I’m an educator and artist whose medium is school.
I taught for a decade in New York City K-12 classrooms and now consult widely, supporting educators across the country to reimagine the future of learning. My diverse influences in radical, democratic pedagogy range from Highlander and Black Mountain College to unschooling and the co-op preschool model.
At the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), I served as the interim director of MA Social Design from 2024-25. As faculty in the program in 2025-26, I bring an interest in design's capacity to organize ordinary people towards social change.
I came to Baltimore from Sacramento, where I lived on the same street where I grew up. In addition to teaching, I am a writer, printmaker, parent and neighbor. I serve as president of the board of S.O.U.R.C.E. Studio, founded by artist Mel Chin. My current interests are in wealth redistribution and solidarity economies. My last collection of essays, You Can Borrow My Cat Skeleton, explores the relationship between capitalism, neighbors and community in my local Buy Nothing group.
Christina M. Jenkins
Fall 2025
jenkins.christina@gmail.com
Photo by Rebecca Aranda