Book

My new book, Drama for Schools and Beyond: Transformative Learning Through the Arts (2025), tells the twenty-year story of my research and practice as director of The University of Texas at Austin’s Drama for Schools (DFS) professional learning program. Co-authored with DFS colleagues–Beth Link, Stephanie Cawthon, and Lara Dossett–Drama for Schools and Beyond is an evidence-based blueprint for arts-integrated education that turns schools into laboratories of transformation and collective growth. Through theorized programmatic frameworks, critical reflection, and global case studies, the book details how DFS leadership and our research have evolved over time.

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Excerpt from Book Peer Review:

I appreciated the systematic and methodical approach throughout to analysis, identifying and focusing on a finite number of well-defined themes for each section. I enjoyed and appreciated too the overall imaginative arrangement of the book in four parts, based on key themes and considerations; everything immaculately signposted throughout. This book will be a vital and important addition to the growing literature on humane, democratic  and constructivist alternative approaches to education.

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