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Dr. Laura E. Evans

Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Art Education

Email: Laura.Evans@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Ohio State University, 2011
    Major: Art Education
    Specialization: Museum Studies
    Dissertation: Eating Our Words: How Museum Visitors and a Sample of Women Narratively React to and Interpret Lauren Greenfield's THIN
  • MMS, The University of Toronto, 2006
    Major: Museum Studies
  • BA, Denison University, 2002
    Major: Art History

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Art Museum Education Certificate, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2011 - Present).
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2011).

    • Professional

  • Education Program Curator, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. (2014 - 2015).
  • Museum Education Consultant, National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art. (2007 - 2012).
  • Curator and Exhibition Installation, Very Special Arts (VSA). Very Special Arts (VSA). (2009 - 2010).
  • Museum Education Consultant, Columbus Museum of Art. Columbus Museum of Art. (2008 - 2010).
  • Museum Education Consultant, Denison Museum of Art. Denison Museum of Art. (2008 - 2009).
  • Docent, Wexner Center for Contemporary Art. Wexner Center for Contemporary Art. (2007 - 2008).
  • Academic Fellow, National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art. (2006 - 2007).
  • Education Specialist, University of Toronto Art Centre. University of Toronto Art Centre. (2005 - 2006).
  • Education Intern, Ringling Museum of Art. Ringling Museum of Art. (2005).
  • Art History Curatorial Fellow, Burke Art Gallery. Burke Art Gallery. (1998 - 2002).
  • Director's Assistant, Lopdell House Art Gallery. Lopdell House Art Gallery. (2001).
  • Public Relations Intern, Museum of Contemporary Art. Museum of Contemporary Art. (2000).

Licensures and Certifications

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Antiquities Trafficking and Art Crime, University of Glasgow. (2019 - Present).
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Art Crime, Association of Research into Crimes Against Art. (2013 - Present).

Professional Memberships

  • Social Justice Alliance for Museums. (2013 - Present).
  • Committee on Education and Cultural Action. (2011 - Present).
  • Texas Art Education Association. (2011 - Present).
  • American Alliance of Museums. (2006 - Present).
  • International Council on Museums. (2006 - Present).
  • National Art Education Association. (2006 - Present).
  • American Association of Museums. (2005 - Present).
  • Phi Beta Kappa. (2002 - Present).
  • Ohio State Urban Arts Space Community. (2008 - 2010).
  • The Ohio State Women's Career Empowerment Collective. (2008 - 2010).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • AEAH 4790 - Visual Arts Studies : Inquiry and Dialogue About Art, 3 courses.
  • AEAH 4795 - Topics in Visual Arts Studies, 3 courses.
  • AEAH 4940 - Understanding Art Museums, 7 courses.
  • AEAH 5760 - Seminar in Art Education, 1 course.
  • AEAH 5779 - Phenomenological Theory and Research for Art Education, 1 course.
  • AEAH 5799 - MA Project, 2 courses.
  • AEAH 5849 - Art History Research Project, 1 course.
  • AEAH 5900 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • AEAH 5940 - Seminar in Art Museums, 10 courses.
  • AEAH 5942 - Seminar in Art Museum Education I, 11 courses.
  • AEAH 5945 - Seminar in Art Museum Education II, 10 courses.
  • ART 1301 - Honors Art Appreciation, 2 courses.
  • ART 4450 - Professional Internship, 2 courses.
  • ART 4900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • ART 4940 - Understanding Art Museums, 1 course.
  • ART 4951 - Honors College Capstone Thesis, 1 course.
  • ART 5450 - Professional Internship, 41 courses.
  • ART 5900 - Special Problems, 20 courses.
  • ART 5910 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • ART 5950 - Master's Thesis, 5 courses.
  • ART 6900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • ART 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 21 courses.
  • ARTE 4795 - Topics in Art Education, 2 courses.
  • ARTE 5940 - Seminar in Art Museums, 2 courses.
  • ARTE 5942 - Seminar in Art Museum Education I, 3 courses.
  • ARTE 5945 - Seminar in Art Museum Education II, 3 courses.

