Artwork by M. Bea Hosenfeld

2021 –Teaching and Leading to Transgress: A Transformative Art Education Odyssey

“Far too often, when I have critiqued racist, classist, and sexist systems of oppression and their impediments to social mobility, access, and choice or rebelled against reactionary stereotypes regarding my body, I have been further marginalized, alienated, and labeled as “ungrateful.” Moreover, when I have challenged racist, classist, and sexist practices, I have been silenced and denied the privilege of academic discourse for fear of reprisal.”