About Dr. Dennis Stevens
Dennis Stevens is an artist, educator, and researcher exploring symbolic cognition, AI governance, and veteran experience. He created Poewell, a constitutionally governed visual storytelling platform that supports symbolic meaning-making for veterans.
Dennis Stevens, Ed.D., is a visual artist, writer, and researcher whose work engages the hybrid intersections of art, craft, and design; the boundaries between disciplines; the beliefs that form within communities of practice; and the ways in which making meaning changes the maker.
He holds a Doctor of Education in Art and Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University; a Master of Arts in Instructional Technology from San José State University; and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Clemson University. Before his academic career, he served as a Gunner's Mate in the United States Coast Guard.
His essay "Validity Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Mapping Craft Communities of Practice" appears in Extra/Ordinary: Craft and Contemporary Art (Duke University Press, 2011). He is the founder of Redefining Craft, a platform for critical writing on the intersections of art, craft, and design. He has worked as a studio educator, critic, object maker, and gallery owner.
He is also the founder of a non-profit dedicated to creative placemaking — using art, culture, and heritage to revitalise communities.
Example Digital, Narrative Artworks by Dennis Stevens, Ed.D., created via the Poewell platform
