Brief Biography

Jeff Broome is an associate professor and director of doctoral programming for the Department of Art Education at Florida State University. Jeff’s research interests include narrative inquiry, culturally responsive instruction, multi-age art education, and caring approaches to art curricula. He delivers presentations at international, national, state, and district conferences. Jeff previously served as the elected Director of the Higher Education Division of both the National Art Education Association (NAEA) and the Florida Art Education Association (FAEA), and as the co-chair of the 2019 and 2020 Art Education Research Institute Symposium. He currently serves as a member of the Council of Policy Studies in Art Education. Jeff’s manuscripts have been published as book chapters and in many academic journals. He recently received a co-authored book contract from NAEA, was named the 2016 Higher Education Art Educator of the Year by FAEA, and the 2020 Southeastern Region Higher Education Art Educator of the Year by NAEA. Previously, Jeff worked for the University of North Texas, the University of Georgia, and as a public school art teacher where he received a Teacher of the Year Award from Cypress Creek Elementary.