Sensory studies arises at the conjuncture (and within) the fields of anthropology • sociology • history • archeology • geography • communications • religion • philosophy • literature • art history • museology • film • mixed media • performance • phenomenology • disability • aesthetics • architecture • urbanism • design

Sensory Studies can also be divided along sensory lines into, for example, visual culture, auditory culture (or sound studies), smell culture, taste culture and the culture of touch, not to mention the sixth sense (however it might be defined)

Research profile >> Andrea Zakin

Lehman College, CUNY, Bronx, NY, USA

Studio Art/Art Education/Aesthetic Education – Cognitive Processing in Artistic Process – Senses in Art – Sensory Perception through Aesthetic Education

Andrea Zakin is an artist and an educator. She is the author of numerous articles on art education that focus on the cognitive dimensions of artistic process, aesthetic education, and art in an integrated curriculum. Selected publications include “Exploring Relationships Between Aesthetic Education and Writing Across the Curriculum Using Poetry” in Across the Disciplines (co-authored, 2009), “Wordless Picture Books in Teacher Education: Entrée to Language and Imagination” in Excelsior (co-authored, 2009); “On Being Seduced: The Taste of a Sugar Buzz” in Senses and Society (2008), “Metacognition and the Use of Inner Speech in Children’s Thinking: A Tool Teachers Can Use” in Scientific Journals International (2007) and “Inner Speech: A Neglected Pedagogical Tool” in Academic Exchange Quarterly (2007).

Andrea Zakin holds a Ph.D. from NYU and is an Assistant Professor at Lehman College, The City University of New York, where she teaches art and art education. Her dissertation focused on cognitive processing in artistic process. Current research investigates teaching for tolerance through art. She has served as an arts program evaluator and staff developer for city and state agencies and organizations. Her artwork investigates interconnections between the underlying meaning of myths and fairytales and themes in everyday life.

I am an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada.  My B.A. in Anthropology was completed at the University of Arizona, and I received my MA Degree and PhD in Anthropology and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

E-mail: andrea.zakin@lehman.cuny.edu