Professional Materials Committee
The NAEA Professional Materials Committee (PMC) serves as a professional review committee for print and non-print professional materials made available to NAEA’s membership. In an advisory capacity, the PMC is charged with reviewing the complete NAEA publications program holistically and providing feedback to address how individual publications together fulfill NAEA’s overarching vision, mission, and goals—with a specific focus on book proposals considered for publication. The PMC includes a diverse range of members from all NAEA Divisions and Regions and bring different areas of experience, expertise, and interest to provide a wide range of points of view.
The Professional Materials Committee (PMC) is established by the NAEA Board and Chaired by the President-Elect. The Chair facilitates the activities of the committee and serves as a conduit to the Board. The PMC Co-Chair collaborates with NAEA staff to provide an orientation for the PMC Chair. All PMC members must be NAEA members in good standing. The PMC consists of 15-20 members, each serving a 4-year term. The Committee comprises members with different areas of expertise and interest, with representation from scholarly researchers of art/art history, museum educators, and all teaching levels, including higher education.
Professional Materials Committee members should have background interest in writing, publishing, or editing professional materials on art and art education topics. They should be able to express their opinions clearly and concisely in written critiques. Committee members should be thoroughly familiar with current terminology, trends, resources, and references in the field.
The PMC Co-Chair is responsible for the following:
- Perform the duties of the PMC Chair during the latter’s absence.
- Collaborate with NAEA staff to provide an orientation for the PMC Chair.
- Collaborate with Chair and staff to develop meeting agendas and board reports.
- After consulting with the Chair, contact reviewers for book proposals; give a deadline to review, collect reviews, discuss results with PMC, and report results to Chair and NAEA staff. The PMC Co-Chair will be elected by committee members for a 4-year term, which can be renewed. Qualified nominees must have previous experience serving on the PMC. The term will be staggered with that of the PMC Chair and will begin after the NAEA Convention annual meeting in an even-numbered year.
PMC members have the following responsibilities:
- Generate agenda items and submit to Chair, Co-Chair, and NAEA staff.
- Review holistically and provide feedback on the overall NAEA publications program.
- Review professional materials and proposals for such print and non-print materials submitted for consideration for publication by NAEA and provide feedback for the NAEA Board and any co-publisher.
- Work in consultation with Vice Presidents, and Division Directors, Commission Chairs, and Interest Group Leaders to identify specific needs for relevant or updated materials and to make sure publications are useful as applied to members’ professional needs.
- In coordination with NAEA staff, develop, conduct, and analyze surveys to determine professional needs of the membership.
- Ensure that the overall range and scope of the publications produced are diverse, balanced, and meet the needs of the membership.
- As assigned, reviews book proposals, shares reviews with Co-Chair, and discusses results with PMC.
- Publications are recommended for approval by the NAEA Board based upon member benefit and relevance to the field.
- PMC members are expected to attend the annual NAEA National Convention and all quarterly meetings (conducted virtually).