Academic Biography

Courtney Lee Weida is an artist, writer, and registered Expressive Arts Consultant and Expressive Arts Educator. She also works as a Professor at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York.  She has taught at Columbia University Teachers College, the State University of New York, Radford University, and Boston and New York K-12 schools.  Her recent publications address healing, craft, girlhood visual cultures, and fairy tale studies. 

Courtney completed her doctorate at Columbia University Teachers College.  She earned a masters degree from Harvard University. Her bachelors degree was from Northeastern University (honours distinction and Summa Cum Laude). She has created and taught studio art and craft programs for pre-K through twelfth grade within schools and community programs. She also completed teaching certifications in Visual Art (PreK-12), English Literature, and Elementary classroom teaching and is a teaching artist.

As a poet and practicing artist within various media, Courtney possesses a unique background in English literature and archaeology museum work that has informed her creative practice. She has exhibited sculptures and ceramics in numerous shows throughout the United States and online.

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