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Joel A Whitaker
Professor; Chair of the Department of Art and Design
Full-Time Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences: Art and Design
Degrees
- MFA, Photography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.
Profile
Joel Whitaker is an artist and educator living in Dayton. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Art in Art from the University of Montevallo (Montevallo, Ala.), and a Master of Fine Art in Studio Art from Florida State University (Tallahassee, Fla.) In 1990, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa), and in 1993 he joined the faculty of the University of Dayton, where he currently holds the rank of Professor. He has over 30 years experience in visual arts higher education, arts administration, curatorial work, community service and in the making of photographs and photo related works. His was one of five photographers selected by Lenscratch, Fine Art Photography Daily, for The States Project: Ohio; and one of eight Ohio photographers to participate in a NEH funded re-photographic survey of FSA photographs of Ohio. His work has been highlighted in The Elements of Photography; Oxford American, Eyes on the South; and included in Photography Now/One Hundred Portfolios – An International Survey of Contemporary Photography. His work is in several public collections, has been exhibited extensively in the US, and received several state, regional and university grants.