mei bowyer, MEd, is a doctoral student in the College of Education, department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland with certificates in Museum Scholarship and Material Culture (MSMC) and Digital Studies in Arts and Humanities (DSAH). As a creative and critical learning scientist, mei examines how people learn through relationships, materials, spacetime, and power.
2025. Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium (DEFCon) Community Fellow, Cal State Fullerton.
2024. Curriculum and Instruction (EDCI) Fellow, University of Maryland.
2024. Dean’s Fellow, University of Maryland.
2026. Archie Green Student Travel Award, Public Programs Section of the American Folklore Society.
2025. Digital Humanities Summer Award, Cal State University Fullerton Department of History.
2024. Hands-In-Clay Scholarship, Baltimore Clayworks.
Grants:
2025. Mellon Sawyer Seminar Summer Grant. Georgetown University x Mellon Foundation.
2025. Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium Grant. DEFCON x Mellon Foundation.
2024. Arts for All ArtsAMPlification Graduate Student Research Grant. University of Maryland, College Park.
Installations:
2026. "in-to-mi-ii-see: repair beings with intimacy." Imagining America Annual Gathering, Davis, California.
2026. "grounding: a black indigenous imagination." American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Asheville, NC.
2026. "our new worlds: envisioning, stretching, persisting." The Phillips Collection Teacher Institute, Washington, DC.
2025. "sounding: dark matter." American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Presentations:
2026. Panel titled, "Black epistemologies: the (re)construction of knowledge through food, art, and spirit." Avery Symposium, Charleston College, Charleston, SC.
2025. Talk titled, "the black arts school." Mellon Sawyer Seminar, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
2025. Workshop titled, "sounding: dark matter." American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Projects:
2026. Participant, "Studio Practice as a Tool for Cross-Curricular Critical Thinking," Professional Development at The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC.
TLPL 251: Community, Learners, and Classroom Climate
TLPL 252: Students, Schooling, and Communities
TLPL 332: Arts Integration in Elementary Classrooms
TLPL 481: Embracing Diversity in the Classroom Community