This scholarly collection is a continuation of a lecture series highlighting the essential nature of biography in the history of art education. The editors feature 16 prominent art educators, organized into one of three chronological sections spanning the past two decades. The contributing art educators explore influences that shaped their beliefs about art education and the arts, describe their career paths, explain their philosophy of art education and its development, and advise, predict, or speculate about the future. Every chapter concludes with essential questions and instructional resources to guide readers in their reflection. In reading these lectures, art education faculty, students, and any adjacent professional to the arts and art history can learn the importance of biographical and autobiographical study to research. Beyond research, readers can use the lectures to consider and question teaching and mentoring relationships, the power of influence, and what qualities may contribute to the recognition of exemplary success for art educators.

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Stephanie Autumn Baer, Ph.D., is an art teacher leader for Lincoln Public Schools in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Adjunct Professor at Nebraska Wesleyan University and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Baer served as Associate Professor of Art Education at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where she led digitization efforts for the John and Betty Michael Autobiographical Lecture Series in Art Education.

Katherine Coy Smith, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning and a visual art teacher in Cincinnati Public Schools in Cincinnati, Ohio. She served as a graduate assistant working on the John and Betty Michael Autobiographical Lecture Series in Art Education.

Stephanie Harvey Danker, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Art Education at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Dr. Danker continues to serve as the custodian for the John and Betty Michael Autobiographical Lecture Series in Art Education.

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