Dipti Desai is Professor of Art and Art Education and Director of the Graduate Art + Education Programs at New York University, USA. As a scholar, artist-educator and activist her work addresses the intersection between art, activism, critical race theory, and critical pedagogy. She has published widely in critical multiculturalism/critical race theory in art education, critical pedagogy, and artistic activism. Her co-authored book, History as Art, Art as History: Contemporary Art and Social Studies Education received an Honorable mention for Curriculum Practice Category, American Education and Research Association. She received the Studies Lecture Award for scholarly contribution to art education and Specialist Fulbright Award among other awards.
