Christopher Schulte is Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator of Art Education in the School of Visual Arts at Penn State University. He is also an Innovator in Residence with the College of Arts and Architecture's Center for Pedagogy in Arts and Design. Christopher earned his BA and MA in Art Education from the University of Northern Iowa (2004, 2006) and his Ph.D. in Art Education from Penn State University (2012). Prior to joining the Art Education faculty at Penn State, Christopher held faculty appointments at the University of Northern Iowa (2006-2009, 2014-2015) and the University of Georgia (2012-2014), where he served as Co-Chair and Graduate Coordinator, as well as affiliate faculty with UGA's Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies program. Christopher's research has appeared in handbooks and other edited volumes, as well as national and international journals in art education, early childhood studies, and qualitative studies. He is the editor of "Ethics and Research With Young Children: 'New' Perspectives" (Bloomsbury, 2019) and co-editor with Christine Marmé Thompson of "Communities of Practice: Art, Play, and Aesthetics in Early Childhood" (Springer, 2018). Christopher is Editor of the International Journal of Education & the Arts, former chairperson of the Seminar for Research in Art Education (SRAE), and serves as a standing and guest reviewer for several journals, including Studies in Art Education, Visual Arts Research, Bank Street Occasional Papers, the Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, and the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.