M. Beth Tauke
Associate Professor
office: Hayes Hall 305
phone : 716 829 3485 x 312
e-mail : tauke@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor Beth Tauke holds a Master of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts in Design from the University of Iowa, and Bachelor of Arts in psychology, studio art and education from Clarke College. Tauke’s creative and scholarly work focuses on beginning design pedagogy, spatial and color perception, and the interface between language and form. Her publications include articles in Building Material, Utopian Studies, Representation, Design Issues, and Foundations in Art, Theory and Criticism. Tauke co-edited Universal Design: New York and is co-editor of the academic online journal Diversity in Design.
Awards and grants include a U.S. Department of Education Curriculum Models Grant, a National Endowment for the Arts Design Leadership Grant (with A. Bitterman), a National Endowment for the Arts Creation and Presentation Grant (with M. Lum), a National Institute for Architectural Education Award, the American Collegiate Schools of Architecture Robert R. Taylor Award, a Lily Endowment Teaching Fellowship, and the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Tauke’s work has been exhibited at the Hallwalls Center for Contemporary Art, Buffalo, the International Design Conference at Aspen, and the Margaret Morrison Construction Site in Pittsburgh.
