Herman Jiesamfoek
Assistant Professor
Education, Early Childhood/Art
Location: 2401a James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5205
Fax: 718.951.4816
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In addition to his degrees, Herman Jiesamfoek studied fine arts drawing at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. In 1991, he served as a ballet instructor at Vaganova Choreographic Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia. From 2003 to 2007, he was adjunct assistant professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. Since 2007 he has been assistant professor at Brooklyn College. His ongoing ethnographic research among the Bush Negro people of Suriname resulted in several publications on the arts, aesthetics and globalization, and around issues of social and cultural homogeneity in the changing arts culture of the Bush Negro people of Suriname.
Education:
D.Ed., Teachers College, Columbia University - 2003 (Art and Art Education)
M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University - 1998 (Dance and Dance Education)
Propedeuse, State University Leiden, The Netherlands - 1995 (History of Fine Arts, Architecture, Applied Arts and Iconography)
B.A., Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - 1993 (Fine Arts Painter and Graphic Arts)
B.A., Rotterdam Dance Academy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - 1990 (Dance Pedagogy)
Areas of Expertise:
Dance education, art education, ballet pedagogy, yoga instruction, ethnographic field research.
Books and Publications
"Dance and Play." Young Children and the Arts: Nurturing Imagination and Creativity. Ed. C. Korn-Burstyn. Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Publishing. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2012
"Indigenous Non-Western Arts, Cultural Identity and Social Cohesion in New Settings." The International Journal of the Arts in Society. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
"Globalization and Shifting Indigenous Arts Practices of the Surinamese Bush Negro People." The Global Studies Journal 3.4. Champaign, Ill.: Common Ground Publishing LLC. http://www.globalstudiesjournal.com/. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
"Effects of Globalization on the Arts Practices of the Bush Negro People of Suriname." Globalization, Art, and Education. Eds. E. Manley Delacruz, A. Arnold, A. Kuo and M. Parsons. Reston, Va.: National Art Education Association. Chapter 4: 27-34. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2009
Review of Integrating the Arts Across the Elementary School Curriculum, by Phyllis R. Gelineau (2004). (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2009
"The Arts of the Bush Negro of Suriname: A Qualitative Field Study of the Impact of Continuity and Change on Culture, Village Community and Artistic Heritage." Art Education Dissertation Monographs, Volume 2. New York: Teachers College, Columbia University. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2007
"Art Making, Aesthetic Considerations and the Formation of Social and Cultural Homogeneity With the Changing Bush Negro Ssociety of Suriname." Journal of Intercultural Studies 25.1: 8-20. London: Taylor & Francis Group, Carfax Publishing. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
Creative Work
New Scholars Circle - School of Education Junior Faculty. 2011
New Scholars Circle - School of Education Junior Faculty. 2010
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Faculty Fellowship Publication Program, spring 2012. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
PSC-CUNY Grant 41, for "The Artistic Traditions of the Surinamese Bush Negro People." 2010-11. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
PSC-CUNY Grant 40, for "The Artistic Traditions of the Surinamese Bush Negro People." 2009-10. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
PSC-CUNY Grant 49, for "The Artistic Traditions of the Surinamese Bush Negro People." 2008-09. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
Research Activities
"Artistic Traditions of the Surinamese Bush Negro People: Informal Art Education" poster. Inaugural CUNY Education Conference. CUNY Graduate Center. April. 2009
Submitted for PSC-CUNY grant in 2007, for "Impact and Change: The Artistic Traditions of the Surinamese Bush Negro People." Expected otucome: Spring 2008.
2008
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"GLARE Project: With Liberty and Justice for All? Including LGBTQ Voices in Democratic Practice." National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) Annual Conference. Hartford, Conn. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Indigenous Arts and Relationships to Cultural Identity and Social Cohesion With the Surinamese Bush Negro People." Sixth International Conference on the Arts in Society. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Berlin. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Literacy: From Words to Dance Improvisations." Literacy Through the Arts: Three Artistic Approaches to Improving Literacy in the ClassroomSymposium. Faculty Day. Brooklyn College. May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Participant, National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) Summer 2011 Symposium. Session organized around the Adenda for Education in a Democracy. Seattle. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2011
"Globalization and the Arts of the Bush Negro People of Suriname." Third Annual Global Studies Conference. Pusan National University: Institute for Social Science Research. Busan, South Korea. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Globalization and the Arts Practices of the Bush Negro People of Suriname." Hands and Minds Conference of Arts Educators of New Jersey. Strand, N.J., October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Arnold, A., E. Delacruz, H.F. Jiesamfoek, K.H. Kan, H. Kim, C. Kou, M. Riedler and L. Wang. "Revitalizing Art Education Through a Global Studies Framework: Hybridization, Globalization, & New Cultural Identities. Organized" panel discussion. National Arts Education Association (NAEA) Annual Convention. Baltimore, April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Jiesamfoek, H.F. and A. Hughes. "The Teaching Portfolio: Documenting the Art and Practice of Your Teaching" roundtable discussion. Faculty Conference. Brooklyn College. May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2010
Address to a group of visiting scholars from Amersfoort, the Netherlands. Amersfoort Roundtable Discussion. Brooklyn College. March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
Florence, N., M. DeBey and H.F. Jiesamfoek. "How Cultural Identities influence Classroom Interactions roundtable discussion. Faculty Day. Brooklyn College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2008
Professional Leadership
Member, Campus Planning Committee for the Academic Year 2010-11. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Member, Student Grade Appeal Committee, School of Education, Brooklyn College. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Acting program head, Art Education Program, School of Education, spring. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Member, Graduate Scholarship Committee, fall. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Member, Student Grade Appeal Committee, School of Education, Brooklyn College. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Member, Faculty Council Library Committee, 2009-10. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Grade Appeal Committee, School of Education, Brooklyn College. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Community Activities
Member, ECAE Search Committee for two new faculty positions, 2011-12. 2012
Alternate delegate for Social Science Division, Faculty Council, 2011-12. 2011
Member, Faculty Council Committee on Campus Planning, 2011-12. 2011
Alternate delegate for Social Science Division, Faculty Council, 2010-11. 2010
Member, Faculty Council Committee on Campus Planning, 2010-11. 2010
Member, Search Committee for Senior Director for International Education and Global Engagement. 2010
Member, Grade Appeal Committee. 2009
Other Professional Activities
Divisional delegate for social science, Faculty Council, spring. 2010
Acting program head, Art Education Program, School of Education, spring. 2009
Student independent study (graduate student), fall. 2007
