Three CFA faculty members promoted to the rank of associate professor
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Three CFA faculty members promoted to the rank of associate professor
32 Charles River Campus faculty promoted, including CFA faculty Rébecca Bourgault (art education), Andrew Goodrich (music education), and Nicholas Rock (graphic design)
This article was originally published in BU Today on July 8, 2024. By BU Today staff
An aquatic biogeochemist who seeks to understand the impacts of human- and climate-driven change on aquatic environments. A systems neuroscientist studying the mechanisms of learning and memory. An expert in digital marketing whose work has helped advance understanding of the dynamics of online advertising. A computer scientist who researches the intersection of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. These faculty are among the 32 on Boston University’s Charles River Campus recently promoted to the rank of associate professor.
They are teachers and scholars who have earned national reputations in their respective fields of study, and they reflect the breadth and depth of research being conducted at BU.
CFA faculty promoted to associate professor, non-tenure track
Rébecca Bourgault
Rébecca Bourgault, CFA associate professor of art and art education, is an artist-scholar whose research examines lifelong learning in communities, socially engaged art practices, and approaches to arts research that explore transdisciplinary, translingual, and holistic ways of knowing.
Recent publications include two coedited books—one on contemporary arts research, the other a collection of life stories about arts and aging. She has presented her work internationally and published numerous chapters and journal articles. In 2022, she was elected to the North American World Council for the International Society for Education Through Art, where she is now an associate editor for their flagship journal, International Journal of Education Through Art. She is an active member, contributor, reviewer, and juror for Canadian and American art and art education organizations.
Andrew Goodrich
Andrew Goodrich, CFA associate professor of music and music education, is a peer mentoring scholar in the field of music education. Additional research interests include studying adult amateur musicians in community music settings, preservice music teacher preparation, and jazz education.
He has published a book, Peer Mentoring in Music Education: Developing Effective Student Leadership (2022), along with 19 scholarly peer-reviewed articles, 8 music practitioner articles, and 7 book chapters in Oxford University Press and Springer publications. He serves on the editorial boards of several leading music education publications, including the Journal of Research in Music Education, the Journal of Music Teacher Education, and the Journal of Popular Music Education.
Nicholas Rock
Nicholas Rock, CFA associate professor of art, graphic design, is a practicing graphic designer and design strategist who teaches in the School of Visual Arts undergraduate and graduate graphic design programs, where he is also director of graduate studies.
His development of a comprehensive methodology for evaluating and discovering references in experience design culminated in The Experience Design Handbook, a web-based, publicly accessible repository that organizes and catalogs case studies in experience design for easy reference and discovery. His design practice, meanwhile, focuses on the importance of human connection and the transformation of social systems through collaborations with various national design studios, with clients including Harvard Graduate School of Design, Apple, and American Express.