I teach because it is the most tangible way that I can enlist the imaginative power of the arts and education in the interest of creating a better world.
Associate Professor of Art Education
My teaching philosophy is centered around opening spaces for students to make connections to and apply new content, to engage with curriculum critically and creatively and to design instruction that provokes new questions, stimulates curiosity and inspires imagination.
Through coursework, I want students to ask questions that are relevant for them as art educators and explore new artistic and pedagogical practices while considering the impact of their decisions for learners in a contemporary world that requires ongoing transformation.
I teach because it is the most tangible way that I can enlist the imaginative power of the arts and education in the interest of creating a better world.
Research interests include teacher preparation, community-based art education, socially engaged art, and arts based research.
Lynn Sanders-Bustle is Associate Professor of Art Education. She holds a graduate degree in Art Education from East Carolina University and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Virginia Tech. She has taught art at all levels of the PK-12 public school spectrum. Prior to coming to the University of Georgia she served as Director of Programs at Greenhill Center for NC Art where she oversaw curatorial and education programs. From 2002 through 2012 she coordinated the Art Education program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She is editor of the book, Image, Inquiry, and Transformative Practice: Engaging Learners in Creative and Critical Inquiry Through Visual Representation published in 2003 by Peter Lang. Sanders-Bustle has published in professional journals such as the International Journal of Art and Design Education, Studies in Art Education, the Canadian Review of Art Education, the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, the International Journal of Education and the Arts and Art Education. She has presented at the International Conference on the Arts and Society, The International Society for Education through Art, the Art Education Research Institute, American Educational Research Association and the National Art Education Association Sanders-Bustle has received grants supporting the integration of technology, faculty development, public art, socially engaged art and service-learning. Her research and creative projects focus on socially engaged art, community-based art education, service-learning, and teacher preparation.