Dr. Patty Bode
Coordinator of Art Education
Southern Connecticut State U
New Haven, CT

Anti-racism /Anti-bias
Art Education
Arts Integration
Community Practices
Critical Multicultural Education
Curriculum Transformation
Educational Leadership
Social Justice Education
Teacher Education
email:    patty.bode@gmail.com

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7th edition of 
​​Affirming Diversity

Book: Affirming Diversity: The Socioploitical Context of Multicultural Education, co-authored with Sonia Nieto. (2018).

NEWS & UPDATES  

Recent Keynotes and Invited Panels

Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference Oct 2020

Delivered the keynote address for PAEA/Pennsylvania Art Education Association Annual Conference. My talk was titled "Black Lives/Black Artists: White Art Teachers and Racial Literacy".  

I was also honored to be an invited co-panelist with Dr. Lisa Kay, of Tyler School Art/Temple in Philadelphia,  expertly facilitated by Dr. Mary Elizabeth Meier of Edinborough University in Erie, PA. Our panel title was: "Behind the Screen: Cultivating Classroom Conversations in Challenging Times."

Western Mass Writing Project Annual Conference
Oct 2020

Delivered the keynote address for Western Mass Writing Project Annual Conference. My talk was titled
​"Racial Literacy in Culturally Sustaining Classrooms"  

See my TEDx Talk
I gave a TEDx Talk at TEDxOhioStateUniversity.
​I titled the talk: "Art Education as  Civil Right." The video is available for viewing online.