Shari Densel
Assistant Teaching Professor, Art Education
Education:
M.Ed: Art Education, University of Toledo
BS: Art Education, St. Francis University (Fort Wayne, IN)
Research Interests:
Arts Leadership in South Africa/Lesotho, China, Tanzania, and Japan
BGSU Courses taught:
Visual Arts Methods & Teaching Practicum (Saturday Art)
Creative Expressive Arts & Movement for Inclusive Early Childhood
University Student Teacher Mentor
Faculty Member since 2009
Areas of research:
· Assistant Group Leader & Participant - for Fulbright-Hayes Group Seminar South Africa/Lesotho
· Participant in Freeman Foundation to East Asian China Study Tour
· Research co-director /Visual Art Educator in a Tanzanian Arts Education Program
· Part of the U.S. Delegation of Women Artist to visit Tanzania - a U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs sponsored grant program, "Art Exchanges on International Issues for Tanzania" with special focus on developing young women artists.
· Japan Fulbright Participant
Recent Accomplishments:
· Grant recipient of over $8,500 for the Anthony Wayne District Art Department
· Raised over $3,000 to send to orphans in Lesotho, Africa through a mural project at Anthony Wayne Junior High
· 2005 Published article School Arts Magazine / Coordinated K-12 Ceramic Mural
Recognitions:
· Nation Board Certification
· Art Teacher of the Year / Northwest Ohio Art Education Association, 2011
· Anthony Wayne District Teacher of the Year, 2009-2010
· Ohio Master Teacher and held a Lead Teacher License, 2004-2014
“Shari Denzel is one of the best instructors at BGSU. She has so much knowledge, experience and insight to teaching in the real world [and] understands how to assist and aid future art educators with all situations.”
Lauren Donnelly, BFA 2016
