i. institutional support and commitment to continuous improvement

Christine Atha
Courses Taught (Two Academic Years Prior to Visit):
F 09 ARTHI 5120 Survey of Modern/Postmodern
Design and Architecture
F 10 ARTHI 5120 Survey of Modern/Postmodern
Design and Architecture
Educational Credentials:
2006 Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and
Teaching in Higher Education
2003 SEDA Certificate in Supervising Research
Degrees for Professionals in Art and Design
1990 - 93 MA Humanities, Royal College of Art,
London
1992 – 93 Awarded the Henry Moore Scholarship,
Royal College of Art, London
1973 -76 BA (Hons) Fine Art (2.1) Commendation
in Art History, Hull Institute of Higher Education
1971-73 Foundation Studies, Leeds College of Art
Teaching Experience:
Royal College of Art, London, 2007 – 2008
Visiting Tutor in Department of Critical and
Historical Studies
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design,
London, 1999 – 2008
Senior Lecturer/Course Leader for Cultural
Studies and Course Coordinator
Professional Experience:
Background is in both university and museum
education, and curatorial practice.
Museum education at Tate Britain
Curator of the Review Gallery at the Design
Museum and Head of Education at The Institute
of Contemporary Arts, London; Curatorial
projects include: “Hermès and Matali Crasset:
Cheval Surprise/Equine Reflections” Hanbury
Gallery, London; “Future Map”, London Institute
Gallery, London; “The Shape of Things to
Come”, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London;
“Designing Tomorrow: British Design Education”,
British Council, London; Review Gallery, Design
Museum, London
Selected Publications and Recent Research:
Publications:
“Victorian Values: the Roles of Reception Theory
in the Construction of Taste in the context of
Regeneration Practice”
“The Thing is: between the Designer Poet and
the Artist Bricoleur”; “Value and Integrity in the
Creative Process”
“Language: Developing Communication between
different Cultures”. Co-editor (with Jeremy
Myerson) of Design Renaissance
Exhibitions:
“Roger Brown Calif. U.S.A”., exhibition at the Hyde
Park Arts Center, Chicago
USA,” 2010
Catalogue essay for “Roger Brown Calif.
‘The People’s Gallery of Everyday Objects’ Hyde
Park Art Center, Chicago
The Exhibition asks for audiences visiting
the exhibition and working at the Hyde Park Arts
Center to actively participate in the creation of
a catalogue or document of their experiences
of Everyday Objects by contributing objects to
construct a People’s Gallery, 2010
Professional Memberships:
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
Association of Art Historians
Design History Society
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