DETROIT, Jan. 29, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. David Fike, president of Marygrove College, announced the appointment of Dr. Chris Koenig Seguin as the dean of Education, effective January 2008. Dr. Seguin most recently served as founding chairperson of the Art Education Department at the College for Creative Studies.
Dr. Seguin earned her doctorate degree in Curriculum and Instruction, Multicultural Education, and Political Science and a Master's in Art Education from Wayne State University. She is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Detroit where she earned the Bachelor of Arts degree and a Michigan Provisional Teaching Certificate. Dr. Seguin received additional education in Art History Studies at Oxford University, England, and in Art, Art History and American Indian Studies at Arizona State University.
As founding chairperson of the CCS Art Education Department, Dr. Seguin created the program's curriculum design, developed learning experiences that meet state standards for Art teachers, promoted research-based best practices and established effective relationships with the Michigan Department of Education. Dr. Seguin is a native Detroiter who has forged close ties with hundreds of teachers in schools across the metropolitan area. She brings several years' teaching experience at the K-12 level in the Detroit Public and parochial school systems and higher education teaching experience at Wayne State University, Eastern Michigan University and Henry Ford Community College.
Dr. Seguin's published works and research focus on brain development, school reform, the relationship between economic equity and educational quality, and multiculturalism. These include the article and presentation "Learning, Teaching and Advocating from a Research Base: Promoting Brain Development with the Dynamics of Creativity" in November 2007 at the Michigan Department of Education School Improvement Conference and the conference publication. She also delivered "How Art Teachers Promote Brain Development with the Dynamics of Creativity" at the 2007 Michigan Art Education Association Annual Conference in Grand Rapids. She has provided testimony on educational issues before the Michigan House of Representatives and other organizations. Dr. Seguin's affiliation with Marygrove College began as a teacher in Kid's College.
Committed to a vision of Urban Leadership, Marygrove College is a private liberal arts college located at 8425 W. McNichols Rd. in Detroit. More than 1,200 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs in education, business, human resource management, social justice, social work, science, theater, music, dance, the fine arts and many others. Nearly 1,300 students are enrolled in its online and distance learning Master in the Art of Teaching program. Call 866-313-1927 or visit www.marygrove.edu to Learn to Change the World.
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