Flávia Bastos, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Arts and Humanities in the Art Education Program in the School of Art, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) and Provost Fellow at the University of Cincinnati. Her research and scholarship are indebted to her Brazilian roots and committed to social justice.
Her current research project “Who is American Today?” investigates the relationship between creativity and democracy by promoting critical digital citizenship with high school students around the country. Flávia is a Distinguished Fellow of the National Art Education Association, the past-chairperson for the Council of Policy Studies in Art Education, and former Director of the Higher Education Division of the National Art Education Association.
She received the 2009 Ziegfeld Award of the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) for her distinguished service in international art education and the Mary J. House Award of the National Art Education Association Women’s Caucus in 2007. She is past senior editor of the Journal of Art Education and has published and lectured extensively in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, Spain, and Portugal.
Her books include Transforming City Schools through Art: Approaches to Meaningful K-12 Learning, a co-edited volume published by Teachers College Press (2012), and the anthology Connecting Creativity Research and Practice in Art Education: Foundations, Pedagogies, and Contemporary Issues (2014) released by the National Art Education Association. Her upcoming book, Imagining Democracy: Civic Engagment through Art will be released by Routledge next year.