Tyson E. Lewis
Professor, Art Education
Director, Art Education Graduate Studies
Department of Art Education
940-369-7559
Tyson.Lewis@unt.edu
Art Building, Room 309A
About Dr. Lewis
Research interests: Educational philosophy, critical theory, phenomenological research methods and aesthetics.
Links to Recent Work
Studio-D Project, Education as Experimentation: Possibilities Beyond Outcome-Based Learning in collaboration with the Jo Ann (Jody) & Dr. Charles O. Onstead Institute for Education in the Visual Arts & Design.
Books
Lewis, T.E. (2023). "Educational Potentialities: Collected Talks on Revolutionary Education, Aesthetics, and Organization"
Lewis, T.E., & Hyland, P.B. (2022). Studious Drift: Movements and Protocols for a Postdigital Education. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Lewis, T. (2020). Walter Benjamin’s Anti-Fascist Education: From Riddles to Radio. New York: SUNY Press.
Lewis, T. (2017). Inoperative Learning: A Radical Rewriting of Educational Potentialities. New York: Routledge.
Video Interviews, Presentations
Intellectual Collectivities Podcast Series
Walter Benjamin’s Antifascist Education: From Riddles to Radio Author-Meets-Critics Panel
Walter Benjamin and the Antifascist Potential of Children's Coloring
This video features Dr. Tyson Lewis discussing his recent book "Walter Benjamin’s Antifascist Education" about art education, and in particular, children’s coloring.
Book Launch for Educational Potentialities: Collected Talks on Revolutionary Education, Aesthetics, and Organization
Podcasts
Choose to be Curious
Childhood Art, Center for the Study of Childhood Art
Thinking in the Midst