She received a dual Ph.D. in Art Education and Women’s Studies from The Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests include contemporary art, dialogic pedagogy, emergent technologies, gender studies, and teacher education. Her work is published in leading anthologies and academic journals including: Studies in Art Education, Knowledge Cultures, Visual Culture & Gender, and Visual Arts Research, among others. Most recently, she co-guest edited a special issue on the entanglements of Speculative Realism/New Materialism and art education in the International Journal of Education through Art, and is engaged in several curatorial projects with emphasis on art as social practice.