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Continuing Education, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 100 participants. (September 22, 2020 - September 22, 2020).
  • Continuing Education, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 100 participants. (May 20, 2020 - May 20, 2020).
  • Continuing Education, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT, 100 participants. (February 20, 2020 - February 20, 2020).

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Art Education. (September 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Art Education. (January 2023).
  • Internship Advisor, "Texas Fashion Collection," Art Education and Art History. (August 2021).
  • Internship Advisor, "Onstead/CVAD Galleries Fellowship," Art Education and Art History. (August 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Art Education and Art History. (October 2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Art Education and Art History. (January 2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2018).
  • Internship Advisor, "Amon Carter Museum of American Art," Art Education. (September 2023 - December 2023).
  • Internship Advisor, "Sid Richardson Museum of Art," Art History. (September 2023 - December 2023).
  • Internship Advisor, "CVAD Galleries," Art Education. (September 2023 - December 2023).
  • Internship Advisor, "The Meadows Museum of Art," Art History. (September 2023 - December 2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art History. (2023 - 2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art History. (2023 - 2023).
  • Internship Advisor, "Meadows Museum of Art," Art History. (September 2022 - December 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "Amon Carter Museum of American Art," Art Education. (September 2022 - December 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "Texas Fashion Collection," Art History. (September 2022 - December 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "CVAD Galleries," Art Education. (September 2022 - December 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "Kinfolk House," Information Science. (September 2022 - December 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (August 2021 - 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2018 - 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "Ft Worth Modern," Art History. (January 2022 - May 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "Meadows Museum of Art," Art Education. (January 2022 - May 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "The Amon Carter Museum of American Art," Art Education. (January 2022 - May 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "Museum of Geometric Art & MADI Art," Art History. (January 2022 - May 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum," Information Science. (January 2022 - May 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "CVAD Galleries," Art Education. (January 2022 - May 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "Onstead/Meadows Museum of Art Fellow," Art Education and Art History. (August 2021 - May 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "Onstead Institute/Amon Carter Museum of American Art Fellowship," Art Education and Art History. (August 2021 - May 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "Museum of Geometric and MADI Art," Art History. (January 2022 - January 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "Amon Carter Museum of American Art," Studio Art. (August 2021 - December 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (January 2021 - 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (January 2021 - 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2019 - 2021).
  • Internship Advisor, "The Girl Museum," Women's and Gender Studies. (January 2021 - May 2021).
  • Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, History. (January 2021 - May 2021).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, "Lost in Time: An Arts-based Autoethnographic Inquiry," Biological Sciences. (November 2020 - May 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (September 2020 - May 2021).
  • Internship Advisor, "Onstead/Meadows Museum of Art Fellowship," Art Education and Art History. (August 2020 - May 2021).
  • Internship Advisor, "Onstead/Amon Carter Museum of American Art Fellowship in Art Museum Education," Art Education and Art History. (August 2020 - May 2021).
  • Internship Advisor, "Onstead/CVAD Galleries Fellowship in Art Museum Education," Art Education and Art History. (August 2020 - May 2021).
  • Internship Advisor, "Chesnut Square Historic Village (Paid Internship)," Art Education and Art History. (August 2020 - May 2021).
  • Major Professor, "LOST IN TIME: AN ARTS-BASED AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC INQUIRY INTO TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES," Biological Sciences. (August 2020 - April 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (September 2020 - 2020).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Studio Art. (2019 - 2020).
  • Internship Advisor, "Save Ancient Studies (Internship)," Information Science. (May 2020 - August 2020).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Studio Art. (January 2019 - May 2020).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2019 - 2019).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2019 - 2019).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2019 - 2019).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2019 - 2019).
  • Internship Advisor, Studio Art. (2019 - 2019).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2019 - 2019).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2019 - 2019).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2019 - 2019).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2019 - 2019).
  • Major Professor, Art Education and Art History. (2019).
  • Major Professor, Art Education and Art History. (2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2019 - 2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2019 - 2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2019 - 2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2019 - 2019).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2018 - 2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Studio Art. (2018 - 2019).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Building a Collaborative Smartphone Application for Blind and Low Vision Visitors at the Dallas Museum of Art," Art Education and Art History. (2017 - 2019).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2017 - 2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (September 2018 - December 2018).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2018 - 2018).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2018 - 2018).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2018 - 2018).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2018 - 2018).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2018 - 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2017 - 2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2016 - 2018).
  • Major Professor, "coursework," Art Education and Art History. (2016 - 2018).
  • Major Professor, Art Education and Art History. (2016 - 2018).
  • Major Professor, "Coursework," Art Education and Art History. (2016 - 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Studio Art. (2016 - 2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2015 - 2018).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Dissertation," Art Education and Art History. (2015 - 2018).
