Lecturer
Alumna, 2024, Ph.D., Art Education
About
Mikaela Bachmann is a lecturer and director of licensure in the CVAD Department of
Art Education at the University of North Texas, as well as the sponsor of UNT’s Art
Education Preservice Student Chapter. She also serves as president of the Art in Special
Education Interest Group within the National Art Education Association.
Her work critically examines ableist practices in public education, and promotes art
education as a means to reimagine disability and disability futures. She has taught
art and art history in K-12 schools in Western Pennsylvania and North Texas, and has
been the regional director of Texas’s state secondary art competition, Visual Art
Scholastic Event.
Bachmann holds a Ph.D. (2024) in Art Education from the University of North Texas,
Denton, Texas, an M.A. (2015) in Art Education with a specialization in special populations
from Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a B.F.A. (2013)
and Art K-12 Teacher Certification from West Virginia University, Morgantown, West
Virginia.