Angela La Porte is a Professor and Director of Art Education at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Her research interests include topics of diversity and inclusion across social, generational, and cultural boundaries, focusing on understanding and reducing the implicit barriers that often segregate individuals and communities. She edited a book and contributed numerous scholarly papers to journals such as Studies in Art Education, The Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education, The International Journal of Lifelong Learning in Art Education, and Art Education among others. Her critical and socially conscious artwork has also been exhibited in national and local venues. Dr. LaPorte is a National Art Education Association (NAEA) Distinguished Fellow, treasurer for the NAEA Lifelong Learning interest group, NAEA’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Liaison for Arkansas, past President of the United States Society for Education Through Art, and has served as a working member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Commission on the Arts in Education.