  • Major Professor, "Coursework," Art Education and Art History. (2014 - 2018).
  • Internship Advisor, Information Science. (2017 - 2017).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2017 - 2017).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2017 - 2017).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2017 - 2017).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2017 - 2017).
  • Internship Advisor, Studio Art. (2017 - 2017).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2017 - 2017).
  • Major Professor, Art Education and Art History. (2017).
  • Major Professor, Art Education and Art History. (2017).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Studio Art. (2017).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2017).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2016 - 2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Dissertation," Information Science. (2015 - 2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Dissertation," Art Education and Art History. (2015 - 2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Dissertation," Women's and Gender Studies. (2013 - 2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Exploring the Process of Developing a Glocally Focused Art Curriculum for Two Communities," Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2017).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Master's Thesis," Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2017).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Art Education and Art History. (2016).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2016 - 2016).
  • Internship Advisor, Studio Art. (2016 - 2016).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2016 - 2016).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2016 - 2016).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2016 - 2016).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2016 - 2016).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2016 - 2016).
  • Major Professor, Art Education and Art History. (2016).
  • Other, "Coursework," Art Education and Art History. (2015 - 2016).
  • Other, "Coursework," (2015 - 2016).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Dissertation," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2016).
  • Other, "Coursework," Art Education and Art History. (2015 - 2015).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Art Education and Art History. (2015).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2015).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2015 - 2015).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2015 - 2015).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2015 - 2015).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2015 - 2015).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2015 - 2015).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Art Education and Art History. (2015).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Dissertation," Art Education and Art History. (2014 - 2015).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Master's Thesis," Art Education and Art History. (2014 - 2015).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2014 - 2014).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2014 - 2014).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2014 - 2014).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2014 - 2014).
  • Internship Advisor, Studio Art. (2014 - 2014).
  • Internship Advisor, Studio Art. (2014 - 2014).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2014 - 2014).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2014 - 2014).
  • Major Professor, Art Education and Art History. (2014).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Master's Thesis," Art Education and Art History. (2013 - 2014).
  • Other, Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2014).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Dissertation," Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2014).
  • Other, Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2014).
  • Other, "Master's Thesis," Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2014).
  • Other, "Dissertation," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2014).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Dissertation," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2014).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2013 - 2013).
  • Internship Advisor, Studio Art. (2013 - 2013).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2013 - 2013).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2013 - 2013).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2013 - 2013).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2013 - 2013).
  • Internship Advisor, Studio Art. (2013 - 2013).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2013 - 2013).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2013 - 2013).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2013 - 2013).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2013 - 2013).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2013 - 2013).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Master's Thesis," Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2013).
  • Other, "Master's Thesis," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2013).
  • Other, "Master's Project," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2013).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Dissertation," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2013).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Dissertation," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2013).
  • Other, "Master's Project," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2013).
  • Other, "Coursework," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2013).
  • Other, "Master's Project," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2013).
  • Other, "Coursework," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2013).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2012).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2012).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2012).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2012).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2012).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2012).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2012).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2012).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2012 - 2012).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Dissertation," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2012).
  • Other, "Master's Project," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2012).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Master's Thesis," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2012).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2011).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2011).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2011).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2011).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2011).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2011).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2011).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2011).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2011).
  • Internship Advisor, Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2011).
  • Other, "Coursework," Art Education and Art History. (2011 - 2011).

