Childhood Art

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Silvia Rodriguez Vega, an interdisciplinary scholar and assistant professor at UCSB’s Department of Chicana/o Studies. She is a community-engaged writer, artist, and educational practitioner. Her research explores the ways anti-immigration policy impacts the lives of immigrant children through methodological tools centering participatory art

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Jaye Johnson Thiel, an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Studies at the University of Alabama. Growing up as a woman from a Southern working-class family, she is deeply committed to justice- oriented approaches to childhood studies. Her scholarship works against deficit discourses about young people and their families, theorizes place- bas

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Kortney Sherbine, an independent researcher interested in the play and literacies of young children. With eighteen years of experience as an early childhood teacher and teacher educator, Kortney's teaching and research interests invoke posthumanist perspectives on language and literacy, which take into account the material intra-actions between

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Tyson Lewis, professor of Art Education at the University of North Texas, where he teaches courses in dialogue and inquiry into the arts, educational philosophy, philosophy for children, critical phenomenological research methods, and continental aesthetic philosophy. He is author of 7 books, most recently Walter Benjamin’s Antifascist Educat

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Brent Wilson, who was recently named the inaugural recipient of the CSCA’s Christine Marmé Thompson Distinguished Research Award. International in scope, the Christine Marmé Thompson Distinguished Research Award recognizes a scholar in Art Education or related field whose research has made significant and impactful contributions to the stud

In this episode, we return to dialogue with Dr. Hannah Dyer. If you have not yet had the pleasure of reviewing her earlier presentation, please take some time to visit our website at www.centerforthestudyofchildhoodart.com. There, on the Childhood Art Speaker Series page, you will find a recording of her presentation, which links to the CSCA YouTube Channel. We highly recommend you

In this episode, we return to dialogue with Dr. Gail Boldt. If you have not yet had the pleasure of reviewing her earlier presentation, please take some time to visit our website at www.centerforthestudyofchildhoodart.com. There, on the Childhood Art Speaker Series page, you will find a recording of her presentation, which links to the CSCA YouTube Channel. We highly recommend you

In this episode, we return to dialogue with Dr. Mona Sakr. If you have not yet had the pleasure of reviewing her earlier presentation, please take some time to visit our website at www.centerforthestudyofchildhoodart.com. There, on the Childhood Art Speaker Series page, you will find a recording of her presentation, which links to the CSCA YouTube Channel. We highly recommend you t

In this episode, we return to dialogue with Drs. Tran Templeton and Vivel Vellanki. If you have not yet had the pleasure of reviewing their earlier presentation, please take some time to visit our website at www.centerforthestudyofchildhoodart.com. There, on the Childhood Art Speaker Series page, you will find a recording of their presentation, which links to the CSCA YouTube Chann

In this special episode, which we are calling the Summer Spotlight Session, we are joined by Maribel Lucero-Sanchez and Jorge Lucero. Typically, those who join us on Childhood Art do so as a follow-up to their more formal appearance as part of the Childhood Art Speaker Series. While Maribel and Jorge did not first appear on the Childhood Art Speaker Series, they did recently contri