gloria j wilson
gloria j. wilson is co-founder and co-director of Racial Justice Studio and an assistant professor of art and visual culture education in the School of Art at the University of Arizona. Her research is situated within the fields of cultural studies, Black studies, transnational feminisms, and critical pedagogy. An artist, public scholar, and qualitative/arts-based methodologist, she has presented her research nationally and internationally, highlighting the intersections of race and arts participation. wilson’s work, Construction of the Blackademic, has been exhibited at the McDonough Museum of Art in Youngstown, Ohio; at the WBJ Gallery at Florida State University; and at the University of Arizona’s Museum of Art. wilson has also co-authored articles in numerous journals such as Hypatia: The Journal of Feminist Philosophy; Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society; Visual Inquiry; and the Journal of Social Research in Art Education. She is the recipient of the 2020 Mary J. Rouse Early Career Award, is chair of the National Art Education Association’s Committee on Multiethnic Concerns, and has served on the editorial review boards of Visual Arts Research, Art Education, Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education, and Journal of Social Theory in Art Education.