Susannah Brown

Biography

Susannah Brown, Ph.D., Professor, brings a warm smile and artistic beauty to the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in Florida Atlantic University (FAU)’s College of Education (COE). Dr. Brown oversees the art education programs and is responsible for maintaining and organizing art education studios and classrooms on the Boca Raton, Davie, and Jupiter Campuses. Dr. Brown is devoted to showing her undergraduate and graduate students how to implement art instruction in the elementary and secondary classrooms. She also teaches curriculum in art education at the graduate level. Dr. Brown joined FAU in 2004 as an Assistant Professor. She served as Art Coordinator from 2004 to 2007 and as Lead Faculty Member from 2009 to 2010. Dr. Brown served as the Higher Education Division Director for the Florida Art Education Association (FAEA) and on the FAEA Executive Board. She was awarded the Distinguished Service Award in 2016 and the FAEA Higher Education Art Educator of the Year in 2008. She also served on the Research Working Group for the National Art Education Association (NAEA) and was awarded the 2019 National Higher Education Art Educator of the Year and the 2018 Southeastern Higher Education Art Educator of the Year. She also served as Vice President of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the International Honor Society in Education, and was a member of its 2014-2016 Executive Council. She accepted the 2019 O.L. Davis Counselor of Distinction Award as she currently serves as KDP co-counselor and has served as co-counselor from 2008 to 2012. Dr. Brown earned the FAU Innovative Undergraduate Teaching Award, one of eight competitive awards throughout the University, and the COE Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2009. Dr. Brown is the author of several articles and books including, “The Can’t-Be-Seen Who Couldn’t Squawk” (2021), “Creative Literacy in Action: Birth through Age Nine” (2018), “Curriculum Integration in Contemporary Teaching Practice: Emerging Research and Opportunities” (2018), and “Teaching Art Integration in the Schools” (2021).

Credentials

• Ph.D. Florida State University, Art Education (2001)
• M.S. Florida State University, Art Education (1995)
• M.Ed. Florida Atlantic University, Reading Education (2016)
• B.F.A. Florida Atlantic University, Studio Art with Teacher Certification with honors (1990)
• A. A Palm Beach State College, Visual Art with honors (1988)