Awards and Honors

  • UNT Provost’s OLLI Faculty Award, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT. (March 2024).
  • University Distinguished Teaching Professor, College of Visual Arts and Design. (January 25, 2022).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Evans, L.E. (2024). The Atlas of Art Crime. Munich, Prestel.
  • Evans, L., Barrett, T., Barrett, S. Art: Why Look? Why Listen?.
  • Joni Acuff and Laura Evans (Eds.). (2014). Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today. Lanham, Maryland, Alta Mira Press.

    • Book Chapter

  • Evans, L., Armstrong, J., Legari, S., Palamara, A., Tulgan Ostheimer, R., , E. (2024). Towards a More Human-Centered Museum: A Narrative of an Imagined Visit to a Trauma-Aware Art Museum. Art Education in Canadian Museums: Practices in Action. Intellect Books.
  • Evans, L.E. (2018). Embodying the Museum: Feminist Embodied Learning in Art Museum Education. Feminism and Museums: Intervention, Disruption, Change. 388-417. Edinburgh, MuseumsEtc.
  • Evans, L.E. (2015). Setting the Table: The Role of University Art Museums in Creating Communities of Awareness Around Eating Disorders. On Food and Health. Edinburgh, MuseumsEtc.
  • Evans, L.E., Nardi, E., Angelini, C. (2014). Building a Bridge?: Understanding the Multicultural Impact of Islamic Art at the Dallas Museum of Art. Best Practices: A Tool to Improve Museum Education Internationally. Rome, Edizioni Nuova Cultura.
  • T. Constantino and B. White (Ed.). (2013). Food for Thought: Idiom, Empathy, and Context in Lauren Greenfield's THIN. Aesthetics, Empathy, and Education. New York, NY, Lang Publishers.
  • Stefanie Jandle and Mark Gold (Ed.). (2012). Setting the Table: The Role of University Art Museums in Creating Communities of Awareness Around Eating Disorders. A Handbook for Academic Museums: Exhibition and Education. Edinburgh, MuseumsEtc.

    • Book Review

  • Evans, L.E. Review: Famous Works of Art and How They Got That Way by John B. Nici. Studies in Art Education. 58 (3)

    • Instructor's Manual

  • Evans, L.E., McGrath, M. (2015). From the Rubble. Educational Resource Pack for the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
  • Evans, L.E., McGrath, M. (2015). Tracey Moffatt: Kaleidoscope. Educational Resource Pack for the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.

    • Journal Article

  • Evans, L.E. (2024). How Artist-Made Reproductions Can Strengthen Museums and Their Communities: A Case Study. Museums, Decolonisation, and Restitution: A Global Conversation (published in English and Mandarin). The ICOM International Museum Research and Exchange Centre.
  • Evans, L., Amstrong, J., Legari, S., Palamara, A., Tulgan Ostheimer, R., Wiskera, E. (2021). Weaving Trauma Awareness Into Museum Education. Journal of Museum Education.
  • Evans, L. (2020). Artist-Made Reproductions as a Result of Reparation: How Museums Can Benefit From The Return of Original Objects To Source Communities. Other.
  • Evans, L. (2020). Home Is Where the Art Is: A review of Discriminating Thieves: Nazi-Looted Art and Restitution at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Other. University of Illinois, Chicago.
  • Evans, L.E., Kraehe, A. (2019). That depends on how you define it: Reflections on inclusivity language as a flashpoint in docent development.. Viewfinder: Reflecting on Museum Education. (9) National Art Education Association.
  • Evans, L.E. (2017). Body talk: Examining a collaborative multiple-visit program for visitors with eating disorders at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. 42 (2) 345-353.
  • Evans, L.E., Blair, J. (2016). Listening to Self: An Appeal for Autoethnography in Art Museum Education. Viewfinder: Reflecting on Museum Education. 2 National Art Education Association.
  • Evans, L.E. (2015). Making the Best of the Worst: How the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Turned Its Loss Into Gain. Journal of Art Crime. 14 39-46.
  • Laura Evans. (2014). Struggling Artist: A Vignette. Visual Arts Research. 40 (1) 35-36.
  • Laura Evans. (2013). Body Language: A Feminist-Informed Analysis of Visitor's Narrative Responses to THIN. The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum. 6 (1) 121-130.
  • Evans, L.E. (2013). Trigger Finger: A Narrative Exploration of Women andTrophy Hunting in David Chancellor's Safari Club. Visual Culture and Gender. 8 45-55.
  • Laura Evans. (2011). Little Red Riding Hood Bites Back. Visual Arts Research. 37 (2) 128-132.
  • Barrett, T., Chevers, I., Evans, L., Girardot, K. Kundu, R., Savage, S. (2009). A Conversation About Mentoring. Visual Arts Research. 35 (2) 1-10.
  • Evans, L.E. (2002). Looking Past Disability: The Life and Work of Five Artists with Disabilities. Other. Ann Arbor, Michigan State University.

