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Christina Donaldson

Interdisciplinary Art and Design Studies
Visiting Assistant Professor

Art Building, Room 212

940-565-4537

Christina.Donaldson@unt.edu

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Visiting Assistant Professor
Alum: 2024, Ph.D., Art Education; 2015, M.F.A., Interior Design

About

Research Interests: critical phenomenology; queer, feminist, and affect theory; failure and resilience.

 Christina Donaldson holds a Ph.D. in Art Education (2024) and an M.F.A. in Interior Design from the University of North Texas (2015). She also earned a Master of Psychology from the University of Dallas, and a B.F.A. in Design from Marylhurst University, Lake Oswego, Oregon. 

Drawing from critical phenomenology and queer and feminist theories, her interdisciplinary doctoral research critiques neoliberal resilience discourse while advocating for alternative methodologies that challenge academic norms and creative practice. This work was recognized with UNT’s Toulouse Graduate School Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences (2024) and the National Art Education Association’s Elliot Eisner Doctoral Research Award (2025).

Her critical engagement with art and design education is informed by an interdisciplinary background, extensive professional experience, and an attunement to the lived realities of creative work. With over 15 years in the design industry, Donaldson bridges academia and practice to foster critical dialogues on resilience, failure, and affective labor in art and design education.

 

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