Christine Ballengee-Morris is a professor in the Arts Administration, Education and Policy Department for

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

. She is the founding director of the Multicultural Center at Ohio State University.

Biography

Ballengee-Morris was born on February 15, 1955. She hails from the

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and claims

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. She grew up in the

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area. After high school she attended

Miami University of Ohio Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio (behind Ohio University, founded in 1804) and the 10 ...

and in 1980 received her BS in art education. She went on to receive a MA in Art Education from Miami University of Ohio and a PhD in art education from

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. After graduating from Penn State in 1995 she accepted a position at

. She now teaches classes that specialize in diversity explorations.

Contributions

Ballengee-Morris has written and edited articles for the journal ''Art Education'' from at least 1998 to 2016. She also wrote a chapter in the book "Real-World Readings in Art Education: Things Your Professor Never Told You" by Dennis E. Fehr. Ballengee-Morris' chapter, titled "Mountain Culture: No Hillbillies Here", details her view on only teaching mainstream art to students and the impact that has on their identity. Ballengee-Morris was a Coordinator of American Indian Studies.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ballengee Morris, Christine Ohio State University faculty 1955 births Penn State College of Education alumni Miami University alumni Living people American art educators American people who self-identify as being of Cherokee descent