The Center for Learning Through the Arts brings together nationally renowned faculty and professional researchers from within and across disciplines at UC Irvine to examine the reciprocal impact of the arts on the Center's focus areas, including the formulation of new public policy. Center partners work collaboratively to define new--and amplify existing--research efforts as well as to direct service programs, thus broadening perspectives through unique projects and partnerships.
Center Partners Include:
Administration-
Liane Brouillette, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Learning Through the Arts
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Jill Beck, Ph.D.
Director, ArtsBridge America
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Kimberly Burge, Ed.D.
Director of Educational Outreach, Center for Learning through the Arts
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William Fitzgerald
Research Director, San Diego Teaching Artist Project
Brad Hughes
Director, Scientific Visualization Project
Co-Editor, Journal for Learning through the Arts (website)
Jasmine Yep
Assistant Director
James L. McMichael, Ph.D.
Professor, English & Comparative Literature
Robin Scarcella
Professor, Academic English/ESL
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Johanna Shapiro, Ph.D.
Professor of Family Medicine
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Feizal Waffarn, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Chair, Pediatrics
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Chuansheng Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair, Psychology
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Frank Heuser, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Music Education
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Amy Shimshon-Santo, Ph.D.
ArtsBridge Director
UCLA School of Theater Film and Television (website)
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Patricia Harter, Ph.D.
Professor of Theater
UC Santa Cruz Division of the Arts (website)
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Kathy Foley, Ph.D.
Professor, Theatre Arts
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Ivy Song, Associate Professor
Director, Chinese Drama Education Research Center