Linda Louis, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Program Coordinator, K-12 Art Education

Room 2206 James
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
718-951-5780
llouis@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Linda Louis, Ed.D. is an assistant professor of art education in the School of Education. Her areas of expertise include artistic and human development, student teacher preparation in art education, and interdisciplinary curriculum development. Her current research focuses on the underlying intellectual and psychological processes that influence early graphic representational development in young children. She is also a member of the National Art Education Association Task Force on Student Learning, a collaborative research project on learning and creative growth in the visual arts.

A painter and printmaker by training, she is a graduate of Cornell University and Massachusetts College of Art, where she founded the Summer Teachers Institute. Dr. Louis received her Ed.D in art education from Teachers College Columbia University.

Dr. Louis also has extensive experience as a K-12 art teacher. With over 20 years experience, she has taught studio art to children of all ages in a variety of educational settings in northern Vermont, Cape Cod Massachusetts, and New York City. At Brooklyn College she supervises student teachers and teaches courses in early childhood and childhood education on integrating the arts across the curriculum.

In addition to her teaching and research, Dr. Louis has written a children’s book on painting, In the Paint, with former New York Knicks basketball player Patrick Ewing who is also a painter (Abbeville Press,1999). This interactive book is designed to guide and inspire young artists, and also serve as a resource for teachers and parents who want to encourage and support children artistically. She also offers professional development workshops for New York City public school teachers which reflect her classroom experience as well as her research on the unique features of artistic learning, art materials, and artistic development.

In the Paint by Patrick Ewing and Linda Louis

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