Autumn Beckman
A native Houstonian, Autumn is a graduate of the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts where she studied photography and painting, following which she studied animation at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Houston as well as a Master of Philosophy in Psychology from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She has taught "Social Psychology" and "The American Urban Experience" at Brooklyn College and "Psychology of Women" at Hunter College in New York City.
The current research is for her dissertation, in partial fulfillment of her Ph.D. in Social-Personality Psychology, also at The Graduate Center. Concurrently, Autumn has earned a graduate level Certificate in Film Studies.
Her previous research has focused on "healthy" or "positive" female sexuality and on the experiences of Hurricane Katrina survivors now living in New Orleans and Houston.
Autumn owns and operates two art businesses: Autumn Beckman Photography (portrait, wedding, and event photography) and Autumn's Dogs (custom painted pet portraits). She volunteers on the hotline at the Houston Area Women's Center, which helps survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, and she offers her photography services to Wish Upon A Wedding, which grants dream weddings to people with terminal illness. She is a member of Women in the Visual and Literary Arts and the Gender and Disaster Network.
Autumn has an African gray parrot, a miniature dachshund, and a German shepherd with Breed Identity Disorder (she thinks she's a dachshund) who the Houston SPCA rescued from Galveston after Hurricane Ike.
For more information on Autumn and to view her art, please see www.autumnbeckman.com
The current research is for her dissertation, in partial fulfillment of her Ph.D. in Social-Personality Psychology, also at The Graduate Center. Concurrently, Autumn has earned a graduate level Certificate in Film Studies.
Her previous research has focused on "healthy" or "positive" female sexuality and on the experiences of Hurricane Katrina survivors now living in New Orleans and Houston.
Autumn owns and operates two art businesses: Autumn Beckman Photography (portrait, wedding, and event photography) and Autumn's Dogs (custom painted pet portraits). She volunteers on the hotline at the Houston Area Women's Center, which helps survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, and she offers her photography services to Wish Upon A Wedding, which grants dream weddings to people with terminal illness. She is a member of Women in the Visual and Literary Arts and the Gender and Disaster Network.
Autumn has an African gray parrot, a miniature dachshund, and a German shepherd with Breed Identity Disorder (she thinks she's a dachshund) who the Houston SPCA rescued from Galveston after Hurricane Ike.
For more information on Autumn and to view her art, please see www.autumnbeckman.com
| Psychology and Art Curriculum Vitae |
Header image depicts Murdoch's Bath House, a gift shop on the Galveston Seawall, after Hurricane Ike. They have since rebuilt.
Photographed November 11, 2008 by Autumn Beckman.
Photographed November 11, 2008 by Autumn Beckman.
