Current Projects as of Fall 2023

• Writing a guidebook to assist novice teachers in developing and implementing concept-based visual art lessons.
• Examining preservice teachers' response to receiving video feedback for art education micro-teaching lessons taught in authentic conditions with a mentor art teacher.
  
• Exploring the development of and transitions through professional identity: A collaborative arts-based endeavor.

Past Research Projects

• Ideation-to-Implementation: Examining the Effectiveness of Preservice Art Teachers' Modified-Choice Lesson Plans When Implemented in Authentic Classroom Settings (Funding provided by Eastern Michigan University Faculty Research Fellowship Award)
• Learning to Demonstrate Artistic Practice to Others: An Action Model for Thinking & Learning

Dissertation: Pennsylvania State University, 2010

In 2008-2009 I conducted a yearlong study which focused on sixth grade students' ability to document their own artistic thinking. This video illustrates and summarizes findings from that study. Access and review the dissertation here.