Position/Status

Assistant Professor of Arts, Creativities and Education

E-mail Address

tvpm2@cam.ac.uk

Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations

• External Examiner for Brighton University and Birmingham City University
• Internal Examiner Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
• National Society for Education in Art and Design

Qualifications

• PhD in Education UCL 2021
• Master in Education University of Cambridge 2016
• PGCE Art and Design University of Cambridge 2014
• BA Art, Film and Theatre University of Reading 2008

Profile

My scholarship challenges art and design education orthodoxies by utilising alternative theories to develop and trouble the art and design curriculum. I am particularly interested in art-based research and how the creative process can lead to new ways to generate knowledge. As a gallery represented and practicing artist, my interests also lie between the borders of the artist and the teacher, or the 'artist who teaches' and the complex thinking processes artists utilise when teaching.

Academic Area/Links

• Art and Design Education

Research Topics

• Art and Design Education
• Arts Based Research
• Artist teacher
• Fine art

Teaching 

Undergraduate 

• Lecturer on Creativity and Thinking Undergraduate Tripos

Masters

• Arts, Creativities and Education (MPhil) Route Coordinator/Course Leader

PhD

• Currently a supervisor for 4 full time PhD students. 
• I am seeking PhD students who have special interests in:

     The artist teacher, fine art/visual art practice as research in education and arts based research.  

Publications

• Millett, T. and Retallack, H. (2024). ‘Response-Able Feminist Activism in a Neoliberal School Context: Plaiting to Re-think Progress’in J. Bustillos Morales et al. (eds) Towards Posthumanism in Education Theoretical Entanglements and Pedagogical Mappings. New York, NY: Routledge. pp.138-148.
• Millett, T. (2024). ‘Queering the art classroom: a practical guide for art and design teachers’, in A. Ash et al. (eds) A practical guide to teaching art and design in the secondary school. Abingdon: Routledge. pp. 221-235.
• Monocle Magazine (2023), JUNE. Featured Artist.
• Millett, T. (2021). Queering the art classroom, PhD IOE.
• Millett, T. (2019). Queering the Art classroom: queering matters, The International Journal of Art & Design Education, 38(4): pp.809-822.
• Queering the Art Classroom in AD magazine, Autumn 2019