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Dr. Ami Kantawala serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Art and Art Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York, and also teaches in Boston University’s online Master of Art Education program. She teaches a variety of courses at both universities ranging from research methods, masters seminar, history of art education, and leadership in art education, along with supervision of Masters’ research theses. She also served as a full-time Lecturer and Program Manager in the Arts Administration Program at Teachers College from 2011-13. She completed her BFA in Painting and Metal craft at Sir J. J. School of Applied Art in Bombay, India, and went on to complete her Ed.M. and Ed.D. in Art Education at Teachers College. She completed an extensive training program in Leadership from HERS Wellesley Institute in 2012-13. At Teachers College, she has pioneered coursework on the History of Art Education through a unique visual studies lens. She has designed an online course on “Insightful and Creative Leadership within Arts Education” for Boston University’s online Masters program to acquaint and prepare in-service art teachers with the basic skills and organizational strategies of leadership and management that are needed to serve within school systems and arts educational organizations, specifically museums and community art centers. Her research intersects historical methods, cultural studies, postcolonial theory, higher education leadership, and mentoring. She has published articles in research journals such as Visual Arts Research, Studies in Art Education, and the International Journal of Art and Design Education. She recently guest edited a special issue titled, “Critical re-framing of art education histories” and will be guest editing another issue in Fall 2014 titled, “Insightful and Creative Leadership within Arts Education: History, Challenges, Opportunities, and Practices” for the Journal of Visual Inquiry (Intellect Publishers). Dr. Kantawala also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art, Studies in Art Education, Journal of Social Theory in Art Education (both journals published by NAEA), and Canadian Review of Art Education (published by the Canadian Society of Education through Art). She is the co-chair of the brain trust on historical research methods in Art Education for the Higher Education Division Research Steering Committee, and recently served as the Eastern Region Director of the Higher Education Division for NAEA. She has also presented in several NAEA, AERA, and CAA conferences on historical research, mentoring, new faculty development, international histories, research methods, undocumented histories of art education and art education in India. Selected Publications Kantawala, A. & Daichendt, J. (2013). Art Education Drawing Books. International Journal of Education through Art (TBD) (manuscript accepted, awaiting issue details). Kantawala, A. (2012). Art education in colonial India: Implementation and Imposition. Studies in Art Education, 53 (3), 208-223. Kantawala, A., Hochtritt, L., Rolling, J., Serig, D., Staikidis, K. (2009). Establishing Collaboration Endeavors Across Generations: The Mentor and the Apprentice. Visual Arts Research Journal, 35 (2), 40-50. Edited Journal Issues Guest Editor for Winter 2013 issue ‘Critical re-framing of art education histories’ for the ‘Journal of Visual Inquiry’ by Intellect Publishers Guest Editor for Winter 2014 issue on ‘Insightful and Creative Leadership within Arts Education: History, Challenges, Opportunities, and Practices’ ‘Journal of Visual Inquiry’ by Intellect Publishers Edited Publications Kantawala, A. (Ed.) (2013). Imagination and Innovation: What do we want to know about art education history? Conference Proceedings, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY. Conference Reviews Kantawala, A. (2013). “NAEA 2011 Conference review,” Visual Inquiry: Learning & Teaching Art, 2 (2), 185-188. Kantawala, A. (2012). “NAEA 2011 Conference review,” Visual Inquiry: Learning & Teaching Art, 1 (1), 81-83. Articles in Preparation Kantawala, A. & Rolling, J. H. (2013). Critical Correspondences: Art education, historical research, postcolonial theory and the aesthetics of hybridity – International Journal of Qualitative Inquiry.