    • Popular Press Article

  • Laura Evans. (2011). Eating Our Words: How Museum Visitors and a Sample of Women Narratively React to and Interpret Lauren Greenfield's THIN.

    • Position Paper

  • Evans, L., Palamara, A., Legari, S., Wiskera, E., Tulgan Ostheimer, R. (2020). Trauma-Aware Art Museum Education: Principles & Practice. Other. https://artmuseumteaching.com/2020/06/29/trauma-aware-art-museum-education-principles-practices/
  • Evans, L., Wiskera, E., Palamara, A., Legari, S. (2020). Trauma-Aware Art Museum Education: A Conversation. Other. https://artmuseumteaching.com/2020/05/04/trauma-aware-art-museum-education/

    • Webpage

  • Evans, L.E., Acuff, J. (2014). Building Canopies for Multiculturalism: (Re)Turning to the Visitor. Retrievable at Art Museum Teaching: A Forum for Reflecting on Practice. http://artmuseumteaching.com/2014/08/04/multi- culturalism

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Kraehe, A. (Presenter), Inclusivity Workshop, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, United States of America. (2016).
  • E Evans, L.E. (Author & Presenter), American Art Crimes, The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, United States of America. (2024).
  • Evans, L.E. (Author & Presenter), International Council of Museums and International Museum Research and Exchange Centre’s Expert Seminar: Museums, Decolonisation and Restitution: A Global Conversation., How Artist-Made Reproductions Can Strengthen Museums and Their Communities: A Case Study, International Council of Museums and International Museum Research and Exchange Centre, Shanghai, China, China. (2023 - 2023).
  • Evans, L. (Presenter), , J. (Presenter), Legari, S. (Presenter), Palamara, A. (Presenter), Wiskera, E. (Presenter), National Art Education Association Museum Education Pre-Conference, tarting with Self-Compassion and Moving Towards Collective Healing, National Art Education Association, Zoom, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Evans, L. (Discussant), Tulgan Ostheimer, R. (Discussant), Palamara, A. (Discussant), Wiskera, E. (Discussant), Armstrong, J. (Discussant), Legari, S. (Discussant), Peer2Peer, Trauma-Aware Art Museum Education, National Art Education Association's Museum Education Division, Zoom, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Evans, L. (Presenter), NAGPS National Conference, Learning About Yourself and Others Through Looking At and Talking About Art, National Association of Graduate Professional Students, Zoom, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Evans, L. (Presenter), Wiskera, E. (Presenter), Aguilera, S. (Presenter), DFW Museum Educators Roundtable, Using Art Therapy in Art Museum Education Programs, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Evans, L. (Presenter), Thompson, L. (Presenter), Winterrowd, S. (Presenter), Orr, S. (Presenter), Thomas, B. (Presenter), Tea & Talk with Dr. Laura Evans, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Evans, L. (Author & Presenter), Gartner Lecture Series, F is for Forgery: Art Crime at SMU's Meadows Museum of Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Evans, L. (Presenter), Elements and Principles in the Amon Carter Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Evans, L. (Author & Presenter), We Are Museums, Artful Thinking for Inclusivity: Cultivating a Culture of Inclusivity and Diversity of Thinking, We Are Museums, Riga, Latvia. (2017 - 2017).

