Ed.D. Teachers College Columbia University, 2002
Mark Graham received his EdD degree from Teachers College of Columbia University and his MBA from New York University. He currently serves as the chairman of the Art Education committee and recently co-directed field study programs in India, Nepal, and Malawi. Dr. Graham is an internationally known illustrator and has illustrated thirty children picture books. He has exhibited his work at the Society of Illustrators exhibition and the Bologna Children Book exhibition. He continues to create various kinds of art objects, including mandalas and complex installations. Graham received the Manual Barkan award from the National Art Education Association and has published work in Studies in Art Education, Education Policy Review, The Teaching Artist Journal, Art Education, and has written chapters for numerous books in the field of art education. His scholarship includes place-based education, graphic novels, ecological/holistic education, secondary art education and assessment, and Himalayan art and culture.