As I applied to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, I knew the direction I wanted to take my studies. My background in classroom teaching was something I felt passionate and confident about, and I was excited to take more courses focused on art, play, creativity, and overall transition into informal education.
Scroll down to explore a variety of papers and projects I worked on during my program.
In this paper, I argue that the arts should be fully integrated across the curriculum, showing through classroom examples how art builds understanding of art itself, of the world, of other subjects, and of others' and our own emotions. Click to view the full paper!
In this practice-based research project wesbite, I explore how young people's sense of belonging in art museums can grow through interactive exhibits, drawing on interviews with Boston-area museum staff, on-site observations, and literature on constructivist exhibit design. Click to view the website I made!
In this paper, I analyze the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum through Nelson Goodman's philosophy of art, arguing that a well-designed museum doesn't just let individual works "work" on the viewer — the museum itself, as a curated whole, does too. Click the picture to view my full paper.
In this design process paper, my partner and I document how we built the "Ori-Game" — a light-guided, open-ended origami tool for young learners — from early cardboard prototypes through user testing at the Boston Children's Museum to a final working device. Click to view the paper.
In this design proposal, I plan a museum field trip to the National Museum of Mexican Art for diverse sixth graders, using culturally sustaining pedagogy to help students see themselves reflected in art while building comfort and belonging in museum spaces. Click to view the full proposal.