We collect and analyze data to understand arts students, arts educators, and arts education.
Who studies the arts in schools?
Much of our work documents the demographic profiles of arts students in K-12 schools. Through this research, we aim to understand who chooses to enroll in elective school-based arts education and how the population of arts students differ from non-arts students.
Who teaches the arts in schools?
We examine the demographic profiles of music, visual art, dance, and theater teachers in order to understand the makeup of the arts educator workforce and the ways arts educators differ from teachers of other subjects and from their students.
Which schools provide arts education?
Equality of opportunity to study the arts begins with access to the arts. In this line of research, we explore what differences exist between arts-rich and arts-poor schools and how access to the arts varies across school communities.
How do arts students fare beyond school?
In this line of research, we apply our understanding of the preexisting differences between arts and non-arts students to explore the academic and social consequents of arts education for arts students.
Making the grade through arts education.
Our IES-funded project exploring how music and arts students in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme transition to college was recently profiled by the UMD College of Arts and Humanities.
