Lecturer

Art Education

My research focuses on writing process, visual arts education, arts-based research, educational technology, and multimedia. I am particularly interested in aesthetic and artistic ways of knowing and how they can be incorporated into curriculum.

Email: linda_apps@sfu.ca

Positions

Selected Publications

Referred Publications

Journal Articles

Mamchur, C. & Apps, L. A Voyage of Discovery: Bridging the Arts through
Process. Visual Communications. (Submitted, June 2009).

Apps, L. & Mamchur, C. Finding the ‘details that matter’ in the appropriated works of Las Meninas. Canadian
Review of Art Education. (Submitted, June 2009).

Apps, L. & Mamchur, C. (2009). Artful language: Academic writing for the art student. International
Journal of Art & Design Education, 28(3).

Mamchur, C. & Apps, L. (2008). A personal path to self-efficacy. English
Quarterly Canada, 38(2/3), 65-75.

Book Chapters

Mamchur, C. (with Apps, L., Britton, V., Roberts, M.). (2008). Chasing the shadow. In R. Jones (Ed.), Education
and imagination. London: Routledge.

Conference Proceedings

Mamchur, C. & Apps, L. (2008). Infallible Judgment. International Association for Scientific Knowledge, Teaching and Learning 2008: Achieving Excellence and Quality in Education, University of Aveiro, Portugal. May 26 -28.

Mamchur, C. & Apps, L. (2006). Thou Shalt not Touch. Teacher Development: The Key to Education in the 21st Century, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, March 2-4.

Non-Referred Publications

Journal Articles

Mamchur, C. & Apps, L. (July 2009). On the edge of chaos: In search of a process. Complicity: An
International Journal of Complexity and Education, 6(2), 115-123.

Apps, L. (2002, March). Collaboration. The Distance: A Publication
of the Alberta Distance Education & Training Association, 11, pp. 1, 8-9.

McLean, L. (with Apps, L.). (2000). Metamorphosis of YNN. OSIE, University
of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Dr. Les McLean, Principal Investigator, Linda
Apps, Research Assistant.

Documentary Video

Apps, L. & Mamchur, C. (2007). Case study: Artist Leo Adams. Available at: http://www. lindaapps.com

Conferences and Exhibitions

2009	Islands of Knowing. British Columbia Art Teachers’ Association (BCATA) + Canadian Society for Education through Art (CSEA) Conference 2009. Inside_Out. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, October 22-24.
2009	Writing as a Tool for Recognizing Self and Agency. 34th International Conference on Improving University Teaching (IUT). Navigating Innovations in Teaching and Learning. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, July 14-17. (Round Table)
2008	Infallible Judgment. International Association for Scientific Knowledge, Teaching and Learning 2008: Achieving Excellence and Quality in Education, University of Aveiro, Portugal. May 26 -28. Co-presenter with Dr. C. Mamchur.
2006	Group Art Exhibition. Unsettling Conversations: An Arts and Education Practice Based Research Collaborative Inquiry. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, June 23-24.
2006	Demystifying Artistic Process: Presentation and Theory of Two Corroborating Approaches to Teaching Arts Curriculum. The American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, University of California, Berkeley, California, April 7-10. Co-presenter with Dr. C. Mamchur.
2006	Thou Shalt not Touch. Teacher Development: The Key to Education in the 21st Century, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, March 2-4. Co-presenter with Dr. C. Mamchur.
2004	Laying on of Hands: The complexities of touch and professionalism in the teaching profession today. EGSA conference, Education With/Out Borders, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada; October 15-17. Workshop and presentation with Dr. C. Mamchur.
2004	Developing a Hands-on Course Online. Interface 2004: e-Learning Magic, SAIT, Calgary, Alberta; June 16-18. Co-presenter with E. Gnanalingam.
2003	Why Pilot an Online Course? Best Practices Online Conference, University of Calgary, Alberta; June with co-authors C. Jensen, B. Christians, L. Dvorak.
2001	Collaborative Art. Summer Institute 2001: Linking Research to Educational Practice, University of Calgary, Canada; July 31 – Aug. 2, Presenter.
1987	Group Art Exhibition, New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1980	Group Art Exhibition, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta

Research Grants

2005   $4000   SSHRC Small Research Grant, Co-investigator

2008   $500     CSSE Short-term Scholarly Events.

Reviewer

SFU Education Review (Online Journal)

CSSE Annual Conference 2009

English Quarterly Canada

Chapter reviewer: Educational Gameplay and Simulation Environments: Case
Studies and Lessons Learned (published by IGI Global).