Jeniffer

Sams
www.jeniffersams.weebly.com
jen.green.art.ed@gmail.com

Education

Doctorate Student Indiana University Bloomington, IN, Art Education 3.79 GPA
MA University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Art Education
B.S. East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, Art History and Education

Experience

Fall 2016

Created curriculum to integrate Environmental Art Education for

Fall 2016

Organizing, doing call outs for artists, and executing Shades of

Green, Earth Week Eco Art exhibition
Saturday Art School at Indiana University

Create curriculum to integrate Makers Space, Music and Fine Arts

Fall 2015

for Saturday Art School at Indiana University

Create and execute Eco-Art Curriculum in Title 1 community

program at Ruth Hartley Mosley Center in urban Macon Georgia

Board Member Creative Director for Eco-Art Exhibitions, GC
Shades of Green
Research Assistant, Dr. Doreen Sams, PhD

Summer 2015

2010-Present

2003-Present

Mock M333 Course Development

http://m333proposalforz700.weebly.com - (Password Hoosiers)
University Service, CIRCAS (Curriculum and Instruction Research
and Creative Activity Symposium)
Internship, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Museum Education -Dr.
Elizabeth Delacruz, PhD, UF Professor, Independent Study and
Capstone Chair edelacru@illinois.edu Susan Mays, Curator of
Education; Macon, GA; http://jeniffersams.weebly.com/museumof-arts-and-sciences-macon-research--internship.html - Fox News
Interview -www.wgxa.tv/story/study-break-museum-helpsinterns-reach-dream-job-20110628#axzz32jmzZYtB
Creative Director and Management for Annual Fund Raising, Boys
and Girls Club Board Member
Creative Director and Management of Event, NAMI

2014-Present

Creative Director and Stage Manager, GC Dress for Success

2013-2014
May 2011-June 2012

2009-2012
2008

2007-2010

Case Management, Child Support Case Worker, District Attorney,

Johnson City, TN
Manager, Operations and Employee Management, Premier

Cleaners, Johnson City, TN
Manager, 78 workers and 7 external NY Metro Customers,

Allstate, St. Petersburg, FL

2000-2001
1992-1996
1996-1999

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Publications/Presentations

Sams, Jeniffer and Petry, Samantha Rights of the Child

Medallions, AEAI 2014 Fort Wayne Conference, Both Authors
Contributed Equally).
Graves, Jean and Sams, Jeniffer Museum and Distance Learning:

Whats In It For You, AEAI 2013 Indianapolis
Conference, (Both Authors Contributed Equally).
Sams, Jeniffer An Empirical Examination of the Feasibility of Online
EducationProgram: The Museum of Arts and Sciences, University of
Florida Masters Thesis.

2014
2013
2012

Research in Revision and Resubmit

Jeniffer Sams and Doreen Sams (2016). Art Education as a Vehicle for Social Change: Eco
Art in the K-12 Classroom an Empirical Study, Submitted to Australian Journal of
Environmental Education, August 2016. Revisions and Resubmit, November 2016.

Research Experience

Qualitative Observation and Data Collection at E.L.V.I.N. Center in
Bedford, Indiana. Project for Qualitative Inquiry at the Doctorate
level.
Qualitative and quantitative data collection, Art Education as a

Vehicle for Social Change: Eco Art n the K-12 Classroom, An
Empirical Study
Quantitative and qualitative data collection, and transcription,

Mentorship As a Value Proposition (MVP) to the Competitive
Global Marketplace: Empirical Study, Interviews, Submitted to
Teaching & Learning Inquiry Journal
Research assistant (data collection and input), Assignment of Value
Chain Environmental Responsibility: Small Retailers Perspective,
Special Track for IMP Conference, Bordeaux, France (September
2014). Conducted interviews and transcription for GCSU
Researcher, NAMI Case Study

2015-Present
2014-2016

2014

2008

Teaching Experience

M135 Self Instruction in Art

Spring 2014

M333 Art Experience for Elementary Teachers

Saturday School Digital Studio

Fall/Spring 2013/14; Fall

2014/Spring 2015; Fall
2015; Fall 2016 ; Fall 2017
2014

Digital Studio Fall/Spring 2013/14; Makers Space and Fine Arts

Integration Course Curriculum and Execution
Environmental Arts Education 4th-6th grade Integrating Spanish
with Arts education

2015

Fall 2016

Jeniffer Sams
www.jeniffersams.weebly.com
jen.green.art.ed@gmail.com

Professional Development

Attending Shades of Green Symposium, Georgia College

2011, 2012, 2017

Attending NAEA conferences

2014, 2015, 2016

Art and Environment Teacher Course, Wexner Center for the Arts

2014

Writing the Teaching Statement, IUB Center for Teaching and

Learning Workshop

2014

Affiliations/Memberships

AEAI (Art Education Association of Indiana)

Member Since 2010; Board

Member 2013-2014

Americans for the Arts

Since 2011

Art Education Technology

Since 2016

Boys and Girls Clubs of Baldwin and Jones Counties; Board Member

2009-2011

Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education

Since 2014

Delta Sigma Lambda

Since 2007

National Art Education Association

Since 2010

Pi Lambda Theta International

Since 2014

United States Society for Education Through the Art

Since 2014

Renaissance Society of America

Since 2012

Roots and Shoots, Jane Goodall Foundation

Since 2012

Shades of Green, Board Member and Art Coordinator

Since 2011

Interests

o Community service and engagement (e.g. summer programs for Title 1 student
populations; Boys and Girls Club art education, etc.)
o Environmental Art Education
o Shades of Green Art Exhibition Coordinator 2012 to Present
o Green Art Education Integration 2011 to Present
www.greenarted.weebly.com
o Environmentally Integrated Art Education Curriculum
o Museum Education