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PATRICIA AMBURGY, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Art Education

Patricia M. Amburgy is an associate professor of art education. Her research interests include aesthetics, visual culture, and the history of art education. She has published articles and reviews in Art Education, Studies in Art Education, The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, History of Education Quarterly, and other professional journals. She has written chapters on the history of art education and historical research for the Handbook of Research and Policy in Art Education (2004), Women Art Educators V: Conversations Across Time (2003), and Framing the Past: Essays on Art Education (1990). She co-edited a book on the foundations of education, Readings in American Public Schooling (1980), and a conference proceedings on the history of art education, The History of Art Education: Proceedings from the Second Penn State Conference, 1989 (1992). Dr. Amburgy has given numerous presentations on the history and philosophy of art education at state, national, and international conferences, including meetings of the Pennsylvania Art Education Association, the National Art Education Association, the History of Education Society, and the International Society of Education through Art. She was associate editor of The Pennsylvania Art Educator, a journal of the Pennsylvania Art Education Association, from 1989 to 1994. She currently serves on the Professional Materials Committee of the National Art Education Association.