gloria j. wilson is Associate Professor of Arts Administration, Education and Policy at The Ohio State University, co-editor of A Love Letter to This Bridge Called My Back  and founder of Racial Justice Studio (University of Arizona). gloria is recognized for her work in Black Studies, hip hop and transnational feminisms, fugitive praxis, Afro-Asian solidarities, and as a facilitator for anti-racism workshops in museums and community spaces utilizing arts-based methodologies. Also a practicing artist, gloria’s work broadly examines notions of liberation, power, access, and representation across arts modalities and specifically examines the intersections of identity and arts participation. 

gloria has been an invited artist/speaker for Spelman College’s Museum of Art BLACK BOX series and actively participates as a steering committee member for the Coalition on Racial Equity in the Arts and Education (crea+e),  a national collective of artists, educators, activists and thought leaders of color who advocate, teach, research, and publish on issues related to race in the arts and education. In the field of art education, she is past-Chair of the National Art Education Association’s (NAEA) Committee on Multiethnic Concerns (COMC) and Associate Editor of the Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education. Her current art-making practices are grounded in garment and printmaking and the continuation of the Blackademic Project and forthcoming art installation dedicated to honoring the lives of the descendants of Clotilda survivors in Africatown, Mobile, Alabama. Her work has been exhibited in museums and universities across the U.S.