Christine Ballengee Morris

Christine Ballengee-Morris is a Professor in the Arts Administration, Education and Policy Department and the American Indian Studies Coordinator for The Ohio State University. She has served as editor for Art Education and several editorial boards. She teaches art education classes that specialize in diversity explorations and her research interests include self-determination, identity development, Indigenous arts, integrated curricula, service-learning, visual culture, and arts-based research. Her work was influenced by Paulo Freire and she was given an opportunity to meet and interview him in 1996. Her research and service to the field demonstrate her commitment to education as an agent of community change.