    • Lecture

  • Evans, L.E. (Author & Presenter), We Didn’t Really Think We’d Get Away With It: Amateur Art Theft, Saddleback College Emeritus Institute Dorothy Marie Lowry Distinguished Guest Lecture Series., Mission Viejo, California, United States of America. (2024).
  • Evans, L.E. (Author), Art Crime, Dallas Museum of Art and DMA League, Dallas Museum of Art, United States of America. (2017).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Evans, L. (Presenter), Kraehe, A. (Presenter), Inclusivity Workshop, Kimbell Museum of Art, Ft. Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2018).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Communicating the Museum, From Barriers to Bridges: Understanding Exclusion, Practicing Inclusion in Museums, Agenda, Brussels, Belgium, Belgium. (2018).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Kraehe, A. (Presenter), Inclusivity Workshop, Kimbell Museum of Art, Ft. Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2018).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Kraeke, A. (Presenter), Inclusivity Workshop, Kimbell Museum of Art, Ft. Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2018).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Kraehe, A. (Presenter), Inclusivity Workshop, Kimbell Museum of Art, Ft. Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2017).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Kraehe, A. (Presenter), Inclusivity Workshop, Kimbell Museum of Art, Ft. Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2017).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Kraehe, A. (Presenter), Inclusivity Workshop, Kimbell Museum of Art, Ft. Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2017).
  • Evans, L.E. (Author & Presenter), Multiculturalism at the Sid Richardson, The Sid Richardson Museum of Art, Ft. Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2016).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Galuban, B. (Leader), Hartman, J. (Presenter), Calderon, M.S. (Presenter), National Art Education Association Convention, e Artist Down the Street: Museum Educators Teaching About Local Artists in K–12 Schools, National Art Education Association, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Evans, L. (Author & Presenter), International Conference on the Inclusive Museum, Knowledge is Not Always Power: Antiquities Looting in the Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan, The Inclusive Museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Argentina. (2019 - 2019).
  • Evans, L. (Author & Presenter), Blair, J. (Author & Presenter), National Art Education Association Conference, Listening to Self: Exploring Auto-Ethnography in the Art Museum, National Art Education Association, Seattle, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), et al (Presenter), International Society for Education Through Art, Social, Cultural, and Ecological Sustainability in Art Education, International Society for Education Through Art, Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland, (2010).

    • Other

  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Diallo, V. (Presenter), Savage, S. (Presenter), Smith, T. (Presenter), Stout, C. (Presenter), International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Writing Away From Tradition in the Doctoral Dissertation: It's a Delicate Subject, Urbana- Champaign, IL, (2010).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Evans, L. (Panelist), Carlisle Kletchka, D. (Panelist), Rowson Love, A. (Panelist), Hubard, O. (Panelist), , C. (Presenter), National Art Education Association Convention, Art Museum Education After COVID-19: Impact, Implications, and Futures, National Art Education Association, Zoom, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Evans, L. (Panelist), Kletchka, D. (Panelist), Hubbard, O. (Panelist), Villeneuve, P. (Panelist), Rowson Love, A. (Panelist), National Art Education Association Convention, Shaping the Field: Scholarship and Research in University Art Museum Education Programs, Zoom presentation due to NAEA being canceled in 2020 for COVID-19, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).

