Research Interview Series with Dr. Ray Pastore

Research Interview Series #22: Janna Robertson, Ph.D., Professor of Education


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Research Interview Series #22: Ray Pastore, Ph.D. interviews Janna  Robertson, Ph.D., Professor of Education. We talk Art, Education,  Impacts, and Community!

Links:  Forest of DREAMS article: 

  • https://wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com/flash/2020-1/page_39.html 
  • Forest of DREAM Documentary: https://vimeo.com/224277353 
  • End Racism Now Art Installation: https://www.eighteenforward.com/ 
  • School Justice Partnership: https://jannasrobertson.wixsite.com/sjpartner  
  • Bio:  Dr. Janna Siegel Robertson has worked in the field of education for over  35 years and received her doctorate from University of California in Los  Angeles in Educational Psychology. She is currently a Professor of  Secondary Education at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. Her  research and multiple publications focus in the areas of dropout  prevention, at-risk students, instructional technology, teacher  preparation, arts education, special education, gifted education and  community service learning.  In the past, she was a general and special  education teacher, a school administrator and a district administrator.

    Dr. Robertson’s directed “The Forest of DREAMS" mural which was a  240-foot block long mural that transformed an entire Northside  neighborhood by DREAMS Center for Arts. During 2016, she solicited 76  organizations including schools, churches, non-profits, businesses,  neighbors, and individuals to sponsor their creature in the forest and  supervised over 600 volunteers. The formerly neglected neighborhood is  now a destination where busloads of children, tourists and locals come  to visit the mural with its hidden creatures and stories. A documentary  titled “Brushstrokes” describing the community service learning project.   Several additional community murals have been painted around town  including at Elderhaus, The Career Readiness Academy at Mosley PLC, DC  Virgo Preparatory School, New Beginnings Church, Black Man Running, and  Support the Port. Her most recent project was co-directing the “Black  Lives Do Matter: End Racism Now” art installation for the City of  Wilmington. This 135-foot sculpture consist of the 8-foot aluminum  letters each painted by a diverse group of artists depicting positive  contributions of Black culture to the city. The art installation will be  at Jervay Freedom Walk Park for 2020-2021. She is involved with several  additional projects through UNCW for 2021 that integrate social justice  art, resilience, social emotional learning, and community service.

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