2010 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Coriana Close

Saturday, March 06, 2010 @ 10:00am, Salon CD

"Re-Thinking Photographic Education: Expanding the Canon"

Coriana Close is Assistant Professor of Photography at the University of Memphis. She has a BA in Cinema Studies with Honors in Studio Art from Oberlin College, and an MFA in Photography from the University... read more

Clare Charles Cornell is an artist living in Denver, Colorado.
His artwork is a result of a personal investigation into his
relationship to masculinity, queer and otherwise. Works include
video, sculpture, and primarily photo based... read more

Jen Crickenberger is a photographic artist and the associate
education director for The Light Factory. Her projects challenge
teens to express their ideas through conceptual photography.
Crickenberger created China I-Sights, which recently traveled
twenty students... read more

Pablo Delano

Friday, March 05, 2010 @ 9:00am, Salon CD

"This is NOT Your Caribbean Get-Away Picture-Postcard Tropical Paradise: Post-Colonial Cultural Iden

Pablo Delano was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His artistic practice is grounded in the histories and struggles of Latin American and Caribbean peoples, both in their homelands and in their diasporas.... read more

Mariah Doren teaches at Parsons School of Design and SUNY
Purchase. She received an MFA in photography from Pratt Institute,
and is finishing an Ed.D. in art education from Columbia
University. Johanna Paas, an associate... read more

Carola Dreidemie is assistant professor of experimental digital
media and video at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
She also teaches digital workshops at Universidad de Guanajuato
in Mexico. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina,... read more

Erina Duganne is assistant professor of art history at Texas
State University. She is the author of The Self in Black and White:
Race and Subjectivity in Postwar American Photography and her essays
have appeared... read more

Joel Eisinger teaches art history at the University of Minnesota,
Morris. He is completing a book on photography and white
racial identity in the United States from 1890 to 1990. His first
book, Trace and... read more

Susan Evans

Saturday, March 06, 2010 @ 10:00am, Salon F

"The Color of Skin"

Born Juana Ramos, adopted and re-named, Susan E. Evans started her photographic exploration at the age of eight in a small basement darkroom. Since then, Evans' formal education yielded a BFA in both Photography and... read more

Elizabeth Ferrer

Saturday, March 06, 2010 @ 10:00am, Salon E

"Is There a Latino Photographic History?"

Elizabeth Ferrer is director of contemporary art at the multidisciplinary arts organization BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn. A specialist in Mexican and Latino photography, she has extensive experience as a curator and writer. Ferrer... read more

Kelly Flynn is currently working on an MFA in photography at
Texas Woman's University. She received her photography BFA
from The University of Miami, FL. Flynn's latest photo documentary
project is "Texas Fireworks Series." read more

Kip Fulbeck

Thursday, March 04, 2010 @ 7:00pm, Salon EF

"I Hope You Don't Mind Me Asking, But ..."

Kip Fulbeck is an American artist, slam poet, and filmmaker. A renowned public speaker, he has been featured on CNN, MTV, and PBS, and has performed and exhibited throughout the world. He is currently a... read more