Education
Ph.D., Research and Evaluation, University of Virginia, 2001
M.A. and Teacher Certification in Special Education, University of Connecticut, 1990
B.A., Political Science, University of Connecticut, 1989
Morna McDermott McNulty
she/her/hers
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Arts-based research
Arts-integration
Curriculum theory
Education policy
Biography
Dr. Morna McDermott McNulty is Professor in the Department of Elementary Education at the College of Education. Her research interests focus on democracy, social justice and arts-informed inquiry in K12-post secondary educational settings.
Dr. McDermott McNulty has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and is the author/editor of several books, including The Left-Handed Curriculum: Empowering Educators through Creativity (2012), An Activist Handbook for the Education Revolution: United Opt Out’s Test of Courage (2014) and Bloods Will: Speculative Fiction, Existence and the Inquiry of Currere (2018)— which was nominated for Outstanding Book Award in 2019. In addition to her writing, she has published numerous works of art and photography and was the co-producer and co-director of the 2018 documentary film, Voices of Baltimore: Life Under Segregation.
Beyond her work in the classroom, Dr. McDermott McNulty is a certified Paint Your Life instructor, hosting sessions for galleries and schools across the east coast.
Selected Publications
- Donadel, M,, Sharkey, S., Sanchez, D., McNulty, M., Kuthy, D., Kleinmann, M., Hay, P. & Durand, I. (2024). Re-Imagining schools: Creative Transformation of education through the imagination of global youth movements. ECQI2024 Proceedings Book.
- McDermott, M. (2022). Curriculum for accomplicity. In J. Ruan, A. Hersi, & G. Martinez (Eds.), Antiracist teacher education: Theory and practice. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- McDermott, M. (2022). Oleanna in the Anthropocene. In D. Conrad & S. Wiebe (Eds), Educational fabulations: Teaching and learning for a world yet to come (pp. 107-117). Palgrave Publishing.
- Vandiver, M., Homana, G., Vandiver, K., & McNulty, M. (2022). What about Isaac? Using Voices of Baltimore: Life under Segregation to foster a complicated discussion about Brown v. Board: Success? Failure? A Set-Up? And … What Now?. Journal of Interdisciplinary Humanities.
- McDermott, M. (2018). Blood’s will: Existence, speculative fiction and the inquiry of currere. Peter Lang.
- McDermott, M., Robertson, P., Smith, C., Johnson, S., & Slekar, T. (Eds.). (2015). Testing our courage: United Opt Out and the fight for public education. Information Age Press.
Selected Presentations
- McDermott, M. & Price, T. (2023). Policy as Curriculum: Public spaces, politics, and policy Historical entanglements with irrational momentum. Curriculum Theorizing Conference, Dayton OH.
- McDermott, M. & Daspit, T. (2023) Aesthetics and the Curriculum: Artful Invitations in Classrooms and Theorizing. Curriculum Theorizing Conference, Dayton, OH.
- McDermott, M., Barros, S., & Daspit, T. (2023). Tarot as Curriculum Inquiry: Performative Possibilities. Curriculum Theorizing Conference, Dayton, OH.
- McDermott, M. (2023). Alchemy, Elemental Art and Aesthetic Transformation. Imagining America, Providence, RI.
- McDermott, M (2023). Feral Aesthetics. Currere Exchange Online Conference.
Professional Service
- Editorial Board, Studies in Arts-Based Educational Research (SABER), 2018-present
- Editorial Board, Currere Exchange Journal, 2018-present