    • Paper

  • Evans, L.E., Inter-Discplinary.Net Loss Conference, Wanted: How the Loss of Works of Art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Created Positive Institutional Change, Loss, Budapest, Hungary, (2016).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Kramer, J. (Presenter), White, B. (Presenter), American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Aesthetics and Empathy in Holistic Education, American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, California, (2013).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), 6th International Conference on the Inclusive Museum, Body Language: Examining the Role of Art Museum Education in Eating Disorder Awareness, Copenhagen, Denmark, (2013).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Diallo, V. (Presenter), Savage, S. (Presenter), Annual Convention of the National Art Education Association, We Are Inveterate Storytellers, National Art Education Association, Forth Worth, Texas, (2013).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Acuff, J. (Presenter), Annual Convention of the National Art Education Association, Identifying the Multicultural Discourse of Art Museum Education, National Art Education Association, Forth Worth, Texas, (2013).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Nangah, M. (Presenter), Newland, N. (Presenter), Preusse, D. (Presenter), Annual Convention of the National Art Education Association, Virtual Museum Field Trips: Exploring & Interacting With the World's Museums Through the Google Art Project, National Art Education Association, Forth Worth, Texas, (2013).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Smith-Shank, D. (Presenter), Savage, S. (Presenter), Annual Convention of the National Art Education Association, Girl Power!, National Art Education Association, New York, NY, (2012).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Diallo, V. (Presenter), Savage, S. (Presenter), Stout, C. (Presenter), Annual Convention of the National Art Education Association, Night Thoughts of the Arts-Based Researcher, National Art Education Association, New York, NY, (2012).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Fuentes, J. (Presenter), Nangah, M. (Presenter), Newland, N. (Presenter), Preusse, D. (Presenter), Annual Convention of the Texas Art Education Association, Virtual Museum Field Trips: The Google Art Project, Texas Art Education Association, Galveston, TX, (2011).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Skin and Bones: Narrative Interpretations of Women's Responses to Greenfield's THIN, Urbana-Champaign, IL, (2011).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Diallo, V. (Presenter), Savage, S. (Presenter), Stout, C. (Presenter), Annual Convention of the National Art Education Association, Arts Informed Writing in the Qualitative Dissertation: Knots and Gnarly Issues, National Art Education Association, Seattle, WA, (2011).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Eating Our Words: Body Image, Women, and Voice, Urbana-Champaign, IL, (2010).
  • Barrett, T. (Presenter), Smith-Shank, D. (Presenter), Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Annual Convention of the National Art Education Association, Transforming Narratives: Little Red Riding Hood in the Classroom, National Art Education Association, Baltimore, MD, (2010).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Annual Convention of the National Art Education Association, Eating Our Words: Body Image, Women and Voice in Lauren Greenfield's THIN, National Art Education Association, Baltimore, MD, (2010).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Body Image, Experience, and Art, Center for Balanced Living, Columbus, OH, (2010).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Body Image and Embodied Learning, The Ohio State University, (2009).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Art History Department, Life Beyond Denison, Denison Univsersity, (2008).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Art History Department, What are my Options in the Arts?, Denison Univsersity, (2007).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Internships and Fellowships in the Arts, University of Toronto Art Centre, University of Toronto, (2007).
  • Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Popular Culture Association Conference, Looking Past Disability: The Life and Work of Five Artists with Disabilities, Toronto, Ontario, (2002).

    • Symposium

  • Breitfeller, K. (Presenter), Evans, L.E. (Presenter), Savage, S. (Presenter), Smith, T. (Presenter), Stout, C. (Presenter), Ohio Arts Research Symposium, Bugs in Your Basement? A Roundtable on Pesky Research Writing Issues, Columbus, OH, (2010).

Media Contributions

    Internet

  • "UNT's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute explores art crime in cross-country European tour," Community Impact Storytelling. (August 2024).

    • Magazine

  • "Treasures and Thieves: Tracing Art Crime Through the Great Museums of Europe," FYI 50+. (September 2022).
  • "Behind the Exhibitions: Graduates from UNT's art museum education program are using creative ways to enhance visitors' experiences at some of the nation's most renowned museums and institutions.," The North Texan. (March 29, 2019).

    • Newspaper

  • "Experts discuss recovery of cultural relics from abroad," China Daily. (March 24, 2023).

    • Radio

  • "Infamous Art Heists with Dr. Laura Evans," OLLI at UNT Podcast. (October 14, 2020).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Evans, L., "HELPED TO CREATE FOR A UNT GRAD STUDENT: Onstead Institute/Kinfolk House Fellowship in Community Art Education," sponsored by Onstead Institute and Kinfolk House, Local, $8000 Funded. (2022).
  • Evans, L., "HELPED TO CREATE FOR A UNT GRAD STUDENT: Onstead Institute/Amon Carter Museum of American Art Fellowship in Art Museum Education," University of North Texas, $8200 Funded. (2020).
  • Evans, L. (Other), "HELPED TO CREATE FOR A UNT GRAD STUDENT: Meadows Museum of Art/Onstead Institute Fellowship in Art Museum Education," University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. (2019).
  • Evans, L. (Other), "HELPED TO CREATE FOR A UNT GRAD STUDENT: Onstead Institute/Crow Collection Fellowship in Museum Education," University of North Texas, $8200 Funded. (2017 - 2019).

