About The Editors

Aaron Bodle is an associate professor in the College of Education at James Madison University. He received his BS in secondary education and English and his MS degree in international and comparative education from Indiana University-Bloomington. He earned his PhD in curriculum, teaching, and education policy at Michigan State University. In his current role, he teaches social studies methods, creativity, and qualitative inquiry to beginning elementary educators. Using film, animation, and traditional methods of data generation and (re)presentation, his research explores changing conceptions of citizenship in relationship to place; students’ and teachers’ perceptions of their connections to global, national, and local contexts; and antiracist education in theory and practice. Dr. Bodle serves on the executive board of the Arts and Inquiry Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and is a member of the Youth Theatre Journal (YTJ) editorial board. Dr. Bodle has been honored with the the JMU College of Education Distinguished Service Award (2022–2023), The Madison Scholar Award (2016–2017), and the Karen Santos Award for Faculty Innovation (2016).