Meetings & Events


AERA 2023

Arts and Inquiry in the Visual and Performing Arts in Education SIG

2023 Annual Meeting Program

SIG Business Meeting Thursday, April 13, 4:40 to 6:10 pm CDT  (5:40 pm EDT) 

Presentation by the 2023 Outstanding Dissertation Award winner Carolina Bergonzoni for her dissertation titled, "A ravine of in-betweens: The body, dance, and writing into the excess.” Dr. Bergonzoni's introductory video to her dissertation award presentation at the SIG Business Meeting

Here is the introductory video: https://youtu.be/n7iYdiIaILg

Addressing Student Retention Issues by Employing Applied Theater Vignettes to Shape Curriculum Into Dialogic Interactions

Fri, April 14, 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT), Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Lobby - Level 3, Streeterville
Presenters: Joe Norris, Brock University, Kevin Hobbs, Brock University, Michael M. Metz, Brock University, Dawson William Christopher Yates-Strangway, Brock University

Embodiment and Action: Centering Identity in Arts Education and Research
Sat, April 15, 9:50 to 11:20am CDT (10:50am to 12:20pm EDT), Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Lobby - Level 3, Streeterville
Session Type: Paper Session
Chair: Vajra M. Watson, California State University – Sacramento
A Content Analysis of a MOOC of Artworks and Thinking Routines – Jonathan Eakle, George Washington University; Jessica Estelle Monte, Marymount University; Ziaoyue Zhang, George Washington University; Willam Zhou, George Washington University
Affective Art Education: Forming the Foundation for a New Philosophy of Arts Education –Jennifer Bartee, University of the District of Columbia
Developing Curriculum: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies in Arts Education – Yisha Zhao, University of Washington 
Family (Hi)Story in My Dancing Body – Carolina Bergonzoni, Simon Frazer University
Poetic Inquiry in Pursuit of Truth: Interrogating Mentoring Relationships in Teacher Preparation –Amanda N. Gulla, Lehman College -CUNY; Tiffany A. DeJaynes, Lehman College – CUNY; Rabab Abi-Hanna, Lehman College – CUNY; Sarah S Saltmarsh, US PREP; 

Disrupting Indurated Habits of Mind: Reframing the Arts in Education Research and Praxis
Thu, May 4, 2:30 to 4:00pm CDT (3:30 to 5:00pm EDT), SIG Virtual Rooms, Arts and Inquiry in the Visual and Performing Arts in Education SIG Virtual Paper Room
Session Type: Virtual Paper Session
Chair: Ambika Gopal Raj, California State University – Los Angeles
Creating a theatrical learning environment in the educational setting – Bo Chang, Ball State University
From Innocence to Activism: An abbreviated history of perspectives in art education – Jody Stokes-Casey, University of Kentucky 
Inquiry through art: Developing critical educational research with a deep commitment to art practices – Sarah T Travis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Beatrice Carey, Rowan University 
Seeing it for themselves; Visual media for fostering student literacy – Dino Sossi, Teachers College, Columbia University