AIRG 2018 Symposium Keynote | Patricia Leavy

Dr. Patricia Leavy is an independent scholar. She has published twenty-five books, earning commercial and critical success in both nonfiction and fiction. Her bestselling titles include Research Design, Handbook of Arts-Based Research, Method Meets Art, The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research, Blue, American Circumstance, and Low-Fat Love. She is creator and editor for seven book series, cofounder and co-editor-in-chief of Art/Research International, and a blogger. She has received career awards from the American Creativity Association, the American Educational Research Association, the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, and the National Art Education Association. In 2016 Mogul named her an “Influencer.” In 2018, SUNY-New Paltz established the “Patricia Leavy Award for Art and Social Justice.”