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Research Interests
Art Education
Education
University of North Texas, PhD in Art Education, 2018
The University of Texas at Austin, MA in Art Education, 2008
Tulane University, BA in Art Studio and African and African Diaspora Studies, 2001
Professional Information
Dr. Sarah Travis is Assistant Professor and Program Chair of Art Education in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a former K-12 art teacher from New Orleans. Dr. Travis uses narrative, phenomenological, and arts-based inquiry methods to critically examine issues around identity and experience and to explore how art education can be an active process of resistance to oppression that is also a pathway for joyful, creative, and collaborative agency. She has published journal articles in Art Education, Studies in Art Education, The Urban Review, International Journal of Education & the Arts, Journal for Cultural Research in Art Education, and Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy. Dr. Travis is Co-Editor of the journal Visual Arts Research, published by University of Illinois Press. In addition, she is co-editor of the books Pedagogies in the Flesh: Case Studies on the Embodiment of Sociocultural Differences in Education (Palgrave, 2018) and Experiments in Art Research: How Do We Live Questions Through Art? (Routledge, 2024).
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Artefacts of inequity in art education: Critically tracing what disaster reveals
Travis, S., Mar 2025, In: International Journal of Education Through Art. 21, 1, p. 83-101 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Writing letters by hand: Critical pedagogical inquiry through inner and outer worlds
Travis, S. & Hood, E. J., 2025, In: Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy. 22, 1, p. 22-53 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experiments in Art Research: How Do We Live Questions Through Art?
Travis, S. (Editor), Smith, A. G. (Editor), Hernández-Cabal, C. (Editor) & Lucero, J. (Editor), Jun 2024, Routledge. 187 p.Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book
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Friendship as Scholarship: A Path for Living Inquiry Together
Travis, S., Jun 2024, Experiments in Art Research: How Do We Live Questions through Art?. Travis, S., Smith, A. G., Hernández-Cabal, C. & Lucero, J. (eds.). Routledge, p. 174-179 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Introduction: Honoring Growth in Relation to All of You
Travis, S., Jun 1 2024, In: Visual Arts Research. 50, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review