BASTOS FAMILY CREATIVE EDUCATOR LECTURE

Enacting Wide-Awakeness: Transformational

Stories of Learning Art in High School Rebecca Williams

Rebecca Williams, Ph.D. is the Assistant Professor of Art Education at Murray State University. She currently serves as the Higher Education and Student Chapter Division Chair for the Kentucky Art Education Association, and the faculty advisor of the MSU NAEA Student Chapter. She earned her BA from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and MAEd and PhD at the University of Georgia. While at UGA she also completed certification in interdisciplinary qualitative studies. Prior to working as an Assistant Professor, she taught high school

visual arts in Louisiana. Her research interests include art education, curriculum and pedagogy, teacher preparation, qualitative research, and narrative inquiry.