Dr. Jaye Johnson Thiel

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Jaye Johnson Thiel, an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Studies at the University of Alabama. Growing up as a woman from a Southern working-class family, she is deeply committed to justice- oriented approaches to childhood studies. Her scholarship works against deficit discourses about young people and their families, theorizes place- based and arts-based practices for community research, and explores the playful and artistic engagements of young people growing up in the Southeastern United States.

We also had a special guest for this episode, Dr. Christine Marmé Thompson.

If you have not yet had the pleasure of reviewing her earlier presentation, please take some time to visit our website at www.centerforthestudyofchildhoodart.com. There, on the Childhood Art Speaker Series page, you will find a recording of her presentation, which links to the CSCA YouTube Channel. We highly recommend you take the time to listen to and reflect on the ideas shared as part of this presentation, and to consider, too, the generative possibilities of Kortney's work.

Hosts: Dr. Christopher M. Schulte and Dr. Hayon Park. Music by penguinmusic from Pixabay