Profiles in "Arts in Education" Expertise Area
- Tobias focuses on innovation and transformation in music education and how music learning and teaching might make a positive impact on people's lives and society.
- Margo Dahlstrom has worked with young children and their teachers for 30 years received a Flynn Foundation Educator Award for unique classroom techniques and memorable classroom experiences.
- Williams, Associate Professor of English Education in CISA, studies visual/multimodal storytelling, writing identity, and mentoring. She also has expertise in food studies.
- Jordan teaches context-centered electrical engineering and embedded systems design courses and studies the use of context in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education.
- Dr. Mary McAvoy is an associate professor of theatre in the School of Music, Dance and Theatre and director for the Theatre for Youth and Community undergraduate and graduate programs.
- Dr. Farrand researches wellness and therapy dogs, as well as practices that improve social emotional and academic outcomes of learners in inclusive settings with play-based strategies, such as dramatic inquiry.
- Dr. Cala Coats’ research incorporates philosophy, ethnography, contemporary art and art education; and is part of a contemporary discourse on ecologies, social justice, community, and interdisciplinary collaboration.