Marit Dewhurst is the Director of Art Education and Professor of Art and Museum Education at The City College of New York. She has worked as an arts educator and program coordinator in multiple arts contexts including community centers, museums, juvenile detention centers, and international development projects. Her research and teaching interests include social justice education, community-based art, youth participatory action research, racial justice facilitation, liberatory education, and the role of the arts in community building. In addition to multiple journal articles and chapters, her first book, Social Justice Art: A framework for activist art pedagogy highlights young activist artists and was recently released in a revised second edition. Her second book, Teachers Bridging Difference: Exploring identity through art describes how to use art as a tool to connect people across different sociocultural identities. She has collaborated with colleagues to co-edit special journal issues and edited books on racial justice in museums and youth participatory research in the arts.

Ed.D. Community, Culture, and Education               Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Ed.M. Arts in Education                                          Harvard University Graduate School of Education
B.A. Community Empowerment through the Arts      University of Michigan

EDSE 4100: Curriculum & Assessment in Art Education
EDSE 4200/ART 25500: Identity, Community, and Culture in Art Education 
EDSE 4300: Materials & Methods in Art Education
ARTE 5300: Critical Perspectives in Art Education
ARTE 6300: Community-Based Art Education
EDSE 0200I: Masters Projects in Art Education
ART XXXX: Art & Community Engagement
ART XXXX: Art for Health Professionals
ART XXXX: Art and Migration Activism
ART XXXX: Art & Protest
HUM 11001: Exploring Starts with Humanities and Arts
HUM 11500: Worldmaking: Introduction to Humanities and Arts

Social justice education, community-based art, youth empowerment, and the role of the arts in community development both locally and abroad