Joy G. Bertling

Joy G. Bertling is assistant professor of art education at the University of Tennessee and director of The Arts-Based Data Visualization Project, a project funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Her research engages with critical place-based art education and other arts-based ecopedagogies including how they can intersect with data visualization practices. Her book Art Education for a Sustainable Planet: Embracing Ecopedagogy in K-12 Classrooms was published recently with Teachers College Press. Additionally, she has published articles in various peer-reviewed journals including Studies in Art Education, International Journal of Education through Art, International Journal of Education & the Arts, Art Education, and Environmental Education Research. She founded the National Art Education Association’s Ecology and Environment Interest Group and currently serves as chair of the American Educational Research Association’s Arts and Learning Special Interest Group.