Kristopher Holland

Kristopher Holland is an Associate Professor of Art and Design Education and Fine Arts at the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Art Education from Indiana University and an M.A. from New York University. Holland serves as Co-Director of the Strange Tools Research Lab at the Digital Futures research collaborative and Director of both the Graduate program in Art & Design Education and the Visual Arts & Design Education State Licensure program.

His research explores strange tools, philosophical inquiry methodologies, arts-based research, art and design teacher education, deconstruction, contemporary art, and critical theory. Holland's conceptual artwork The Habermas Machine has been recognized in academic literature and exhibitions.

Holland's publications demonstrate interdisciplinary engagement across philosophy, art, and education, with recent work focusing on the intersection of embodied cognition with artistic practice, radical education theory through Baudrillardian frameworks, and techno-cultural confluence in design education. His scholarship aims to foster student agency for social change and educational innovation.