Nebo Art Teacher, Jethro Gillespie, Receives National Recognition

Jethro Gillespie

2019 Elliot Eisner Doctoral Research Award in Art Education Runner Up

Alexandria, VA—The National Art Education Association has named Jethro Gillespie, of Spanish Fork, UT, to receive the 2019 Elliot Eisner Doctoral Research Award in Art Education Runner Up. This prestigious award, determined through a peer review of nominations, recognizes the value of doctoral research to the profession of art education and its related disciplines, to advocate on behalf of such research, and to foster continued support of d The award will be presented at the NAEA National Convention in Boston, MA, March 14-16, 2019.

NAEA President Kim Huyler Defibaugh states, "This award is being given to recognize excellence in professional accomplishment and service by a dedicated art educator. Jethro Gillespie exemplifies the highly qualified art educators active in education today: leaders, teachers, students, scholars, and advocates who give their best to their students and the profession."

NAEA is the professional association for art educators. Members include elementary, secondary, middle level and high school art educators; university and college professors; education directors who oversee education in our nation’s fine art museums, administrators and supervisors who oversee art education in school districts, state departments of education, arts councils; and teaching artists throughout the United States and many foreign countries. 

For more information about the association and its awards program visit the NAEA website at www.arteducators.org

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