Bio
Education: BA, St. Ambrose University, 1973; MA, The University of Iowa, 1978; PhD, The University of iowa, 1985. Books: Communities of Practice: Art, Play and Aesthetics in Early Childhood; The Arts in Children's Lives: Content, Context & Development; The Visual Arts and Early Childhood Learning. Bibliography: The International Journal of Education and the Arts. Awards: Mary Rouse & June King McFee Awards, Women's Caucus in Art Education; Marilyn Zurmuehlen Award, Seminar for Research in Art Education; Viktor Lowenfeld Award, National Art Education Association; Studies in Art Education Lecturer; NAEA Distinguished Fellow; John & Betty Michaels Autobiographical Lecture.
Personal Statement
I am engaged with issues of art making and children's culture, particularly the influence of peers and popular culture on children's lives and learning. A Professor Emerita at Penn State University, and one-time faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, I now live in Chicago where I continue to write and hope to resume earlier research projects with immigrant and refugee children and youth.
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