Wanda Knight
· Professor of Art Education and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies and Professor-in-Charge of Art EducationVerifiedPennsylvania State University · Architecture
Active 1982–2024
About
Wanda B. Knight, Ph.D., is a Professor of Art Education and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture, where she also serves as Professor-in-Charge of Art Education. Her teaching spans university-level online and in-residence courses, and she has extensive experience teaching all grade levels from PreK–12 in diverse settings across rural, urban, suburban, and Department of Defense schools both within the United States and internationally. In addition to her academic roles, she has served as a principal of elementary and secondary public schools and as a registrar and curator of an art museum. Her work emphasizes fostering diversity, ethical, and inclusive teaching and learning environments through workshops, seminars, and leadership roles. Dr. Knight's scholarly pursuits and global travels inform her expertise in cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural education, with a focus on teacher education, culturally competent teaching, social justice, diversity, and educational equity. She has held leadership positions such as past president of the United States Society for Education through Art (USSEA) and past chair of the National Art Education Association Committee on Multiethnic Concerns (COMC). Her contributions to the field include editorial roles in prominent journals and magazine special issues, and her research has been widely published and funded by various organizations. Her honors include awards from the Pennsylvania Art Education Association, the National Art Education Association, and The Ohio State University, where she earned her Ph.D.
Research topics
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Engineering
- Pedagogy
- Computer Science
- Social Science
- Law
- Engineering ethics
- Art
- Criminology
- Data science
- Psychology
- Mathematics education
- Visual arts
Selected publications
Mentor’s Introduction to Münire Burçak Gezeroğlu Christensen
Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education · 2024-12-16
articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding 
Decenter White Patriarchal Norms 1
2022-07-19
book-chapter… A Journal of Issues and Research
Studies in Art Education · 2022 · 13 citations
- Computer Science
- Data science
- Computer Science
Teaching and Assessing Social Justice Art Education
2022 · 3 citations
Senior authorCorresponding- Sociology
- Political Science
- Sociology
This incisive and wholly practical book offers a hands-on guide to developing and assessing social justice art education for K–12 art educators by providing theoretically grounded, social justice art education assessment strategies. Recognizing the increased need to base the K–12 curriculum in social justice education, the authors ground the book in six social justice principles–conceptualized through art education–to help teachers assess and develop curriculum, design pedagogy, and foster social justice learning environments. From encouraging teachers to be upstanders to injustice to engaging in decolonial action, this book provides a thorough guide to facilitating and critiquing social justice art education and engaging in reflexive praxis as educators. Rich in examples and practical application, this book provides a clear pathway for art educators to connect social justice art education with real-life educational assessment expectations: 21st-century learning, literacy, social skills, teacher performance-based assessment, and National Core Art Standards, making this text an invaluable companion to art educators and facilitators alike
Assess Social Justice Art Education
2022-07-19
book-chapter2022-07-19
book-chapterInvestigate Systemic Oppression
2022-07-19
book-chapterBecome Upstanders to Injustice
2022-07-19
book-chapter2022-07-19
book-chapterIntegrate Social Justice Art Education Principles
2022-07-19
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Frequent coauthors
- 18 shared
Karen Keifer‐Boyd
Pennsylvania State University
- 13 shared
Ann Holt
- 9 shared
Cheri E. Ehrlich
- 9 shared
Adetty Pérez de Miles
- 9 shared
Yen-Ju Lin
RELX Group (United States)
- 7 shared
Patricia M. Amburgy
Pennsylvania State University
- 2 shared
Robert W. Sweeny
- 1 shared
Yang Deng
University of Ottawa
Education
Ph.D., Art Education and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Penn State University
Awards & honors
- Pennsylvania Art Education Association Outstanding Higher Ed…
- NAEA J. Eugene Grigsby Jr. Award for outstanding contributio…
- Kenneth Marantz Distinguished Alumni Award from The Ohio Sta…
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