
2018 National Art Education Association School for Art Leaders, Graduate
2013-2014 Parliamentarian, Ohio Art Education Association Board of Directors
2012-2013 Central Region Director, Ohio Art Education Association
Publications
Capling, B., DeMint, K., McComb, C., Miller, C., and Montero, J (2019). Visual essay: Intergenerational collaboration: A professional journey begins. International journal of lifelong learning, 2(1). https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/ijllae/vol2/iss1/.
McComb, C., Otto, G. Garvey J., Omans, D., Smaldino, P.J. (2018). Visualizing cancer: A transdisciplinary art & biology collaborative, The journal of teaching and learning, 11(2), p. 1-10. https://jtl.uwindsor.ca/index.php/jtl/article/view/4932
McComb, C. (2014). Teacher/Researcher: You can manage it. In Practice theory: Seeing the power of teacher researchers. (Eds.). M. Buffington & S. Wilson McKay. National Art Education Association.
McComb, C. (2012). Cultivating a healing classroom environment. In The heart of art education: Holistic approaches to creativity, integration, and transformation. (Eds.). L. Campbell & S. Simmons. National Art Education Association.
McComb, C. (2010). Think, record, reveal: Studio process assessment and the artistic thinking it reveals. (Doctoral dissertation). Penn State University, https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/files/final_submissions/1036
McComb, C. (2006). Taking the 40/40 challenge: Sixteen painters working daily to develop a painting discipline. Art Education, 59(4), 6-12.
Degrees
2010 Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. Department of Art Education
1995 Miami University, M.A. in Art Education
1985 The Ohio State University, Bachelor of Art Education
Certification
National Board Certified Teacher, Early and Middle Childhood/Art: 12/13/2006-12/13/2026: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: Arlington, VA
Leadership in Art Education
2019 Michigan Art Education Association, Higher Education Division Chair
2018 Founder of the Instructional Design Collaborative: A Visual Arts Professional Learning Community
2018 National Art Education Association School for Art Leaders, Graduate
2013-2014 Parliamentarian, Ohio Art Education Association Board of Directors
2012-2013 Central Region Director, Ohio Art Education Association
Publications
Capling, B., DeMint, K., McComb, C., Miller, C., and Montero, J (2019). Visual essay: Intergenerational collaboration: A professional journey begins. International journal of lifelong learning, 2(1). https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/ijllae/vol2/iss1/.
McComb, C., Otto, G. Garvey J., Omans, D., Smaldino, P.J. (2018). Visualizing cancer: A transdisciplinary art & biology collaborative, The journal of teaching and learning, 11(2), p. 1-10. https://jtl.uwindsor.ca/index.php/jtl/article/view/4932
McComb, C. (2014). Teacher/Researcher: You can manage it. In Practice theory: Seeing the power of teacher researchers. (Eds.). M. Buffington & S. Wilson McKay. National Art Education Association.
McComb, C. (2012). Cultivating a healing classroom environment. In The heart of art education: Holistic approaches to creativity, integration, and transformation. (Eds.). L. Campbell & S. Simmons. National Art Education Association.
McComb, C. (2010). Think, record, reveal: Studio process assessment and the artistic thinking it reveals. (Doctoral dissertation). Penn State University, https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/files/final_submissions/1036
McComb, C. (2006). Taking the 40/40 challenge: Sixteen painters working daily to develop a painting discipline. Art Education, 59(4), 6-12.