Dr. Brent Wilson

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Brent Wilson, who was recently named the inaugural recipient of the CSCA’s Christine Marmé Thompson Distinguished Research Award. International in scope, the Christine Marmé Thompson Distinguished Research Award recognizes a scholar in Art Education or related field whose research has made significant and impactful contributions to the study of childhood art.

Dr. Brent Wilson is Pennsylvania State University School of Visual Arts Art Education Professor Emeritus. His research includes studies of visual cultural influences on children’s artistic development and self-initiated drawings, cross-cultural studies of children’s visual storytelling, Japanese and Taiwanese teenagers’ doujinshi/manga clubs and comic markets, studies of children’s interpretations of artworks, the evaluation of art educational out ...