    • Grant - Research

  • Evans, L., "UNT Art People: Art Museum Educators in Residence," sponsored by Rea Charitable Trust, National, $40000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
  • Evans, L., "University of North Texas Art People: Art Museum Educators in Residence at Schools.," sponsored by Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust and Bank of America, National, $25000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
  • Evans, L., "UNT Art People: Art Museum Educators in Residence," sponsored by Rea Charitable Trust, National, $40000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
  • Evans, L.E., "Scholarly and Creative Award," sponsored by College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2017 - 2018).
  • Evans, L.E. (Principal), "Scholarly and Creative Award," sponsored by College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2015 - 2016).

    • Grant - Teaching

  • Du, Y. (Co-Principal), Evans, L.E. (Co-Principal), Roeschley, A. (Co-Principal), Sharma, M. (Co-Principal), Hyland, P. (Co-Principal), "Stewarding Cultural Heritage: Latino Art, Museums, and Preservation Fellowship (LAMP Fellowship)," sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, Federal, $396362 Funded. (2023 - 2026).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Art Education and Art History Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Committee. (February 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Education. (November 2021 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Art Education and Art History Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Committee. (August 2021 - Present).
  • Other (Search Committee Member), Dean of CVAD. (October 2020 - Present).
  • Committee Member, UNT Union Art Gallery Selection Committee. (2015 - Present).
  • Committee Member, UNT Fine Arts Series. (2012 - Present).
  • Chairperson, Reappointment and Merit Review Committee for Foundations. (February 2024 - March 2024).
  • Other (Search Committee Member), Chair of Art Education. (November 2020 - April 2021).
  • Committee Member, College Retention, Promotion and Tenure Committee. (December 2020 - December 2020).
  • Committee Member, Tenure and Promotion; Studio Arts. (September 2018 - May 2020).
  • Other (Search Committee Member), Assistant Professor of Art Education. (December 2019 - March 2020).
  • Committee Member, Visiting Professor of Art History (Search Committee). (September 2018 - March 2019).
  • Committee Member, Executive Committee. (2015 - 2017).
  • Other (Search Committee Member), Advanced Associate Professor in English. (2015 - 2016).
  • Other (Search Committee Member), Dean of the College of Visual Arts and Design. (2014 - 2014).
  • Other (Search Committee Member), Senior Lecturer in Drawing/Painting. (2013 - 2014).
  • Other (Search Committee Member), Senior Lecturer in Figure Drawing. (2013 - 2014).
  • Committee Chair, ARR. (2012 - 2014).
  • Committee Member, UNT Committee on the Status of Women. (2012 - 2014).
  • Committee Member, Gallery/Visiting Artist/Scholar Committee. (2012 - 2013).
  • Committee Member, Museum Education Pre-Conference Planning Committee. (2012 - 2013).
  • Other (Search Committee Member), Professor in Art Education. (2011 - 2012).
  • Other (Search Committee Member), Visiting Assistant Professor in Art Education. (2011 - 2011).

Professional Service

  • Editorial Review Board Member, Curator: The Museum Journal. (March 2020 - Present).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, The Journal of Museum Education. (January 2019 - Present).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, The International Journal of Arts Education. (2015 - Present).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, The Journal of Art For Life. (2012 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Juror for Moss/Chumley Award at the Meadows Museum of Art. Dallas, Texas. (January 1, 2023 - March 29, 2023).
  • Other (Assistant Editor), The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum. (2016).
  • Other (Juror), "Hatched" Exhibition, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. Perth, (2015).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, The Journal of Texas Art Education. (2012 - 2014).
  • Other (Assistant Editor), The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum. (2013).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, 2013 National Art Education Conference. (2012 - 2013).
  • Committee Member, National Art Education Association 2013 Convention Museum Education Planning Committee. (2012 - 2013).
  • Other (Art Advisory Committee Member), McKinsey, Inc.. Dallas, Texas. (2012).
  • Member, The Ohio State University's Body Image and Health Task Force. (2008 - 2011).