Lori Santos

Dr. Lori Santos grew up in a family interlaced in Hawaiian, Portuguese, and Puerto Rican cultures. She has worked with Indigenous artists and art education communities worldwide, including the USA, Canada, Tongo, Mexico, and Peru. She earned her Ph.D. in art education, with a specialization in art history of the Americas, from the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. Dr. Santos supports the application of a social justice lens in art education via community and social practices including artists of the global majority who use art to bring awareness, critique, transformation, and empowerment via anti-racist and culturally relevant pedagogies. She believes in valuing and honoring difference and correcting myths that displace and disempower communities. Her recent scholarship emphasizes Indigenous pedagogies and the intersection of place, identity, and environment. She is the founder of the Puzzle Peace Pledge Project and a part of www.antiracistartteachers.org.