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EDUCATION
2025 PhD Interdisciplinary Fine Arts (exp), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2021 MFA Studio Arts: Emphasis Painting, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
2017 PhD English and Creative Writing, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2013 MFA Creative Writing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
BCE BA Art History, George Washington University, Washington, DC
TEACHING/INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD
VPA 1302 Global Communications through Arts Methods, Texas Tech University
Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023
ART 1309 Global Art & Visual Culture, Texas Tech University
Spring 2023 (online), Fall 2023 (online)
ART 324 Painting II: The Figure, Northern Illinois University
Spring 2020 (online)
ART 102 2-D Art Foundations, Northern Illinois University
Spring 2021 (online), Fall 2020 (online), Spring 2020 (online), Fall 2019
ENGL 3700 Creative Nonfiction Writing, Western Michigan University
Spring 2017, Fall 2016
ENGL 3660 Advanced Fiction Writing, Western Michigan University
Spring 2016, Fall 2015
ENGL 2660 Writing Poetry and Fiction, Western Michigan University
Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Going Dutch, Annette and Jerry Johns Gallery, DeKalb, IL
2020 Plastic Lives, Annette and Jerry Johns Gallery, DeKalb, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Opening Night, Garage Projects, Lubbock, TX
2024 Madres Radicales, 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2023 Hide & Seek: Neighborhood Art Space. Satellite Gallery at CASP, Lubbock, TX
2022 Escaping Siloes: Research Between Realms, School of Music, TTU, Lubbock, TX
2022 Messaging Lubbock: A Journey of Belonging, School of Art, TTU, Lubbock, TX
2021 Is Texas Painting? 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2020 Print Show, Annette and Jerry Johns Gallery, DeKalb, IL
2020 Entanglements, Juried Exhibition, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
2020 Ars Nova, Juried Exhibition, Jack Olsen Gallery, DeKalb, IL
2020 15th Annual Emerging Artist Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Overcompensation: Big Print Show, Gallery 215, DeKalb, IL
2019 Ars Nova, Juried Exhibition, Jack Olsen Gallery, DeKalb, IL
2019 Challenging the Stigma, Juried Exhibition, Founders Library, NIU, DeKalb, IL
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Valentine, Aimee. “Closing the Gap: Lessons for the Study and Practice of Comics.” Exploring Comics and Graphic
Novels in the Classroom, edited by Jason D.Dehart, IGI Global, pp. 249-261.
2022 Valentine, Aimee. “Goodwill Towards Friends.” Trends: The Journal of the Texas Art Education Association, Dallas,
Texas, pp. 44-49.
2020 Valentine, Aimee. “Wonder Women and the Web: How Female Comics Creators Leap from Private to Public in a
Single Bound.” With Great Power Comes Great Pedagogy: Teaching Comics in the Classroom, edited by Susan E.
Kirtley, Antero Garcia, and Peter E. Carlson, University Press of Mississippi, pp.38-52.
2016 Valentine, Aimee. “Madonna dei Mambo.” Hot Metal Bridge, University of Pittsburgh, Winter, 2016, (n.p.).
2015 Valentine, Aimee. “Bon Camino.” No Tokens Journal, vol. 4, pp. 56-60.
2014 Valentine, Aimee. “Blue State of Mind.” The Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, University of Iowa, vol. 16, pp. 38-63.
2011 Valentine, Aimee. “Breaking the Distance.” Witness Magazine, Black Mountain Institute, University of Nevada at Las
Vegas, 2011 (n.p.)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2025 Valentine, Aimee. “Real Fabric Puppets in a Digitally Fabricated World: The post-pandemic social media revival of
Mister Rogers, Pee-Wee, and Nanalan.” Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, LA. Panel presentation.
2023 Valentine, Aimee. “Tennessee Williams: Science Fiction and Fantasy.” Tennessee Williams Scholars Symposium,
Tennessee Williams Institute, Provincetown, MA. Roundtable discussant.
2022 Valentine, Aimee. “In Between the Lines: Building a Case for Interdisciplinary Comics Studies.” Popular Culture
Association, Seattle, WA. Panel presentation.
2016 Valentine, Aimee. “Apocalypse in the Archives: Resurrecting William Blake’s Prophetic Vision for America.” Pacific
Ancient and MLA Conference, Pasadena, CA. Panel presentation.
2015 Valentine, Aimee. “One Click Wonder: How Women Comics Creators Leap from Private to Public in a Single
Bound.” MLA Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC. Panel presentation.
2014 Valentine, Aimee. “Long Story Short: From Oral History to Graphic Narrative.” Craft Critique Culture Conference,
Iowa City, IA. Panel presentation.
2013 Valentine, Aimee. “Truth in the Gutter: Blurred Boundaries between History and Imagination in Graphic Narratives.”
Northeast MLA Conference, Boston, MA.
2013 Valentine, Aimee. “Faceless Babies, Snorkeling Chickens, and Jelly-Winged Swans: Comics as Monstrous or
Immutable Medium.” Northeast MLA Conference, Boston, MA. Panel presentation.
HONORS & APPOINTMENTS
2024 Graduate Research Support Award, TTU
2024-2025 Art Designated Scholarship, TTU
2023-24 Paul D. Hanna Memorial–Medici Endowed Scholarship for the Fine Arts, TTU
2022-23 Alan & Lee Ann White Regents Endowed Scholarship, TTU
2021-26 Graduate Assistantship, Department of Art, TTU
2020-21 Olson Memorial Painting Scholarship, NIU
2019-20 Helen Merritt Art Scholarship, NIU
2019-20 JR Lee Studio Art Scholarship, NIU
2018-21 Graduate Assistantship, SOAD, NIU
2017 National Distinguished Dissertation Award Nominee, ProQuest
2016-17 Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award, WMU
2013-17 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of English, WMU
2013-15 Doctoral Scholar Associateship, College of Graduate Studies, WMU
SERVICE ACTIVITIES
2025 Wallace Theatre Rural Arts Education Workshops (forthcoming), Levelland, TX
2024 Lubbock PTA Elementary Art Competition. Invited juror, Lubbock, TX
2024 Texas Art Ed. Assoc. Visual Arts Scholastic Events (VASE). Invited juror, Lubbock, TX